Professor Colin Mason

Honorary Senior Research Fellow (Adam Smith Business School)

telephone: 0141 330 2728
email: Colin.Mason@glasgow.ac.uk

Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue, Glasgow, G12 8qq

Import to contacts

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864

Biography

Born

Edinburgh

Qualifications

MA (Hon) in Geography and Economic History, University of Edinburgh
PhD in Economic Geography, University of Manchester

Previous employment

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader and Professor, Department of Geography, University of Southampton (1978-2001)
Professor, Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde (2001-2012)
Joined the Adam Smith Business School as Professor of Entrepreneurship in October 2012.

Visiting positions

Colin also held visiting positions at the following universities:

University of Ottawa, Memorial University of Newfoundland (both Canada), Flinders University of South Australia, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento (Argentina), London Business, School, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax (Canada), University of Canterbury, University of Otago (both New Zealand)

Research interests

Colin is a member of the Entrepreneurship, Development and Political Economy research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial finance
Business angels
Venture capital
Enterprise policy
Canada

Publications

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Number of items: 162.

2024

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Winsor, Blair and Bartlett, Jacqueline (2024) Failure’s virtues: the seeding of an emerging entreprenurial ecosystem in a peripheral region. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, (doi: 10.1080/08985626.2024.2399571) (Early Online Publication)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Botelho, Tiago (2024) Business angel activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Cumming, Douglas and Hammer, Benjamin (eds.) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. ISBN 9783030387389 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-38738-9_201-1)

Herzog, Sarah, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Hruskova, Michaela (2024) The role of large corporations in entrepreneurial ecosystems - a case study of Munich. European Planning Studies, 32(6), pp. 1295-1317. (doi: 10.1080/09654313.2023.2301295)

Botelho, Tiago and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2024) ‘All for one and one for all?’ business angel groups as collective action. International Small Business Journal, (doi: 10.1177/02662426241243383) (Early Online Publication)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2024) The emergence of entrepreneurial ecosystems: the case of Atlantic Canada. In: Huggins, Robert, Kitagawa, Fumi, Prokop, Daniel, Thompson, Piers and Theodoraki, Christina (eds.) Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions: Emergence, Evolution, and Future. Oxford University Press, pp. 81-101. ISBN 9780192866264

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2024) Home-Based Businesses. In: Howorth, Carole and Discua Cruz, Allan (eds.) Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business. Series: Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management. Edward Elgar, pp. 231-233. ISBN 9781800888715

2023

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2023) Venture Capital, Business Angels and Innovation. Briefing Paper 002. Documentation. Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC).

Botelho, Tiago, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Chalvatzis, Konstantinos (2023) 50 shades of green—angel investing in green businesses. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(3), pp. 950-962. (doi: 10.1109/tem.2022.3167282)

Botelho, Tiago, Harrison, Richard and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2023) Business angel investment as an informal learning process: does experience matter? British Journal of Management, 34(1), pp. 321-342. (doi: 10.1111/1467-8551.12583)

2022

Hruskova, Michaela, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Herzog, Sarah (2022) Mapping entrepreneurship support organisations: An examination of the ‘cluttered landscape’ critique. Local Economy, 37(7), pp. 541-563. (doi: 10.1177/02690942231173655)

Quas, Anita, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Compañó, Ramón, Testa, Giuseppina and Gavigan, James (2022) The scale-up finance gap in the EU: causes, consequences, and policy solutions. European Management Journal, 40(5), pp. 645-652. (doi: 10.1016/j.emj.2022.08.003)

Winsor, Blair, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Walsh, Jacqui (2022) Consilient Technologies and the Newfoundland and Labrador Advanced Technology Sector: The Seeding of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem. Working Paper. The Harris Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John’s, Newfoundland.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Botelho, Tiago and Duggett, Joe (2022) Promoting cross border investing by business angels in the European Union. Regional Studies, 56(8), pp. 1391-1403. (doi: 10.1080/00343404.2021.1960961)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2022) Business angel investing during the COVID-19 pandemic. In: Audretsch, David B. and Kunadt, Iris A. M. (eds.) The COVID-19 Crisis and Entrepreneurship: Perspectives and Experiences of Researchers, Thought Leaders, and Policymakers. Series: International studies in entrepreneurship (54). Springer: Cham, pp. 105-120. ISBN 9783031046544 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-04655-1_8)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2022) The role of community entrepreneurs in depleted communities: a case study of Father Greg MacLeod’s ‘action research’ in Cape Breton. Local Economy, 37(4), pp. 317-327. (doi: 10.1177/02690942221125148)

Reuschke, Darja and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2022) The engagement of home-based businesses in the digital economy. Futures, 135, 102542. (doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2020.102542)

Mullen, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-0865, Barr, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0673, Watson, Lauren, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Hruskova, Michaela and Naborowski, Christoph (2022) Scotland’s Games Ecosystem: The State of Play: Challenges and Opportunities. Other. University of Glasgow, Glasgow.

2021

O’Connor, Allan, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Miles, Morgan P. and Audretsch, David (Eds.) (2021) The Dynamics of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems. Routledge. ISBN 9781032156163

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Botelho, Tiago (2021) Business angel investing during the COVID-19 economic crisis: evidence from Scotland. Venture Capital, 23(4), pp. 321-343. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2021.2019564)

Reuschke, Darja, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Syrett, Stephen (2021) Digital futures of small businesses and entrepreneurial opportunity. Futures, 128, 102714. (doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2021.102714)

Audretsch, David, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Miles, Morgan P. and O’Connor, Allan (2021) Time and the dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 33(1-2), pp. 1-14. (doi: 10.1080/08985626.2020.1734257)

Botelho, Tiago, Harrison, Richard and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2021) Business angel exits: a theory of planned behaviour perspective. Small Business Economics, 57, pp. 583-602. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-019-00292-0)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Hruskova, M. (2021) The impact of Covid-19 on entrepreneurial ecosystems. In: McCann, Philip and Vorley, Tim (eds.) Productivity and the Pandemic. Edward Elgar, pp. 59-72. ISBN 9781800374614

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2021) Financing an entrepreneur-led economic recovery: the impact of the coronavirus on business angel investing. In: McCann, Philip and Vorley, Tim (eds.) Productivity and the Pandemic. Edward Elgar, pp. 73-87. ISBN 9781800374614

Quas, Anita, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Compañó, Ramón, Gavigan, James and Testa, Giuseppina (2021) Tackling the Scale-up Gap. Project Report. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg. (doi: 10.2760/60455).

2020

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) Challenges, approaches and success factors for entrepreneurship policy. In: OECD (ed.) International Compendium of Entrepreneurship Policies. Series: OECD studies on SMEs and entrepreneurship. OECD Publishing: Paris, pp. 13-38. ISBN 9789264643192 (doi: 10.1787/338f1873-en)

Spigel, Ben, Kitigawa, Fumi and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) A manifesto for researching entrepreneurial ecosystems. Local Economy, 35(5), pp. 482-495. (doi: 10.1177/0269094220959052)

Arundale, Keith and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) Private equity and venture capital: riding the COVID-19 crisis. In: Billio, Monica and Varotto, Simone (eds.) A New World Post COVID-19: Lessons for Business, the Finance Industry and Policy Makers. Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Digital Publishers: Venice, pp. 193-204. ISBN 9788869694424 (doi: 10.30687/978-88-6969-442-4)

Harrison, Richard T., Botelho, Tiago and Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) Women on the edge of a breakthrough? A stereotype threat theory of women’s angel investing. International Small Business Journal, (doi: 10.1177/0266242620927312)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) A Decade of Deals: Annual Report On Angel Investing in Canada. Documentation. NACO (National Angel Capital Organisation), Toronto.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) The Coronavirus Economic Crisis: Its Impact on Venture Capital and High Growth Enterprises. Documentation. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Anderson, Marion, Kessl, Tomáš and Hruskova, Michaela (2020) Promoting student enterprise: Reflections on a university start-up programme. Local Economy, 35(1), pp. 68-79. (doi: 10.1177/0269094219894907)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) Productivity and the UK’s deficiency in scale-ups. In: McCann, Philip and Vorley, Tim (eds.) Productivity Perspectives. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 147-173. ISBN 9781788978811

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) Venture capital. In: Kobayashi, A. (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Human Geography (Second Edition). Elsevier, pp. 155-160. (doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102295-5.10153-2)

2019

Mullen, Helen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5031-0865, Barr, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5147-0673 and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2019) Data provision in the games industry in Scotland. Project Report. University of Glasgow.

Owen, Robyn and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2019) Emerging trends in government venture capital policies in smaller peripheral economies: Lessons from Finland, New Zealand, and Estonia. Strategic Change, 28(1), pp. 83-93. (doi: 10.1002/jsc.2248)

Landström, Hans, Parhankangas, Annaleena and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (Eds.) (2019) Handbook of Research on Crowdfunding. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781788117203

Harrison, Richard T. and Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2019) Venture Capital 20 years on: reflections on the evolution of a field. Venture Capital, 21(1), pp. 1-34. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2019.1562627)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Botelho, Tiago and Harrison, Richard (2019) The changing nature of angel investing: some research implications. Venture Capital, 21(2-3), pp. 177-194. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2019.1612921)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2019) 2018 Report on Angel Investing Activity in Canada. Documentation. NACO.

Parhankangas, Annaleena, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Landström, Hans (2019) Introduction. In: Landström, Hans, Parhankangas, Annaleena and Mason, Colin (eds.) Handbook of Research on Crowdfunding. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 1-21. ISBN 9781788117203

2018

Wennberg, Karl and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) Financial exits: perspectives, regional development and policy interventions. Project Report. Swedish Agency For Growth Policy Analysis, Östersund.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Botelho, Tiago (2018) Early sources of funding (2): Business angels. In: Alemany, Luisa and Andreoli, Job J. (eds.) Entrepreneurial Finance: The Art and Science of Growing Ventures. Cambridge University Press, pp. 60-96. ISBN 9781108431859 pbk, 97811084211355 hbk

Brown, Ross, Mawson, Suzanne, Rowe, Alexander and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) Working the crowd: improvisational entrepreneurship and equity crowdfunding in nascent entrepreneurial ventures. International Small Business Journal, 36(2), pp. 169-193. (doi: 10.1177/0266242617729743)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) Financing entrepreneurial ventures. In: Blackburn, R., de Clercq, D. and Heinonen, J. (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. SAGE, pp. 321-349. ISBN 9781473925236

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) In memory: William E. Wetzel Jr. Venture Capital, 20(3), pp. 233-235. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2018.1496591)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) Evidence Review: Productivity and the UK’s Deficiency in Scale-ups. Other. Productivity Insights Network.

2017

Harrison, Richard T. and Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2017) Backing the horse or the jockey? Due diligence, agency costs, information and the evaluation of risk by business angel investors. International Review of Entrepreneurship, 15(3), pp. 269-290.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Botelho, Tiago and Zygmunt, Justyna (2017) Why business angels reject investment opportunities: is it personal? International Small Business Journal, 35(5), pp. 519-534. (doi: 10.1177/0266242616646622)

Brown, Ross and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2017) Looking inside the spiky bits: a critical review and conceptualisation of entrepreneurial ecosystems. Small Business Economics, 49(1), pp. 11-30. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-017-9865-7)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Tjahjakartana, Timothy (2017) 2016 Report on Angel Investing Activity in Canada. Project Report. National Angel Capital Organization, Toronto.

Owen (Baldock), Robin and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2017) The role of government co-investment funds in the supply of entrepreneurial finance: An assessment of the early operation of the UK Angel Co-investment Fund. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 35(3), pp. 434-456. (doi: 10.1177/0263774X16667072)

van Ham, Maarten, Reuschke, Darja, Kleinhans, Reinout, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Syrett, Stephen (Eds.) (2017) Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods: Towards an Understanding of the Economies of Neighbourhoods and Communities. Series: Entrepreneurship, space and place. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781785367236

Bilau, Jose, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Botelho, Tiago and Sarkar, Soumodip (2017) Angel investing in an austerity economy – the take-up of government policies in Portugal. European Planning Studies, 25(9), pp. 1516-1537. (doi: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1328045)

Brown, Ross, Mawson, Suzanne and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2017) Myth-busting and entrepreneurship policy: the case of high growth firms. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 29(5-6), pp. 414-443. (doi: 10.1080/08985626.2017.1291762)

Kleinhans, Reinout, Reuschke, Darja, van Ham, Maarten, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Syrett, Stephen (2017) Unravelling the nexus between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities - introduction. In: van Ham, Maarten, Reuschke, Darja, Kleinhans, Reinout, Mason, Colin and Syrett, Stephen (eds.) Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods: Towards an Understanding of the Economies of Neighbourhoods and Communities. Series: Entrepreneurship, space and place. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 1-17. ISBN 9781785367236

Reuschke, Darja, Kleinhans, Reinout, van Ham, Maarten, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Syrett, Stephen (2017) Understanding entrepreneurship in residential neighbourhoods and communities of place. In: van Ham, Maarten, Reuschke, Darja, Kleinhans, Reinout, Mason, Colin and Syrett, Stephen (eds.) Entrepreneurial Neighbourhoods: Towards an Understanding of the Economies of Neighbourhoods and Communities. Series: Entrepreneurship, space and place. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 297-308. ISBN 9781785367236

2016

Harrison, Richard T., Botelho, Tiago and Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2016) Patient capital in entrepreneurial finance: a reassessment of the role of business angel investors. Socio-Economic Review, 14(4), pp. 669-689. (doi: 10.1093/ser/mww024)

Arshed, Norshin, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Carter, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 (2016) Exploring the disconnect in policy implementation: a case of enterprise policy in England. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 34(8), pp. 1582-1611. (doi: 10.1177/0263774X16628181)

Pringle, Simon, Duggett, Joseph, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Boethlo, Tiago (2016) Funding for Growth: the Business Angels Market on the Island of Ireland. Other. InterTradeIreland, Newry.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, Richard (2016) Spatial variations in the role of equity investment in the financing of SMEs. In: Curran, James and Storey, David J. (eds.) Small Firms in Urban and Rural Locations. Series: Routledge small business series. Routledge, pp. 132-163. ISBN 9781138682351

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Botelho, Tiago (2016) The role of the exit in the initial screening of investment opportunities: the case of business angel syndicate gatekeepers. International Small Business Journal, 34(2), pp. 157-175. (doi: 10.1177/0266242614563419)

Landstrom, Hans and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (Eds.) (2016) Handbook of Research on Business Angels. Series: Handbooks in venture capital. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781783471713

Brown, Ross, Gregson, Geoff and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2016) A post-mortem of regional innovation policy failure: Scotland's Intermediate Technology Initiative (ITI). Regional Studies, 50(7), pp. 1260-1272. (doi: 10.1080/00343404.2014.985644)

Landstrom, Hans and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2016) Business angels as a research field. In: Landstrom, H. and Mason, C. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Business Angels. Series: Handbooks in venture capital. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 1-22. ISBN 9781783471713

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2016) Researching business angels: definitional and data challenges. In: Landstrom, H. and Mason, C. (eds.) Handbook of Research on Business Angels. Series: Handbooks in venture capital. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 25-52. ISBN 9781783471713

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Botelho, Tiago and Harrison, Richard (2016) The transformation of the business angel market: empirical evidence and research implications. Venture Capital, 18(4), pp. 321-344. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2016.1229470)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Zia, Farhan (2016) Report on Angel Investing Activity in Canada 2015. Other. National Angel Capital Organization, Toronto, Canada.

2015

Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, Richard T. (2015) Business angel investment activity in the financial crisis: UK evidence and policy implications. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 33(1), pp. 43-60. (doi: 10.1068/c12324b)

Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Reutschke, Darja, Syrett, Stephen and van Ham, Maarten (Eds.) (2015) Entrepreneurship in Cities: Neighbourhoods, Households and Home. Series: Entrepreneurship, space and place. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham. ISBN 9781784711993

Baldock, Robert and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2015) Establishing a new UK finance escalator for innovative SMEs: the roles of the Enterprise Capital Funds and Angel Co-Investment Fund. Venture Capital, 17(1-2), pp. 59-86. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2015.1021025)

Harrison, Richard T., Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Smith, Donald (2015) Heuristics, learning and the business angel investment decision-making process. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 27(9-10), pp. 527-554. (doi: 10.1080/08985626.2015.1066875)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2015) Spatial variations in enterprise: the geography of new firm formation. In: Burrows, Roger (ed.) Deciphering the Enterprise Culture. Series: Routledge revivals. Routledge, pp. 74-106. ISBN 9781138858879

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Brown, Ross, Hart, Mark and Anyadike-Danes, Michael (2015) High growth firms, jobs and peripheral regions: the case of Scotland. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 8(2), pp. 343-358. (doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsu032)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Harrison, Richard T. and Botelho, Tiago (2015) Business angel exits: strategies and processes. In: Hussain, Javed G. and Scott, Jonathan M. (eds.) Research Handbook on Entrepreneurial Finance. Series: Research Handbooks in Business and Management Series. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 102-124. ISBN 9781783478781

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Reuschke, Darja (2015) Home Truths: The True Value of Home-Based Businesses. Project Report. Federation of Small Businesses in Scotland, Glasgow.

Reutschke, Darja and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2015) Urban home-based businesses: how distinctive are their businesses and their owners? In: Mason, C., Reutschke, D., Syrett, S. and van Ham, M. (eds.) Entrepreneurship in Cities: Neighbourhoods, Households and Home. Series: Entrepreneurship, space and place. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 223-247. ISBN 9781784711993 (doi: 10.4337/9781784712006.00021)

Reutschke, Darja, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Syrett, Stephen and van Ham, Maarten (2015) Connecting entrepreneurship with households and home. In: Mason, Colin, Reutschke, Darja, Syrett, Stephen and van Ham, Maarten (eds.) Entrepreneurship in Cities: Neighbourhoods, Households and Home. Series: Entrepreneurship, space and place. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 1-16. ISBN 9781784711993 (doi: 10.4337/9781784712006.00008)

Reutschke, Darja, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Syrett, Stephen and van Ham, Maarten (2015) Intregrating entrepreneurship with urban and neighbourhood studies: lessons for future research. In: Mason, Colin, Reutschke, Darja, Syrett, Stephen and van Ham, Maarten (eds.) Entrepreneurship in Cities: Neighbourhoods, Households and Home. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 273-285. ISBN 9781784711993 (doi: 10.4337/9781784712006.00024)

2014

Brown, Ross and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2014) Inside the high-tech black box: a critique of technology entrepreneurship policy. Technovation, 34(12), pp. 773-784. (doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2014.07.013)

Arshed, Norin, Carter, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2014) The ineffectiveness of entrepreneurship policy: is policy formulation to blame? Small Business Economics, 43(3), pp. 639-659. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-014-9554-8)

Brown, Ross, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Mawson, Suzanne (2014) Increasing ‘The Vital 6 Percent’: Designing Effective Public Policy to Support High Growth Firms. Working Paper. NESTA.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, Ross (2014) Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Growth-Oriented Enterprises: Background Paper Prepared for the Workshop Organised by the OECD LEED Programme and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. Discussion Paper. OECD.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2014) Creating Entrepreneurial Campuses: A report for Scotland. Discussion Paper. QAA Scotland, Edinburgh.

2013

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Arshed, N. (2013) Teaching entrepreneurship to university students through experiential learning: a case study. Industry and Higher Education, 27(6), pp. 449-463. (doi: 10.5367/ihe.2013.0180)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, R. (2013) Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms. Small Business Economics, 40(2), pp. 211-225. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-011-9369-9)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harvey, C. (2013) Entrepreneurship: contexts, opportunities and processes. Business History, 55(1), pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1080/00076791.2012.687542)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Pierrakis, Y. (2013) Venture capital, the regions and public policy: the United Kingdom since the post-2000 technology crash. Regional Studies, 47(7), pp. 1156-1171. (doi: 10.1080/00343404.2011.588203)

2012

Brown, R. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2012) The evolution of enterprise policy in Scotland. In: Blackburn, R. and Schaper, M. (eds.) Government, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Development: Policy, Practice and Challenges. Gower, pp. 17-30. ISBN 9781409430353

Landstrom, H and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (Eds.) (2012) Handbook of Research on Venture Capital: Volume 2: A Globalizing Industry. Series: Elgar original reference. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781849801683

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Michie, R. and Wishlade, F. (2012) Access to Finance in Europe’s Disadvantaged Regions: can ‘new’ financial instruments fill the gap? Project Report. European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, R. (2012) Technology-Based Firms in Scotland: A Report for Scottish Enterprise. Project Report. Scottish Enterprise.

Freel, Mark, Carter, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354, Tagg, Stephen and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2012) The latent demand for bank debt: characterizing "discouraged borrowers". Small Business Economics, 38(4), pp. 399-418. (doi: 10.1007/s11187-010-9283-6)

Brown, R. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2012) Raising the batting average: re-orientating regional industrial policy to generate more high growth firms. Local Economy, 27(1), pp. 33-49. (doi: 10.1177/0269094211424252)

Harris, J. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2012) The risk capital market in Scotland 2009-2011. Technical Report. Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow, UK.

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Landstrom, H. (2012) Introduction. In: Landstrom, H. and Mason, C.M (eds.) Handbook of Research on Venture Capital: A Globalizing Industry. Series: Elgar original reference, 2. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 3-16. ISBN 9781849801683

2011

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2011) Annual Report on the Business Angel Market in the United Kingdom: 2009/10. Other. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, R. (2011) Business models and competitive advantage. In: Jolly, A. (ed.) The Growing Business Handbook: Inspiration and Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs and Fast Growing UK Companies. Kogan Page: London, UK, pp. 3-8. ISBN 9780749461461

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2011) Business angels. In: Dana, L.P. (ed.) World Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship. Series: Elgar original reference. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK. ISBN 9781845424794

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2011) Investment Activity by Canadian Angel Groups: 2010 Report. Other. National Angel Capital Organization (NACO).

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2011) Trends in IPO Listings by SMEs in the EU. Discussion Paper. City of London.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Tagg, S. and Carter, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 (2011) Does education matter? The characteristics and performance of businesses started by recent university graduates. In: Borch, O.J., Fayolle, A., Kyro, P. and Ljunggren, E. (eds.) Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Evolving Concepts and Processes. Series: European research in entrepreneurship. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 13-33. ISBN 9780857931740 (doi: 10.4337/9780857931757.00010)

Mason, Colin M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Carter, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 and Tagg, Stephen (2011) Invisible businesses: the characteristics of home-based businesses in the United Kingdom. Regional Studies, 45(5), pp. 625-639. (doi: 10.1080/00343401003614241)

2010

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2010) Home-based business: challenging their Cinderella status. Small Enterprise Research, 17(2), pp. 104-111.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, R. (2010) High Growth Firms in Scotland. Other. Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R. (2010) Annual Report on the Business Angel Market in the United Kingdom: 2008/09. Other. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, London, UK.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Jones, L. and Wells, S. (2010) The City's Role in Providing for the Public Equity Financing Needs of UK SMEs. Other. City of London Corporation, London, UK.

Harrison, R., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Robson, P. (2010) Determinants of long-distance investing by business angels in the UK. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 22(2), pp. 113-137. (doi: 10.1080/08985620802545928)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2010) Entrepreneurial finance in a regional economy. Venture Capital, 12(3), pp. 167-172. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2010.507033)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Kwok, J. (2010) Investment readiness programmes and access to finance: a critical review of design issues. Local Economy, 25(4), pp. 269-292. (doi: 10.1080/02690942.2010.504570)

Smith, D.J., Harrison, R.T. and Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2010) Experience, heuristics and learning: the Angel investment process. Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 30(2), Art. 3.

2009

Anyadike-Danes, M., Bonner, K., Hart, M. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Measuring Business Growth: High Growth Firms and Their Contribution to Employment in the UK. Other. NESTA, London, UK.

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Public policy support for the informal venture capital market in Europe: A critical review. International Small Business Journal, 27(5), pp. 536-556. (doi: 10.1177/0266242609338754)

Nightingale, P., Murray, G., Cowling, M., Baden-Fuller, C., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Siepel, J., Hopkins, M. and Dannreuther, C. (2009) From Funding Gaps to Thin Markets: UK Government Support for Early-stage Venture Capital. Other. NESTA, London, UK.

Carter, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354, Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Tagg, S. (2009) Perceptions and experience of employment regulation in UK small firms. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27(2), pp. 263-278. (doi: 10.1068/c07106b)

Cox, J. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Franchise network restructuring: Pressures, constraints and mechanisms. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 21(5-6), pp. 503-527. (doi: 10.1080/08985620802365178)

Findlay, Allan, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Houston, Donald, McCollum, David and Harrison, Richard (2009) Escalators, elevators and travelators: the occupational mobility of migrants to South-East England. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 35(6), pp. 861-879. (doi: 10.1080/13691830902957676)

Levie, J. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: Scotland 2007/8. Other. Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Policy as a focus for small business research. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 27(2), pp. 191-194. (doi: 10.1068/c2702ed)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Venture capital. In: Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N.J. (eds.) The International Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Elsevier: Amsterdam, pp. 131-137. ISBN 9780080449111

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Venture capital in crisis? Venture Capital, 11(4), pp. 279-285. (doi: 10.1080/13691060903303775)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Carter, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 and Tagg, S. (2009) The entrepreneur in 'risk society': the personal consequences of business failure. In: Smallbone, D., Landstrom, H. and Jones-Evans, D. (eds.) Entrepreneurship and Growth in Local, Regional and National Economies: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research. Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 184-204. ISBN 9781848445925 (doi: 10.4337/9781849802369.00018)

2008

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Carter, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 and Tagg, S. (2008) Business begins at home. In: Dwelly, T. and Lake, A. (eds.) Can Homeworking Save the Planet? How Homes can Become Workspace in a Low Carbon Economy. The Smith Institute: London, UK, pp. 16-27.

Pierrakis, Y. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2008) Shifting sands: The changing nature of the early stage venture capital market in the UK. Other. NESTA, London.

Houston, Donald, Findlay, Allan, Harrison, Richard and Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2008) Will attracting the "creative class" boost economic growth in old industrial regions: a case study of Scotland? Geografiska Annaler. Series B: Human Geography, 90(2), pp. 133-149. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2008.00283.x)

Findlay, Allan, Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Harrison, Richard, Houston, Donald and McCollum, David (2008) Getting off the escalator? A study of Scots out-migration from a global city region. Environment and Planning A, 40(9), pp. 2169-2185. (doi: 10.1068/a39256)

Ismail, K., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Cooper, S., Omar, W. and Majid, I. (2008) The actors involved and the decision-making process used in the exploitation of university patents. International Journal of Business and Information, 3(2), pp. 165-192.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2008) Entrepreneurial dynamics and the origin and growth of high-tech clusters. In: Karlsson, C. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Innovation and Clusters: Cases and Policies. Series: Handbooks of Research on Clusters Series (2). Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 33-53. ISBN 9781847208422

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2008) Measuring business angel investment activity in the United Kingdom: A review of potential data sources. Venture Capital, 10(4), pp. 309-330. (doi: 10.1080/13691060802380098)

2007

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2007) Venture capital: a geographical perspective. In: Landstrom, H. (ed.) Handbook of Research on Venture Capital. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, pp. 86-112. ISBN 9781845423124

Harrison, R.T. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2007) Does gender matter? Women business angels and the supply of entrepreneurial finance. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31(3), pp. 445-472. (doi: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00182.x)

Zacharakis, A., Alvarez, S., Davidson, P., Fiet, J., George, G., Kuratko, D., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Maula, M., Minniti, M., Sarasvathy, S., Shepherd, D., Westhead, P., Wiklund, J., Wright, M. and Zahra, S. (Eds.) (2007) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson College. ISBN 9780910897273

Cox, J. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2007) Standardisation versus adaptation: geographical pressures to deviate from franchise formats. Service Industries Journal, 27(8), pp. 1053-1072. (doi: 10.1080/02642060701673737)

2006

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Carter, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 and Tagg, S.K. (2006) The effect of the national minimum wage on the UK small business sector: a geographical analysis. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 24(1), pp. 99-116. (doi: 10.1068/c0541)

Harrison, R.T., Cooper, S.Y. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2006) Entrepreneurial activity and the dynamics of technology-based cluster development: the case of Ottawa. In: Cumbers, A. and MacKinnon, D. (eds.) Clusters in Urban and Regional Development. Series: Urban studies monographs. Routledge: London, UK, pp. 75-100. ISBN 9780415360111

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2006) Informal sources of venture finance. In: Parker, S.C. (ed.) The Life Cycle of Entrepreneurial Ventures. Series: International handbook series on entrepreneurship (3). Springer: New York, NY, USA, pp. 258-299. ISBN 9780387321561

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2006) The informal venture capital market in the United Kingdom: adding the time dimension. In: Butler, J.E., Lockett, A. and Ucbasaran, D. (eds.) Venture Capital and the Changing World of Entrepreneurship. Series: Research in entrepreneurship and management. Information Age Publishing: Greenwich, Conn., UK, pp. 137-171. ISBN 9781593114343

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2006) Venture capital and the small business. In: Carter, S. and Jones-Evans, D. (eds.) Enterprise and Small Business: Principles, Practice and Policy (2nd Ed). FT-Prentice Hall, pp. 357-384. ISBN 9780273702672

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2006) After the exit: acquisitions, entrepreneurial recycling and regional economic development. Regional Studies, 40(1), pp. 55-73. (doi: 10.1080/00343400500450059)

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Carter, Sara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354 and Jones-Evans, D. (2006) Venture capital and the small firm. In: Jones-Evans, S. and Carter, D. (eds.) Enterprise and Small Business : Principles, Practice and Policy [2nd ed.]. Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, pp. 357-384. ISBN 027370267X

2005

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2005) Business angel investing. In: Reuvid, J. (ed.) The Handbook of Personal Wealth Management: How to Ensure Maximum Return and Security. Kogan Page: London, UK, pp. 169-175. ISBN 9780749443832

Zahra, S., Brush, C.G., Davidsson, P., Fiet, J., Greene, P.G., Harrison, R.T., Lerner, M., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Shepherd, D., Sohl, J.E., Wiklund, J. and Wright, M. (Eds.) (2005) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson College: Babson Park, Mass., USA. ISBN 9780910897266

2004

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2004) Private equity and venture capital in the UK. In: Reuvid, J. (ed.) Investors' Guide to the United Kingdom. Series: Global market briefings. Kogan Page: London, UK, pp. 86-106. ISBN 9780749442248

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Stark, M. (2004) What do investors look for in a business plan? A comparison of the investment criteria of bankers, venture capitalists and business angels. International Small Business Journal, 22(3), pp. 227-248. (doi: 10.1177/0266242604042377)

Harrison, R.T., Cooper, S.Y. and Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2004) Entrepreneurial activity and the dynamics of technology-based cluster development: the case of Ottawa. Urban Studies, 41(5-6), pp. 1045-1070. (doi: 10.1080/00420980410001675841)

Zahra, S., Brush, C., Davidsson, P., Fiet, J., Greene, P., Harrison, R.T., Lerner, M., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Meyer, G., Sohl, J. and Zacharakis, A. (Eds.) (2004) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson College: Massachusetts, MA, USA. ISBN 9780910897259

Carter, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5812-4354, Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Tagg, S. (2004) Lifting the Barriers to Growth in UK Small Businesses: The FSB Biennial Membership Survey, 2004. Other. Federation of Small Businesses, London, UK.

Harrison, R.T., Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Girling, P. (2004) Financial bootstrapping and venture development in the software industry. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 16(4), pp. 307-333. (doi: 10.1080/0898562042000263276)

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2004) Does investing in technology-based firms involve higher risk? An exploratory study of the performance of technology and non-technology investments by business angels. Venture Capital, 6(4), pp. 313-332. (doi: 10.1080/1369106042000286471)

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2004) Improving access to early stage venture capital in regional economies: a new approach to investment readiness. Local Economy, 19(2), pp. 159-173. (doi: 10.1080/0269094042000203090)

2003

Harrison, R.T., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Robson, P. (2003) Determinants of of long-distance investing by business angels. In: Bygrave, W.D. (ed.) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2003: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson College: Massachusetts, MA, USA. ISBN 0910897247

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2003) 'Auditioning for money': what do technology investors look for at the initial screening stage? Journal of Private Equity, 6(2), pp. 29-42.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2003) Closing the regional equity gap? A critique of the department of trade and industry's regional venture capital funds initiative. Regional Studies, 37(8), pp. 855-868. (doi: 10.1080/0034340032000128767)

2002

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2002) The geography of venture capital investments in the UK. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 27(4), pp. 427-451. (doi: 10.1111/1475-5661.00064)

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2002) Is it worth it? The rates of return from informal venture capital investments. Journal of Business Venturing, 17(3), pp. 211-236. (doi: 10.1016/S0883-9026(00)00060-4)

Harrison, R.T. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2002) Backing the horse or the jockey? Agency costs, information and the evaluation of risk by business angels. In: Bygrave, W.D., Brush, C., Davidsson, P., Fiet, J., Greene, P., Harrison, R.T., Lerner, M and Meyer, G. (eds.) Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2002: Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Babson College: Massachusetts, MA, USA. ISBN 9780910897235

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2002) Business angels: critical players in the supply of risk capital to entrepreneurial businesses. In: Aernoudt, R., Engelen, P. and Verbaere, E. (eds.) Belgian Yearbook on Corporate Finance 2002. Intersentia: Antwerp, Belgium, pp. 35-53. ISBN 9789050952088

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864, Cooper, S. and Harrison, R.T. (2002) Venture capital and high technology clusters: the case of Ottawa. In: Oakey, R.P., During, W.E. and Kauser, S. (eds.) New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium. Pergammon: Oxford, UK, pp. 261-278. ISBN 9780080441337

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2002) Barriers to investment in the informal venture capital sector. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 14(3), pp. 271-287. (doi: 10.1080/08985620210142011)

2001

May, W., Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Pinch, S. (2001) Explaining industrial agglomeration: the case of the British high-fidelity industry. Geoforum, 32(3), pp. 363-376. (doi: 10.1016/S0016-7185(01)00004-5)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2001) Auditioning for money: what do technology investors look for at the initial screening stage? In: Hisrich, R.D. and Häckner, E. (eds.) Proceedings Entrepreneurial Finance Workshop. Jonkoping International Business School: Jonkoping, Sweden, pp. 155-176. ISBN 9789189164246

Mason, C.M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Harrison, R.T. (2001) 'Investment readiness': a critique of government proposals to increase the demand for venture capital. Regional Studies, 35(7), pp. 663-668. (doi: 10.1080/00343400120075939)

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Articles

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) In memory: William E. Wetzel Jr. Venture Capital, 20(3), pp. 233-235. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2018.1496591)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2010) Home-based business: challenging their Cinderella status. Small Enterprise Research, 17(2), pp. 104-111.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2010) Entrepreneurial finance in a regional economy. Venture Capital, 12(3), pp. 167-172. (doi: 10.1080/13691066.2010.507033)

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2009) Venture capital in crisis? Venture Capital, 11(4), pp. 279-285. (doi: 10.1080/13691060903303775)

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Research Reports or Papers

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2023) Venture Capital, Business Angels and Innovation. Briefing Paper 002. Documentation. Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC).

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2020) A Decade of Deals: Annual Report On Angel Investing in Canada. Documentation. NACO (National Angel Capital Organisation), Toronto.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2019) 2018 Report on Angel Investing Activity in Canada. Documentation. NACO.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2018) Evidence Review: Productivity and the UK’s Deficiency in Scale-ups. Other. Productivity Insights Network.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Zia, Farhan (2016) Report on Angel Investing Activity in Canada 2015. Other. National Angel Capital Organization, Toronto, Canada.

Mason, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2014) Creating Entrepreneurial Campuses: A report for Scotland. Discussion Paper. QAA Scotland, Edinburgh.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, R. (2012) Technology-Based Firms in Scotland: A Report for Scottish Enterprise. Project Report. Scottish Enterprise.

Harris, J. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2012) The risk capital market in Scotland 2009-2011. Technical Report. Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow, UK.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2011) Investment Activity by Canadian Angel Groups: 2010 Report. Other. National Angel Capital Organization (NACO).

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2011) Trends in IPO Listings by SMEs in the EU. Discussion Paper. City of London.

Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 and Brown, R. (2010) High Growth Firms in Scotland. Other. Scottish Enterprise, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Pierrakis, Y. and Mason, C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0074-1864 (2008) Shifting sands: The changing nature of the early stage venture capital market in the UK. Other. NESTA, London.

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2018 ESRC-AHRC UK-Japan SSH Connections Call Entrepreneurial and Innovation Ecosystems in the UK and Japan – Place-based policy scenarios and options (CI on project led by Dr Fumi Kitagawa, University of Edinburgh)
2018 ESRC Productivity Insights Network (co-ordinated by University of Sheffield: overall grant: £1.4m)
2018 Creative Scotland and ESRC-IAA Data provision for the games industry in Scotland (with Dr M Barr and Dr H Mullen)
2018 ESRC-IAA Business model change for games development businesses (with Dr M Barr and Dr H Mullen)
2015 Regional Studies Association: The Genesis of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: the case of Atlantic Canada
2014 ESRC Impact Award: Loan aversion amongst social enterprises (with Dr Jillian Gordon)
2014 Federation of Small Business: Survey of home based businesses in Scotland (with Dr Darja Reuschke, University of St Andrews)
2013 ESRC Seminar completion: Entrepreneurship in homes and neighbourhoods (with University of St Andrews, Middlesex University, and Delft University of Technology
2012 ESRC (Co-financing research pilot) Business angel exits £84,000 (with Prof Richard Harrison, University of Edinburgh)
2011 City of London Corporation IPO Listings in Europe
2010 Scottish Enterprise Technology-Based Firms in Scotland: Key Determinants of Growth
2010 Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Report on Business Angel Investment Activity in 2009/10 (with R Harrison)
2009 Department of Business, Innovation and Skills Report on Business Angel Investment Activity in 2008/9 (with R Harrison)
2009 Scottish Enterprise The key determinants of successful high growth entrepreneurship in Scotland
2009 URS Ltd – commissioned by City of London Corporation The City’s Role in Providing for the Equity Financing Needs of UK SMEs

Supervision

Colin will supervising research on entrepreneurship-related topics, in particular research on entrepreneurial finance (especially business angels and venture capital), new firm formation, high growth firms, home based businesses, entrepreneurial ecosystems and entrepreneurship policy evaluation.

Current doctoral supervision

Herzog, Sarah
The Recycling of Failed Entrepreneurs in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Teaching

Undergraduate

Honours:

Business Start Up
Social and Community Entrepreneurship

Other undergraduate teaching:

Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
New Venture Planning

Additional information

Awards

Joint winner: Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division Entrepreneurship Practice Award (with Richard Harrison)
Winner of the 2015 ESRC Impact in Business Award (with Richard Harrison) (for 25 years of research on business angels

Fellowships

Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Academy of Social Science
Regional Studies Association

Journals

Founder and Editor: Venture Capital: an international journal of entrepreneurial finance (Taylor and Francis)
On the editorial boards of nine journals

Committees

Board member: Celebrate Kilmarnock (Kilmarnock Town Centre Partnership)
ESRC/Innovate UK Innovation Caucus
2015-16: InvestHorizon: Investment Readiness – member of Advisory Committee
2014-15: European Commission: member of Strategic Policy Forum on Digital Entrepreneurship
2008-10: Research Advisory Group, Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland

Community

Lead author: National Angel Capital Association (NACO) Annual Reports on Angel Investing Activity in Canada
REF 2021 Panel Member: Sub-Panel 17 Business and Management
Judging Panel for Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year category
Judge for the Prince’s Scottish Youth Business Trust’s National Business Awards (2004, 2010, 2011, 2012)
Non Executive Director: Bethany Christian Trust

Professor Colin Mason

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