Martine Spence was named a professor emerita at the Telfer School of Management of the University of Ottawa, after a 22-year career as a professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at the school. Dr. Spence has held several research grants from Canadian, British and supranational organizations for her work on international entrepreneurship and sustainable entrepreneurship in Canada and in emerging and developing nations. Professor Spence’s research has led to the publication in English and in French of two co-authored books, several book chapters, papers at international conferences and articles in scholarly journals such as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Small Business Economics, Management International Review, the International Business Review, the European Marketing Journal, the Revue internationale PME and the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences.
Professor Spence holds a PhD in management from Middlesex University, London and an MBA from Concordia University, Montreal. She has taught strategic management, international marketing, marketing research and entrepreneurship for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs in Ottawa, as well as in the U.K., France and Monaco. During her career at the Telfer School of Management, she was Head of the marketing section and Vice-Dean Research.
She remains active in research, supervising or co-supervising and sitting on the thesis committees of doctoral candidates.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Assistant professor emeritus, Université d'Ottawa/ University of Ottawa

Education

  • 1999 
    PhD, Middlesex University, UK

Publications

  • 2026
    Mindja, P. M., Ondoua Biwolé, V., Spence, M., 2026 “Dix ans de la Revue Internationale des Sciences de l’Organisation : revue systématique et agenda de recherche, Revue Internationale des Sciences de l’Organisation. (accepted),
  • 2025
    Polge, M., Fourcade, C., Spence, M., 2025 “"No-growth" entrepreneurial strategy in microentreprises”, International Small Business Journal, 43 (7):762-791.,
  • 2024
    Mahdi, A., Crick, D., Crick, J., Lamine, W., Spence, M., 2024 “Entrepreneurial marketing practices and rural wine producers’ performance: The moderating role of competitive intensity in an immediate post crisis period”, Journal of Rural Studies, 108 (May).,
  • 2024
    Mindja, P. M., Spence, M., Ondoua Biwolé, V., 2024 « Le comportement du consommateur face au mobile money au Cameroun : une analyse des facteurs d’adoption pour le paiement mobile », Cahiers de Management de Maroua, 1(1):1-21.,
  • 2024
    Mahdi, A., Crick, D., Crick, J., Lamine, W., Spence, M., 2024 “A Study of Entrepreneurial Marketing Activities and Firm Performance in an Immediate Post COVID-19 Era: The Moderating Role of Coopetition”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 30(6):1527-1552.,
  • 2023
    Stekelorum, R., Courrent, J.-M., Spence, M., 2023 “Supply chain pressures and SMEs’ CSR practices: the moderating effect of supply chain position”, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 27(11):2127-2152. ,

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