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.
Understanding Small Business Growth 2015
The ERCs Inaugural Academic research conference took place at Aston Business School on – Wednesday February 11th 2015 giving attending delegates an opportunity to hear about the latest small business research from the Enterprise Research Centre alongside its international partners . Attended by analysts working in small business policy and support organisations and academics with… Read more
FSB Local Business Support Report
FSB release new report on Local Business Support . ERC has worked closely with the Federation of Small Businesses to provide the evidence underpinning a new report published today. Aimed at the Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs), ‘A new design: making local support work for business’ reveals that current support is often ineffective, holding back the… Read more
Special ERC Issue: International Small Business Journal
The work of the Enterprise Research Centre features in a Special Issue of the International Small Business Journal ‘Building the evidence base for SME growth policy’ In this special issue the ERC aim to identify those areas in which solid evidence does exist and highlight remaining gaps in the evidence base. Articles focus on five key… Read more
ERC@UKBAA Forum
ERC Deputy Director Mark Hart & Mike Wright presented the ERC Nation of Angels Research Study Report to a full house at the UKBAA Winter Forum on January 28th 2015. This report presents the results of the largest study of the investment behaviour and impact of business angels in the UK to date. The study… Read more
Nation of Angels : Assessing the Impact of Angel investing across the UK
ERC ANGELS RESEARCH STUDY REPORT RELEASED The Enterprise Research Centre were commisioned by the UKBAA in association with the Centre for Entrepreneurs (CfE) and with the support of the BVCA, Deloitte, Barclays and the ESRC, to produce a Research Study Report in order to better understand the impact of angel investing on the growth of… Read more
Developing Britain’s Mittelstand
On the 28th of January Stephen Roper, ERC Director , Warwick Business School has been invited to talk to the German-British Forum Conference 2015. He will focus on ‘The British Way of Growth’ highlighting differences in growth strategies between UK and German mid-market companies. Key differences relate to managerial priorities, aspirations for organic growth, export… Read more
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