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.
Rebuilding SME’s confidence to borrow
March 2014 A new report from the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) sheds more light on ‘discouraged borrowers’ – a previously under-explored group of SMEs who choose not to seek bank finance because they believe they will be unsuccessful. The report, ‘Back to Borrowing? Perspectives on the ‘Arc of Discouragement’, identifies a group of around 173,000… Read more
ERC Academic Awarded Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion
Professor Mark Hart has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for ‘changing the world of enterprise research, policy and practice.’
Visit to India
Professor James Hayton has recently returned from a trip to Mumbai visiting the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedebad (IIM-A) and their Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
What can the Government do to increase the number of women entrepreneurs?
Professor Sara Carter has been invited to sit on a panel at a Conference at HM Treasury on 7 May 2014 which will explore what more the Government could do to increase the number of female entrepreneurs.
ERC Workshop for Business Structure Database (BSD) Users
This workshop, organised by Centre, took place at Aston University on 29 April 2014. A group of practitioners involved with the preparation, administration or use of the Business Structure Database (BSD) assembled to discuss problems encountered in their work and to deepen understanding of the process underlying the compilation of the BSD.
Supporting Micro-enterprise Growth: Ambition, family and finance
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