The University of Kent, Kent Business School - UK.

Managing Global Business (Distinction), Sheffield Hallam University - UK.

Economics (2:2), The University of Aleppo - Syria.

Dr. Bochra Idris is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship with research interests in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), innovation, internationalization, and entrepreneurial education. She has published in several peer-reviewed journals including the Journal of International Management, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, and Journal of Small Business Management, and has contributed to edited volumes and commissioned reports.

Her work has been recognized with awards such as the Best Paper Award at the ISBE Conference and the GOAT Teaching Award from Aston Student Union. Dr. Idris has led and contributed to several academic initiatives, including securing internal and external grants focused on crowdfunding in entrepreneurship education and supporting migrant women entrepreneurs in Turkey.

In addition to her academic role, she regularly delivers workshops, engages in collaborative research, and serves on editorial boards and peer review panels for journals in her field.

• Idris, B., Hansen, J., & Saridakis, G. (2024). Enhancing SME Manufacturing performance in the UK: Innovation and external Collaboration, in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Entrepreneurship. Forthcoming.
• Saridakis, G., Idris, B., & Hansen, J. M., (2024). Business networks, social media and SMEs export propensity. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 51(4), 542–571.
• Saridakis, G., Khan, Z., Knight, G., Idris, B., Mitra, J., & Khan, H. (2024). A look into the future – The impact of Metaverse on traditional theories and thinking in international Business. Management International Review, 64, 597–632.
• Protopapa, I., & Idris, B. (2024). Ethical and Moral Pitfalls of Generative AI in Academic Research. In Pulk, K., & Koris, R. (eds.). Generative AI in Higher Education: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. Forthcoming.
• Idris, B., Saridakis, G., Georgellis, Y., Lai, Y., & Johnstone, S. (2023). Exporting is a team sport: The link between management training and performance in SMEs. International Journal of Manpower, 45(4), 1019–1036.
• Saridakis, G., Abdullahi, Y.A., Idris, B., Mishra, T., Parhi, M. (2023). SME performance in core and peripheral UK regions: Exploring the role of innovation and firm networks during times of financial distress. Enterprise Research Centre, ERC Research Paper, No. 107.
• Saridakis, G., Idris, B., & Jones, P. (2023). The effect of COVID-19 on the performance of ethnic-minority firms in the UK and worldwide. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 29(3), 553–560.
• Hansen, J.M., Idris, B., & Saridakis, G. (2023). Spurred or spurned? The effects of combined innovations and combined obstacles on B2B SME capability generation and future focus. Industrial Marketing Management, 113, 312–325.
• Razzak, BM., Idris, B., Hasan, R., Saridakis, G., & Hansen, J.M. (2023). The impact of Covid-19 on struggling ethnic minority entrepreneurs’ business strategy: The case of Bangladeshi curry houses in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 29(8), 1837–1866.
• Idris, B., Saridakis, G., & Khan, Z. (2022). The effect of outward and inward internationalisation on different types of innovation: Evidence from UK SMEs. Journal of International Management, 28, 1–20
• Felzensztein, C., Saridakis, G., Idris, B., Elizondo, G. P. (2021). Do economic freedom, business experience, and firm size affect internationalization speed? Evidence from small firms in Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1–42.
• Idris, B., & Saridakis, G. (2020). Women directors and exporting activity: The moderating role of network advice. Economics and Business Letters, 9(2), 106–113.
• Idris, B., Saridakis, G. & Johnstone, S. (2023). Training and performance in SMEs: Empirical evidence from large-scale data from the UK. Journal of Small Business Management, 61(2), 769–801.
• Mohammed, A-M., Idris, B., Saridakis, G., & Benson, V. (2019). Information and communication technologies: A curse or blessing for SMEs? in Benson, V., & McAlaney, J. Emerging Cyber Threats and Cognitive Vulnerabilities. London: Academic Press: pp. 1636–171.
• Saridakis, G., Idris, B., Hansen, J., & Dana, L-P. (2019). SMEs’ internationalisation: When does innovation matter? Journal of Business Research, 96, 250–263.
• Idris, B., & Saridakis, G. (2018). Local formal interpersonal networks and SMEs internationalisation: Empirical evidence from the UK. International Business Review, 27(3), 610–624.

• BUS 102 – Introduction to Entrepreneurship (Undergraduate)
• ENTR 310 – Leading and Managing New Ventures (Undergraduate)
• ENTR 408 – Corporate Entrepreneurship (Undergraduate)