Ms Eva Kasperova
BA MRes
Research Assistant
Small Business Research Centre
KHBS409 Kingston Business School
Kingston University
Kingston Hill
Kingston Upon Thames
Surrey
KT2 7LB
- Phone:
- 020 8417 9000 Ext: 65463
- E-mail:
- E.Kasperova@kingston.ac.uk
Biography
Eva is a Research Assistant at the Small Business Research Centre. She holds a BA Honours degree in Socio-Legal Studies and Criminology from the University of Westminster and an MRes in Management and Social Science from King's College London. She previously worked at the Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Research at Middlesex University. Eva is undertaking a PhD with Kingston Business School.
Expertise
Eva has experience in qualitative and quantitative research design, conducting literature reviews, interviewing, and data analyses using SPSS and Nvivo software.
Research Interest(s)
- Entrepreneurship and disability
- Identity and embodiment
- Sustainability, environmental attitudes and practices of businesses
- Business regulation
- Social enterprise
Memberships
- Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Recent Publications
Article
Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva, Blackburn, Robert and Collis, Jill (2011) Small wonder. CA Magazine, 115(1259), pp. 55-56. ISSN (print) 1352-9021
Book Section
Blackburn , Robert A. and Kasperova, Eva (2010) La contribuio de les petites i mitjanes empreses a l'ocupacio i al creixment. In: Font, Antoni Riera and Ripoll Penalva, Aina M. , (eds.) Informe economic i social de les Illes Balears 2009. Palma, Majorca : Caixa de Balears "SA NOSTRA". pp. 242-251. ISBN 9788492863099
Conference or Workshop Item
Kasperova, Eva and Kitching, John (2012) (Dis)embodied entrepreneurs: a critique of entrepreneurial identity studies. In: 35th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Creating Opportunities through Innovation: Local Energy, Global Vision; 7-8 Nov 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Collis, Jill (2012) Regulation, risk, performance and policy: a study of the impact of UK small company abbreviated accounts legislation. In: International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference 2012: Leading from the Edge; 10-13 Jun 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.
Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Xheneti, Mirela (2012) A longitudinal analysis of small firm responses to the 2008-9 economic downturn. In: International Council for Small Business (ICSB) World Conference 2012: Leading from the Edge; 10-13 Jun 2012, Wellington, New Zealand.
Smallbone, David, Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Xheneti, Mirela (2012) The resilience of small firms to a major economic downturn. In: 35th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Creating Opportunities through Innovation: Local Energy, Global Vision; 7-8 Nov 2012, Dublin, Ireland.
Kitching, John, Smallbone, David, Xheneti, Mirela and Kasperova, Eva (2011) Adapting to a fragile recovery: SME responses to recession and post-recession performance. In: 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Sustainable futures: enterprising landscapes and communities ; 9-10 Nov 2011, Sheffield, U.K.. ISBN 9781900862233
Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Collis, Jill (2011) Deregulation or disclosure? Financial reporting regulation and small company performance. In: 34th Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) Annual Conference: Sustainable futures: enterprising landscapes and communities ; 9-10 Nov 2011, Sheffield, U.K.. ISBN 9781900862233
Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva and Collis, Jill (2011) Deregulation or disclosure? UK financial reporting regulation and small company performance. In: RENT XXV: Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 25th Anniversary Conference; 16-18 Nov 2011, Bodø, Norway.
Kasperova, Eva (2011) Entrepreneurial identity, disability and embodiment. In: European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) Doctoral Seminar on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management; 16 Nov 2011, Bodø, Norway. (Unpublished)
Kitching, John, Smallbone, David, Xheneti, Mirela and Kasperova, Eva (2011) On the road to recovery? SME responses to recession and post-recession performance. In: RENT XXV: Research in Entrepreneurship and Small Business: 25th Anniversary Conference; 16-18 Nov 2011, Bodø, Norway.
Kasperova, Eva (2011) Small Business Research Centre. In: The 2nd Annual Faculty of Business and Law Conference: Emerging Issues in Business and Law; 10 May 2011, Kingston upon Thames, U.K.. (Unpublished)
Monograph
Kitching, John, Kasperova, Eva, Blackburn, Robert and Collis, Jill (2011) Small company abbreviated accounts: a regulatory burden or a vital disclosure? (Project Report) Edinburgh, U.K. : Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. 68 p. ISBN 9781904574804
Vickers, Ian, Vaze, Prashant, Corr, Leah, Kasperova, Eva [Research team member] and Fergus, Lyon (2009) SMEs in a low carbon economy. (Project Report) London : Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR). 91 p.
