Centre for Research on Entrepreneurship, Innovation,  Management and Internationalisation (REIMI)

• Professor Suma Athreye’s blog on “Vaccine platforms and limited global production capacity: what is to be done?” has been published on Intellectual Property (IP) - May 2021

• Dr Marta Fernandez De Arroyabe Arranz received funding from The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) to conduct a paper development workshop for Early-career scholars on Innovation, Technology and R&D management - April 2021

• Dr Marta Fernandez De Arroyabe Arranz and Dr Juan Carlos Fernandez De Arroyabe received funding from British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grants Scheme to study the “Implementation of circular economy models in UK small and medium enterprises: a pilot study of East England & London." - April 2021

• Dr Charan Bhattarai received funding from British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grants Scheme to research on “Mixed embeddedness and market choice, growth, and financial performance of migrant enterprises in the UK”. - March 2021

• Dr Dila Agrizzi has been accepted for publication in "Accounting, Organisations and Society” (an AJG 4* & an FT-50 journal). The title of her paper is “Spatiality and accounting: The case of female segregation in audit firms”. - January 2021

March - May 2021    

• Professor Suma Athreye and Professor Claudia Girardone organised a debate on “Vaccine Nationalism vs Globalisation: What role for a supranational organisation?” in collaboration with Birkbeck College, University of London. - May 2021
• Professor Garry D. Bruton from Neeley School of Business, Texas Christian University (USA) presented his research on “Economic inequality – Is entrepreneurship the cause or the solution?” in a seminar. - April 2021
• Dr Muthu De Silva, Senior lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Birkbeck College, University of London (UK) presented her research on “Addressing Societal Challenges by Creating Social Values and Business Value: A Conceptual Framework for Science-Based Co-Creation” in a seminar. - April 2021
• Professor Suma Athreye and Professor Claudia Girardone organised a debate on “The role of Public Research in the development of Covid Vaccine – are they heroes or laggards?” in collaboration with Birkbeck College, University of London. - March 2021
• Professor Suma Athreye wrote "Knowledge transfer from public science: the unsung hero of the COVID-19 vaccine success." which was published in the Centre for Information Management Research - March 2021

November - December 2020 

• Professor Andrew Henley from Cardiff Business School (UK) presented his research on “Resilience of the Self-Employed to the Impacts of Covid-19” in a seminar. - December 2020
• Professor Chris Williams from NEOMA Business School (France) presented his research on “Innovation vs. Tradition in Small Wine Producing Firms: Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Role of External Pressures” in a seminar. - November 2020

Dr Misagh Tasavori collaborated with a company in Iran to assess an initial 5,000 students for their business acumen. The pilot research revealed that the majority didn’t have the characteristics, such as creativity, independence, innovation and risk-taking, necessary to be a success in business. This prompted the Ministry of Education in Iran to order a wider study, and in May 2015 over two million students, aged 13-15, were surveyed with very similar results. It became clear a major entrepreneurship education programme was needed to address the problem.

Read the full research impact case study.

Dr Caleb Kwong is working with a number of teams across the world to look at the challenges that refugees and internally displaced persons faced in starting up a business, as well as the institutional supports and policy challenges.

Working with the UK Intellectual Property Office and the Office of National Statistics, Dr Suma Athreye developed a survey tool which shed light on the reasons why innovating firms may not use patents or trademarks to protect their most valuable innovations.

View the evidence from the SIPU 2015 survey.