Dr Steven Pattinson

Steven is an Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship. 

My research interest is in relational entrepreneurship as a framework for understanding entrepreneurial process. My work focuses on how entrepreneurs build and leverage relationships that create sustainable value for firms and that help address pressing grand societal challenges. I have published in leading international journals such as the British Journal of Management, Journal of Business Research, Management Learning, Industrial Marketing Management, and Journal of Management Inquiry.

As a research focused academic, Steven recognizes the importance of providing students with a rich learning experience by using both disciplinary and pedagogic research in his teaching. Steven views academic theory and practice as inseparable, with empowerment a key factor to enhancing learning, and therefore seeks to create productive learning environments using ‘real life’ case studies.

He has worked on a number of research projects in economic development and social enterprise funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Institute for Local Governance, Gateshead Council, National Offender Management Service (North East) and Enterprise Educators UK.

He is the Teaching Case Study Editor for The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation and Associate Editor (Entreprenruship) for the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing. He is also an Editorial Review Board member for Industrial Marketing Management.

• Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
• ‘Stranger’ in a strange land: a phenomenological approach to historical cross-cultural research, Forster, G., Pattinson, S., Wilson, J. 21 Jan 2026, In: Business History
• Contextualising open innovation and co-opetition in business-to-business business model innovation: A narrative review, Pattinson, S., Brown, D., EL Maalouf, N. 1 Dec 2025, The Sage Handbook of Industrial Marketing, London, United Kingdom, SAGE
• Internal marketing and organizational performance: A systematic review and future research agenda, Brown, D., Pattinson, S., Sutherland, C., Davies, M. 1 May 2025, In: Journal of Business Research
• Organisational ambidexterity and sustainable value co-creation in a social enterprise: The case of Social Bite, Brown, D., Pattinson, S. 18 Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Social pressures to conform to a given set of research methods, Webber, D., Pattinson, S. 20 Feb 2025, Exploring Research Methodology and Research Design, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
• Using thematic template analysis in qualitative innovation research, Pattinson, S. 20 Feb 2025, Exploring Research Methodology and Research Design, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar
• A review of strategic visioning and organizational performance: epistemological challenges, Niemi-Kaija, K., Pattinson, S. 9 Apr 2024, In: Management Research Review
• Co-creating sustainable value within a social enterprise: The case of digital homes housing association, Brown, D., Pattinson, S. 27 May 2024, In: The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• The ties that bind: How boundary spanners create value in science-based SMEs , Pattinson, S., Dawson, P. 1 Jan 2024, In: British Journal of Management
• Writing research funding applications, Lindgreen, A., Di Benedetto, C., Verdich, C., Vanhamme, J., Venkatraman, V., Pattinson, S., Højbjerg, A., Khan, Z. 2 Jul 2024, How to Fast-Track Your Academic Career, Cheltenham, Glos, Edward Elgar

• PhD November 12 2013
• Management PhD June 30 2013
• Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2012