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.
Growth Dashboard Workshops.
The Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) in collaboration with GrowthAccelerator conducted a series of One day Workshops around the UK. LEP’s from all Local Areas were invited for discussion on the Growth Dashboard and its findings. The aim of the Workshops were to ensure that our future work delivers some of what LEP colleagues said they would find… Read more
ERC@ISBE 2014
On 5th & 6th November, the ISBE 2014 conference ” The Future of Enterprise: The Innovation Revolution” took place in Manchester.
ERC contributed to the conference through the presentation of a number of research papers, contribution to the leadership of a conference track on ‘SME growth and performance’ and leading a Masterclass on ‘Impact by Design’.
“File on 4” BBC Radio 4 – Private Equity: Winners and Losers
“File on 4” BBC Radio 4 (4th November) -Private Equity: Winners and Losers . Features Professor Mike Wright , ERC , Imperial College Business School, London
The 18th Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference
The 18th Annual Ethnic Minority Business Conference, the UK’s benchmark event on diversity and entrepreneurship was held on October 28th in Birmingham, UK.
Learning from the Mittelstand
Stephen Roper contributed to feature reports by CNBC on the German Mittelstand and some of the lessons for small and medium firms internationally. Hallmarks of many Mittelstand firms are their family ownership, their innovative activity and their niche market leadership.
Sharing UK Experience Internationally
Stephen Roper was invited to share the UK’s experience of using randomised controlled trials to test SME policy at an international conference in Taiwan. The presentation focussed on the operational issues of making randomised trials work for industrial policy testing stimulating significant debate among the international audience. A paper based on the conference presentation is being developed.
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