Anastasia Ri
Research Fellow
Having joined ERC in 2018 and more recently a member of the GEM UK national team, Anastasia’s current focus is entrepreneurship and small business economics investigating small firms’ financial constraints, performances and entrepreneurial attitudes and aspirations. She is passionate about giving policymakers the tools to understand the entrepreneurial experience including barriers to entrepreneurship, motivations of aspiring entrepreneurs as well as digital and innovative entrepreneurship.
Contact Details
| Email: | a.ri@aston.ac.uk |
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Biography
Having joined ERC in 2018 and more recently a member of the GEM UK national team, Anastasia’s current focus is entrepreneurship and small business economics investigating small firms’ financial constraints, performances and entrepreneurial attitudes and aspirations. She is passionate about giving policymakers the tools to understand the entrepreneurial experience including barriers to entrepreneurship, motivations of aspiring entrepreneurs as well as digital and innovative entrepreneurship.
Anastasia’s unique perspective is a product of a diverse background and understanding of macroeconomics and finance: she holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nice – Sophia Antipolis (France), having previously completed an undergraduate degree in Banking and Finance and MSc in Macroeconomics. After her PhD, she worked on a post-doctoral research project financed by the European Investment Bank. The results of this research were published as a book Investment for Growth and Development in the Western Balkans, presented to institutions from a variety of nations and distributed at the Western Balkans Summit in Trieste in July 2017. Historically, Anastasia‘s research focused on economic and financial development, transition and emerging economies and efficiency and productivity analysis and she retains a keen interest in these areas.
Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero
Published: 21 September 2023
ERC Policy briefing
Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero
Published: 21 September 2023
ERC Research paper No 109
Taking Small Steps: Business Priorities, Environmental and Social Responsibility in UK SMEs
Published: 28 July 2022
ERC Research Report
Twin Green and Digital Transitions: Joint adoption of net zero and digital practices by UK SMEs
Published: 27 October 2021
ERC Insight paper
The UK’s business R&D workforce: skills, sector trends and future challenges
Published: 2 September 2021
ERC Insight paper
Digital readiness, Digital adoption and Digitalisation of UK SMEs Amidst the Covid-19 crisis
Published: 8 July 2021
Research Paper No 96
Digital readiness, Digital adoption and Digitalisation of UK SMEs Amidst the Covid-19 crisis
Published: 8 July 2021
ERC Policy Briefing
Drivers and Performance Outcomes of Net Zero practices: Evidence from UK SMEs
Published: 24 June 2021
Research Paper No 95
Online Peer-to-Peer lending – what do we know, and where are the gaps? SOTA NO39.
Published: 6 May 2020
ERC SOTA No 39.
Online Peer-to-Peer lending to finance business growth: Evidence from Funding Circle
Published: 6 May 2020
ERC Insight paper
