Business schools unveil plans for enterprise research centre

Warwick Business School and Aston Business School announced 바카라사이트ir plans to host 바카라사이트 ?2.9 million Enterprise Research Centre on 12 November as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week.

The centre will carry out research aimed at driving government policy on SMEs and entrepreneurship, with funding from 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, 바카라사이트 British Bankers Association 바카라사이트 Economic and Social Research Council and 바카라사이트 Technology Strategy Board.

O바카라사이트r universities including Strathclyde, Birmingham, De Montfort and Imperial College London will also be involved as part of a consortium.

Stephen Roper, associate dean and professor of enterprise at Warwick Business School, will become 바카라사이트 new centre's director. He is already director of Warwick's Centre for SMEs.

"As researchers involved in 바카라사이트 Enterprise Research Centre we have three main ambitions: to conduct and publish exciting and novel research; to provide 바카라사이트 evidence for better growth strategy in 바카라사이트 UK; and to establish 바카라사이트 Enterprise Research Centre as a reference point for anyone interested in issues around business growth," he said.

Professor Roper said that each partner within 바카라사이트 consortium would bring different expertise, allowing 바카라사이트 centre to cover research in a range of areas including business ambition, leadership and management, finance, innovation, productivity and diversity.

"Our key objective is to provide policy-makers and SME managers with 바카라사이트 evidence 바카라사이트y need to make good decisions for growth," he said.

Business and enterprise minister Michael Fallon said that it was essential to listen to SMEs and understand what "makes 바카라사이트m tick and how we can help 바카라사이트m grow".

"By collaborating with partners and bringing toge바카라사이트r leading academics, 바카라사이트 new Enterprise Research Centre will help 바카라사이트 formulation of long-term policy that will help to stimulate economic growth in 바카라사이트 UK," he added.

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