ERC to be a partner in new Innovation Centre that will help foster the UK’s rural economies
The ERC are pleased to announce that they are partners in a new National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE), which is to be launched on 1st September this year, funded by Research England. The new Centre will support enterprise, resilience and innovation among rural firms and aim to unlock the untapped potential of rural… Read more
Small firms and formal intellectual property protection: A paradox?
We know that firms use knowledge protection mechanisms to limit imitation and enhance their ability to appropriate the returns to their innovative investments. Recent research at the ERC suggests that both formal (e.g. patents) and informal (e.g. secrecy) knowledge protection mechanisms are important for the innovation returns of small firms (those with fewer than 50… Read more
Industry 4.0 is coming: Is digital adoption a new mechanism linking entrepreneurial ambition to business performance? Research Paper No 72
Published: 8 November 2018
ERC Research Paper No 72
Halima Jibril
Assistant Professor- Research
Halima Jibril is an Assistant Professor (Research) in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Warwick Business School. She is Co-Investigator on the Innovation and Research Caucus (IRC), a UKRI funded research centre that aims to improve the use of robust evidence in research and innovation funding. Halima’s research is on the determinants of business innovation, resilience, and performance, focusing on firm level enablers as well as the role of business support policies and programmes.
Neha Prashar
Lecturer in Entrepreneurship
Neha gained her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics with Economics at University College London and went onto do her Master’s degree in Development Economics at the University of Birmingham.








