Dr Amore Minayora

• Qualifications:PhD MSc BA FHEA
• Position:Senior Lecturer in International Business
• Department:FBL - Business and Management
• Telephone:+441173281465
• Email:Amore.Minayora@uwe.ac.uk

About me

Amore joined UWE in 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in International Business, following the completion of her PhD and a Research Fellowship at the University of Birmingham. Her doctoral research examined firm competitiveness in the project-based industry, with a particular focus on shipbuilding industry. She investigates micro-, meso-, and macro-level relationships in shipbuilding projects to conceptualise the governance of highly-customised global value chains.

Prior to joining UWE, Amore worked with the University of Oxford (Technology and Management Centre for Development), where she led the qualitative component of the ESRC-funded IDMODEL project (Inclusive Digital Business Model). Drawing on fieldwork in the UK, China, and Bangladesh, the study found that innovative, technology-driven business models can enable the growth of social enterprises. As part of this project, a mobile application called Haate Haat was developed to support marginalised communities in starting entrepreneurial ventures with minimal capital (available on the Google Play Store).

Amore has presented her research at a range of international academic conferences, including the British Academy of Management (BAM) and the Academy of International Business (AIB). Her paper, “The Bigger the Better? Firm-Based Analysis of Growth and Innovation within the Shipbuilding Industry in Indonesia”, received the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Management in Emerging Markets.

Amore is currently leading the following international projects as a Principal Investigator:

• Transition in Digital Platforms: Empowering or Debilitating?
  Funded by the British Academy Leverhulme Small Research Grants (SRGSRG24\241858). This project examines regulatory frameworks to support micro-entrepreneurs and informal businesses.
• Closing the Loop? Investigating Circular Economy Practices in the Indonesian Shipbreaking Industry
  Funded by the UWE Vice Chancellor’s Early Career Researcher (VC ECR) Development Award (2024–2026). This project investigates Circular Economy (CE) practices within the shipbuilding and shipbreaking industries.

She welcomes PhD applications in the broad areas of international business, global value chains, circular economy, embeddedness, and entrepreneurships in emerging market.

Area of expertise

Strategy and International Business.

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