Helen Haugh

Senior Lecturer in Community EnterpriseDirector of the MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation ProgrammeResearch Director, Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

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Cambridge Judge Business School Executive Education

Senior Lecturer in Community Enterprise
Director of the MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation Programme
Research Director, Centre for Social Innovation

BSc (UMIST), MA (Brunel University), PhD (Aberdeen University)

Research interests

Organisational theory and institutional theory; social and community entrepreneurship, corporate engagement with social issues and business ethics; qualitative research methods, particularly ethnography.

Subject group: Organisational Theory & Information Systems

Professional experience

Dr Haugh organised the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Community Enterprise Research Conferences in 2003, 2004 and 2006 respectively. In 2008 she established the Tata International Social Entrepreneurship Scheme, which offers final year undergraduate or postgraduate students at the University of Cambridge the opportunity to work on social entrepreneurship and corporate social responsibility projects within the Tata Group of Companies in India. Helen is a member of the Cambridge Corporate Governance Network (CCGN).

Previous appointments

Dr Haugh was previously a lecturer at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Department of Management Studies, University of Aberdeen, where she taught strategic marketing, business policy, and management.

Selected publications

Here are a selection of Helen Haugh''s publications. Please see the "Selected publications" tab above for a more comprehensive list.

Doherty, B., Haugh, H. and Lyon, F. (2014) "Social enterprises as hybrid organizations: a review and research agenda." International Journal of Management Reviews, 16(4): 417-436 (DOI: 10.1111/ijmr.12028)

Haugh, H.M. and Talwar, A. (2010) "How do corporations embed sustainability across the organization?" Academy of Management Learning and Education, 9(3): 384-396

Di Domenico, H., Haugh, H. and Tracey, P. (2010) "Social bricolage: theorizing social value creation in social enterprise." Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 34(4): 681-703 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00370.x)

Di Domenico, M., Tracey, P. and Haugh, H. (2009) "The dialectic of social exchange: theorising corporate-social enterprise collaboration." Organization Studies, 30(8): 887-907 (DOI: 10.1177/0170840609334954)

Di Domenico, M., Tracey, P. and Haugh, H. (2009) "Social economy involvement in public service delivery: community engagement and accountability." Regional Studies, 43(7): 981-992

Robson, P.J.A., Haugh, H.M. and Obeng, B.A. (2009) "Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa." Small Business Economics, 32(3): 331-350 (DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9121-2)

Journal articles

Haugh, H.M. and Pardy, W. (1999) "Community entrepreneurship in North East Scotland." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 5(4)

Haugh, H.M. (2000) "Modernisation in a traditional industry." Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 7(3): 220-227

Haugh, H.M. and McKee, L. (2003) "''It''s just like a family'' - shared values in the family firm." Community, Work and Family, 6(2): 141-158

Haugh, H. and McKee, L. (2004) "The cultural paradigm of the smaller firm." Journal of Small Business Management, 42(4): 377-394

Haugh, H.M. and Robson, P.J.A. (2005) "Are Scottish firms meeting the ICT challenge? Result from a survey of enterprise." Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 17(3): 205-222

Haugh, H. (2005) "Iniciativa emprendedora social: más allá de los resultados económicos y los beneficios individuales: el efecto de la IES en las áreas rurales." Iniciativa Emprendedora Social, 48(Jul-Sep): 40-55

Haugh, H. (2005) "The role of social enterprise in regional development." International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2(4): 346-357

Haugh, H. and Rubery, E. (2005) "Educating managers to lead community enterprises." International Journal of Public Administration, 28(9/10): 887-902

Tracey, P., Phillips, N. and Haugh, H. (2005) "Beyond philanthropy: community enterprise as a basis for corporate citizenship." Journal of Business Ethics, 58(4): 327-344

Haugh, H. (2005) "A research agenda for social entrepreneurship." Social Enterprise Journal, 1(1): 1-12

Haugh, H. (2006) "Community-led social venture creation." Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31(2): 161-182

Haugh, H. (2007) "New strategies for a sustainable society: the growing contribution of social entrepreneurship." Business Ethics Quarterly, 17(4): 743-750

Haugh, H. (2007) "Community-led social venture creation." Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, 31(2): 161-182 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00168.x)

Haugh, H. and Kitson, M. (2007) "The Third Way and the third sector: New Labour''s economic policy and the social economy." Cambridge Journal of Economics, 31(6): 973-994

Brady, A. and Haugh, H. (2007) "Social entrepreneurship and networks." Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services, 6(3): 29-44

Robson, P.J.A., Haugh, H.M. and Obeng, B.A. (2009) "Entrepreneurship and innovation in Ghana: enterprising Africa." Small Business Economics, 32(3): 331-350 (DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9121-2)

Di Domenico, M., Tracey, P. and Haugh, H. (2009) "Social economy involvement in public service delivery: community engagement and accountability." Regional Studies, 43(7): 981-992

Haugh, H.M. and Talwar, A. (2010) "How do corporations embed sustainability across the organization?" Academy of Management Learning and Education, 9(3): 384-396

Haugh, H.M. (2012) "The importance of theory in social enterprise research." Social Enterprise Journal, 8(1): 7-15 (DOI: 10.1108/17508611211226557)

Obeng, B.A., Robson, P. and Haugh, H. (2014) "Strategic entrepreneurship and small firm growth in Ghana." International Small Business Journal, 32(5): 501-524 (DOI: 10.1177/0266242612463946)

Haugh, H. and Talwar, A. (2016) "Linking social entrepreneurship and social change: the mediating role of empowerment." Journal of Business Ethics, 133(4): 643-658 (DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2449-4)

de la Chaux, M., Haugh, H. and Greenwood, R. (2017) "Revisiting ''Total institutions'': the organization of refugee camps." Academy of Management Discoveries (DOI: 10.5465/amd.2017.0040) (forthcoming)

Huybrechts, B. and Haugh, H. (2017) "The roles of networks in institutionalizing new hybrid organizational forms: insights from the European Renewable Energy Cooperative Network." Organization Studies (forthcoming)

Book chapters

Haugh, H. (2006) "Social enterprise: beyond economic outcomes and individual returns." In Mair, H., Robinson, J. and Hockerts, K. (eds.): Social entrepreneurship. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp.180-205

Haugh, H. (2006) "Nonprofit social entrepreneurship." In Parker, S. (ed.): International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship, vol 3: the life cycle of entrepreneurial ventures. New York, NY: Springer Science+Business Media Inc, pp.401-436

Haugh, H., Lyon, F. and Doherty, B. (2017) "Social entrepreneurship: entrepreneurship and social value creation." In: Blackburn, R., De Clercq, D. and Heinonen, J. (eds.) The SAGE handbook of small business and entrepreneurship. London: Sage (forthcoming)

Conference papers

Haugh, H.M. and Pardy, W. (1999) "Exploring a learning community." In International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research (ed.) (1999) Proceedings of the Enterprise and Learning Conference (3rd), 11-12 November 1999, University of Paisley, Paisley, Scotland. pp.71-78

Haugh, H.M. and McKee, L. (2000) "Survival, independence, control: uncovering the shared values in the SME." In Institute for Small Business Affairs (ed.) (2000) Small firms - adding the spark: Proceedings of the ISBA National Policy and Research Conference (23rd), 15-17 November 2000, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Haugh, H.M. (2001) "Rural entrepreneurship: community enterprise in the rural economy." In Paasio, A. (ed.) Proceedings of Rent XV: Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business (15th), 22-23 November 2001, Turku, Finland. Belgium: EIASM.

Haugh, H. (2003) "A model of the process of rural community enterprise development." In ICSB (eds.) Proceedings of the International Council for Small Business World Conference (48th), 15-18 June 2003, Belfast, Ireland. Harrogate: ICSB World Conference 2003 Secretariat, pp.[1-20]

Haugh, H.M. (2003) "Entrepreneurship in the non profit sector: opportunity recognition and resource acquisition in community enterprises." In Durham Business School (eds.) Theory, process and practice: Proceedings of the International Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation Conference, 17-19 September 2003, Durham Business School, Durham, England. Durham: Durham Business School

Haugh, H. (2004) "A research agenda for social enterpreneurship." In British Academy of Management (eds.) Management futures: British Academy of Management Annual Conference, 30 August-1 September 2004, St Andrews University, Scotland. pp.1-13

Haugh, H. and Tracey, P. (2004) "Role of social enterprise in regional development." In Cambridge-MIT Institute (eds.) Social Enterprise and Regional Development Conference, 16 September 2004, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England. Cambridge: Cambridge-MIT Institute.

Robson, P., Haugh, H. and Obeng, B. (2006) "The adoption of innovation in Ghana." In: Research in Entrepreneurship (RENT) Conference, XX, 22-24 November 2006, Brussels.

O''Carroll, M.and Haugh, H. (2006) "Social enterprise performance verification: an assessment of three social audit tools." In Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ed.): International entrepreneurship: from local to global enterprise creation and development: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (IEBS), 29th Annual Conference, 31 October-2 November 2006, Cardiff-Caerdydd.

Allocating social enterprise resources 29 August 2017

Paper co-authored by Dr Helen Haugh of Cambridge Judge Business School wins Best Social Entrepreneurship Award at the annual meeting of the …

Refugee camp entrepreneurship 16 September 2015

Entrepreneurship initiatives can fill the ‘institutional void’ of long-term refugee camps, says paper authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. At a time …

The summer school to bring innovative thinking to social change 14 July 2015

The Arianne de Rothschild Fellowship and Cambridge Judge Business School will be delivering a summer school in Cambridge later this month. The …

Community Interest Companies 3 July 2015

Celebration planned at Cambridge Judge for 10-year anniversary of the Community Interest Company. The 10-year anniversary of the Community Interest Company (CIC) …

Mapping social enterprise 29 April 2015

Research on social investment from Cambridge Judge Business School wins best paper award at Oxford conference. A research paper on social investment …

Turning “mission into reality”: the Centre for Social Innovation website goes live 23 September 2014

The skills needed to be a successful social innovator are akin in many ways to those needed by every entrepreneur, but those …

Playing with the big boys: decision time for social enterprise 26 August 2014

Rapid growth over the past decade in the UK’s “not for private profit” sector has generated great excitement at its potential. But …

MBA alumna wins top prize 3 August 2012

Cambridge MBA alumna wins the Worshipful Company of Marketors’ Award for her study on a leading pharmaceutical company Cambridge Judge Business School …

Caring from the community 30 August 2011

The vulnerable elderly could be one group to benefit if new models of social enterprise were funded and developed sooner rather than …

Booting up Britain? 7 April 2011

Can social enterprises succeed where others fail or are they being set up to fail in a Start Up Britain? Dr Helen …

Is social enterprise being set up to fail? 2 December 2010

Is ‘Enterprise Society’ a myth or a reality? Are the resources needed to successfully deliver it in place? As redundant public sector …

The human cost of slashing public spending 26 November 2010

What are the consequences for both society and the country’s economic recovery? Academics from Cambridge Judge Business School have raised concerns about …

Rebuilding the economy through social and community enterprise 29 May 2009

Now is the right time for the social enterprise business model to rise to the top of the agenda, argues Dr Helen …

World Economic Forum: How can we address the problem of boredom in refugee camps? 30 September 2015

Media attention on refugees is focused on chaotic scenes in Hungary and elsewhere in Europe right now, but it is worth reminding …

The Conversation: Rethinking refugee camps: turning boredom into innovation 24 September 2015

Media attention on refugees is focused on chaotic scenes in Hungary and elsewhere in Europe right now, but it is worth reminding …

Business Weekly: Cambridge wants refugee camps to be hotbeds for entrepreneurs 16 September 2015

Refugee camps could be transformed into hotbeds of entrepreneurship according to new research from Cambridge University’s Judge Business School. An enlightened strategy …

Business Matters Magazine: Cambridge Judge Business School calls for refugee-camp entrepreneurship 16 September 2015

At a time of global focus on refugee issues due to the war in Syria and other displacement, new research from Cambridge …

Cambridge Business Magazine: Refugee camp entrepreneurs 1 September 2015

A research paper from Cambridge Judge Business School calls for governments and policy makers to institute policies designed to foster entrepreneurship in …

Cambridge Business Magazine: Community Interest Companies turn 10 1 July 2015

The 10-year anniversary of the Community Interest Company (CIC) will be celebrated at an event at Cambridge Judge on 14 July, where …

Cambridge Business Magazine: Social investment forges a distinct patch 1 July 2015

A paper co-authored by Cambridge Judge’s Helen Haugh and Belinda Bell was named the best paper at the recent Social and Sustainable …

Cambridge Network: Mapping social enterprise 29 April 2015

A research paper on social investment co-authored by Belinda Bell, Programme Director at Social Incubator East and Fellow of Social Innovation at …

Cambridge News: Movers and shakers 14 August 2012

Elena Ion has won the Worshipful Company of Marketors’ award for her MBA study, A review & critical evaluation of strategic market …

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