Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the ERC is the UK’s leading centre of excellence for research into the growth, innovation and productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our research helps shape better policies and practices that enable SMEs to thrive.
ERC goes International
Stephen Roper was recently part of a team working with OECD to advise the government of Abu Dhabi on the development of the entrepreneurial eco-system. The final report from the project has just been published by OECD. Stephen’s involvement in the project focussed on boosting innovative entrepreneurship and SME innovation and stressed the importance of… Read more
ERC’s New Project Pipeline
2016 sees the start of ERC’s new series of research projects with a focus on the drivers of SME growth and productivity. Key topics include the role of innovation and commercialisation in promoting productivity, the impact of barriers to finance on internationalisation, the role of management and leadership in promoting growth and a focus on… Read more
International Innovation: UK Innovation Hub Online
ERC Director Stephen Roper provides insights into how the UK can effectively support SME creation and growth in the Third Chapter of the UK Innovation Hub online publication. This issue features Enterprise Research Centre ,Innovate UK, Universities UK, and Times Higher Education, as well as a number of UK universities working hard to boost research… Read more
Understanding the UK’s ‘economic backbone’
Enterprise Research Centre Deputy Director,Mark Hart writes an ESRC blog highlighting the important ERC research on SMEs. Since the financial crisis of 2008, the UK economy has shifted quite significantly to one that relies less on state spending to provide jobs and growth, and which instead puts its faith in enterprise as the engine of prosperity.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship vacancies with the ERC
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships Fixed-term, full-time contract until 31 January 2018. Applications are invited for Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships based in the Enterprise Research Centre at Warwick Business School and Aston Business School The Enterprise Research Centre is a collaborative research centre led by Warwick and Aston Business Schools with Imperial, Strathclyde, Birmingham and Queen’s University School of… Read more
Private sector creates record number of new jobs
Employer enterprises added a record 695,500 net new jobs in 2014-15. New analysis shows companies that employ staff added nearly 700,000 net new jobs across the UK in 2014-15 – the highest number recorded in the last two decades. The analysis of job creation and destruction in the private sector in the 12 months to… Read more
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