Mr Ali Kiresci
Contact
- Email: k1338949@kingston.ac.uk
- Location: Kingston Hill
- Faculty: Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- School: Kingston Business School
- Department: Small Business Research Centre
- Personal website
Research project: The Impact of Digitisation on Entrepreneurial Motivations; Evidence From the Recorded Music Sector
Abstract
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- Research degree: PhD
- Title of project: The Impact of Digitisation on Entrepreneurial Motivations; Evidence From the Recorded Music Sector
- Research supervisor: Professor Audley Genus
- Other research supervisor: Professor John Kitching
Biography
I am a full-time PhD student in Small Business Research Centre. Previously, I received my MA degree from the Department of Music and The Creative Economy in Kingston Business School. I also have a musical background and hold a BA degree in Music from Ege University, Turkey. My research interest encompasses musical entrepreneurship, small music businesses, digitisation, creativity and innovation in music. Before joining PhD programme in Kingston Business School, I worked in the music industry as a freelance recording-stage session musician and taught music in various community centres for about 12 years.
Areas of research interest
- Music entrepreneurship
- Small music businesses
- Creativity and innovation in the recorded music sector
- Digital entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial, non-entrepreneurial motivations
- Qualitative research methods
Qualifications
- BA in Fundamentals of Music, Ege University, Izmir Turkey
- MA in Music and The Creative Economy, Kingston Business School, London UK
Funding or awards received
- Full time Fully-funded PhD Studentship (Kingston Business School)
- Young Enterprise Team 2015 (Celebrate Enterprise)