Tim Mazzarol
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Professor Timothy W. Mazzarol is Winthrop Professor of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Marketing and Strategy at the UWA Business School, where he is also Director, Doctoral Research Programs. Prior to this he was the Founder Director of the UWA Centre for Entrepreneurial Management & Innovation (CEMI) within the UWA Graduate School of Management. He has fifteen years experience of working with small entrepreneurial firms as well as large corporations and government agencies. This has included strategic management, marketing and support to commercialization.
He has designed several innovative courses in strategic management, marketing, entrepreneurship, innovation and small business management for both MBA level programs and industry Professor Mazzarol has developed and delivered executive management programs within Australia, Asia and Europe for such clients as Nokia Corporation, Economic Times Group Hong Kong, the Civil Service Training and Development Institute of Hong Kong, PSB Singapore, Federal Government of Germany, MCL Land Ltd Singapore, Sino-Swiss Management Development Program, Australian Institute of Management, Bank of Western Australia, Wesfarmers Ltd, Iluka Resources, Woodside Ltd and the Government of Western Australia.
Prior to taking up an academic career Tim served with the Australian diplomatic service including a posting to Bangkok during the late 1980s, and as a sales manager with National Mutual Ltd. He is a shareholder and non-executive director for two small companies and consults widely to both industry and government.
Tim has authored two textbooks on small business and entrepreneurship and innovation. His research into small business management has been published internationally. He holds a PhD in Management and an MBA with distinction from Curtin University of Technology, and a Bachelor of Arts with Honours from Murdoch University, Western Australia.