Staff profile

Dr. Farzana Chowdhury is an Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship at Durham University Business School. She holds a Ph.D. from Indiana University in the U.S.  

Her research areas include entrepreneurship, strategic management, and organizational behavior and focuses on how contextual elements influence strategic decisions entrepreneurs make for themselves and on behalf of their organizations. 

Prospective Ph.D. applicants are welcome to get in touch for more information.

• Entrepreneurship, Institutions, International Entrepreneurship

Chapter in book

• Chowdhury, F. (2025). Digitalization and Financial Inclusion for Female Entrepreneurs in Corrupt Countries: Evidence from Southeast Asian Countries. In Organizational Corruption, Crime and Covid-19 Upholding Integrity and Transparency in Times of Crisis. Routledge
• Chowdhury, F., & Boone, J. (2024). Start-Up Support Organizations: Challenges and Resilience During Crisis. In D. Cumming, & B. Hammer (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Private Equity. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38738-9_256-1
• Demircioglu, M. A., Chowdhury, F., & Vivona, R. (2020). Public Sector Entrepreneurship. In A. Farazmand (Ed.), Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy, and governance (1-6). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4002-1
• Venâncio, A., & Chowdhury, F. (2020). Exploring the Relationship between Foreign Competition and Entrepreneurship in a Host Country. In T. Das (Ed.), Entrepreneurship and behavioral strategy. Information Age Publishing

Journal Article

• Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2024). Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique?. Small Business Economics, 63(4), 1615-1639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00885-4
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., & Chowdhury, F. (2024). Knowledge investment and search for innovation: evidence from the UK firms. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(4), 1387-1410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10045-7
• David, A. B., Maksim, B., Farzana, C., & Sameeksha, D. (2024). Regulating entrepreneurship quality and quantity. Research Policy, 53(2), Article 104942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2023.104942
• Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2024). Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference?. Small Business Economics, 62(1), 381-409. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00778-y
• Muñoz-Roman, P., Braun, S., Chowdhury, F., Barton, M., Jayne-Little, N., Komes, J., Rowland, J., Sykes, K., Smith, J., Talbot-Jones, C., & Taggart, A. (2023). The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, Article e00430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00430
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Chowdhury, F., & Menter, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 48, 1535–1551. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10034-w
• Brieger, S. A., Chowdhury, F., Hechavarría, D. M., Muralidharan, E., Pathak, S., & Lam, Y. T. (2022). Digitalization, Institutional Voids and New Venture Internationalization. Journal of International Management, 28(4), Article 100949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intman.2022.100949
• Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Chowdhury, F., & Desai, S. (2022). CEO gender, institutional context and firm exports. International Business Review, 31(5), Article 102008. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2022.102008
• Chowdhury, F. (2022). Necessity or Opportunity? Government Size, Tax Policy, Corruption and Implications for Entrepreneurship. Small Business Economics, 58(4), 2025-2042. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-021-00497-2
• Demircioglu, M. A., & Chowdhury, F. (2021). Entrepreneurship in public organizations: the role of leadership behavior. Small Business Economics, 57(3), 1107-1123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-020-00328-w
• Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2021). A dynamic relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurial activity. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 19(3), 339-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-021-00300-z
• Chowdhury, F. (2021). Do Corruption and Regulations Matter for Home Country Nascent International Entrepreneurship?. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 46(3), 720-759. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-020-09797-3
• Cheng, C., Chowdhury, F., Davila, A., Durst, S., & Kraus, S. (2021). Employees’ psychological characteristics and sustainable leadership in firms with high and low entrepreneurial orientation. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 31(3), 59-71
• Audretsch, D., Belitski, M., Chowdhury, F., & Desai, S. (2021). Home-country export regulations, credit markets, and corruption: implications for different types of internationalization. Transnational corporations, 28(2), 31-65
• Chowdhury, F., Audretsch, D., & Belitski, M. (2019). Institutions and entrepreneurship quality. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(1), 51-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1042258718780431
• Belitski, M., Chowdhury, F., & Desai, S. (2016). Taxes, corruption, and entry. Small Business Economics, 47(1), 201-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-016-9724-y

Report

• Chowdhury, F., & Boone, J. (2022). Who Helps the Helpers? Resilience and Challenges of Business Accelerators and Incubators during the Pandemic in the U.K. NESTA