Fiona Wilson

Phone: (603) 862-3903
Office: Nesmith Hall, Durham, NH 03824
Curriculum Vitae
Fiona Wilson is the Executive Director of the University of New Hampshire’s Center for Social Innovation and Enterprise, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Social Innovation, Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainability at the Paul College of Business & Economics. Her work focuses on how innovative entrepreneurial approaches can help tackle some of humanity’s biggest challenges. Prior to her academic career, Fiona spent fifteen years in the business world (VP of Marketing for CMGI and Ogilvy & Mather Advertising.) Fiona serves on the Boards of Trustees of the Wolfe’s Neck Farm Foundation and Meridian Stories.

Courses Taught

  • INCO 505A: Becoming a Problem Solver
  • INCO 505B: Social Innovator's Toolbox
  • INCO 505I: Internship: SITC or SFI

Education

  • D.B.A, Strategy & Policy, Boston University
  • M.B.A., Business Admin & Management, Simmons College

Selected Publications

  • Wilson, F. S., Maddocks, W., & Drew, I. (2017). Local Owners Driving Lasting Solutions: An Innovative Model for International Development and Poverty Alleviation. In Carsey Perspectives. Carsey School of Public Policy. Retrieved from https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/perspective/jibu

  • Wilson, F. S., Maddocks, W., Drew, I., & Demaio, A. (2017). Meeting Farmers Where They Are: Increasing Agricultural Sustainability in Malawi Through Business Format Franchising. Carsey School of Public Policy. Retrieved from https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/perspective/ziweto

  • Pirson, M., Gangahar, A., & Wilson, F. (2016). Humanistic and economistic approaches to banking – better banking lessons from the financial crisis?. Business Ethics A European Review, 25(4), 400-415. doi:10.1111/beer.12131

  • Smith, B., Meyskens, M., & Wilson, F. (2014). Should We Stay or Should We Go? ‘Organizational’ Relational Identity and Identification in Social Venture Strategic Alliances. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 5(3), 295-317. doi:10.1080/19420676.2014.927389

  • Barber, N. A., Wilson, F., Venkatachalam, V., Cleaves, S. M., & Garnham, J. (2014). Integrating sustainability into business curricula: University of New Hampshire case study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION, 15(4), 473-493. doi:10.1108/IJSHE-06-2013-0068

  • Wilson, F., & Post, J. E. (2013). Business models for people, planet (& profits): exploring the phenomena of social business, a market-based approach to social value creation. Small Business Economics, 40(3), 715-737. doi:10.1007/s11187-011-9401-0

  • Houghton, M., & Wilson, F. (2012). Over Two Decades and Eight Thousand Miles: The Cross-continental Collaboration on Development Finance of Two Social Enterprises, ShoreBank Corporation and BRAC. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2012(47), 75-99. doi:10.9774/gleaf.4700.2012.au.00006

  • Bourne, K. A., Wilson, F., Lester, S. W., & Kickul, J. (2009). Embracing the whole individual: Advantages of a dual-centric perspective of work and life. Business Horizons, 52(4), 387-398. doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2009.04.001

  • WILSON, F., KICKUL, J., MARLINO, D., BARBOSA, S. D., & GRIFFITHS, M. D. (2009). AN ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF GENDER AND SELF-EFFICACY IN DEVELOPING FEMALE ENTREPRENEURIAL INTEREST AND BEHAVIOR. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 14(02), 105-119. doi:10.1142/s1084946709001247

  • Wilson, F., Kickul, J., & Marlino, D. (2007). Gender, Entrepreneurial Self–Efficacy, and Entrepreneurial Career Intentions: Implications for Entrepreneurship Education1. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 31(3), 387-406. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00179.x

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