Regional Innovation and Enterprise Research Group

What Are We Doing?

The Regional Innovation and Enterprise Research Group has a growing track record of social and economic development research. This includes locally, nationally, and internationally funded projects aimed at investigating the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in the developments of regions. The group includes national and international collaborations to advise on future approaches to delivering local, regional, and international policies.

We are researching businesses and wider economic development in different spatial contexts. This extends from policy evaluations and regional economic analysis through to individual and organisational dynamics that foster entrepreneurship and innovation.

Why Is It important?

Supporting the economic development of regions can provide better opportunities for the businesses and communities living there. Understanding more about the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship for the growth can inform new approaches to supporting their development trajectories.

How Are We different?

We rely and build up from our diversity and multidisciplinarity to foster integration among research methods and background to create impact in the society. With a representation from all departments of the Business School, our research group includes expertise coming from the fields of economics, management, regional development and geography, marketing, organisational psychology, sociology, finance, and many others. This wide spectrum of expertise allows us to tackle several issues related to the different aspects of regional innovation and enterprise.

Group Researchers

Academic Staff

, Senior Lecturer

, Reader

, Senior Lecturer in Economics

, Senior Lecturer

Dr Giacomo Marzi, Senior Lecturer

, Lecturer

, Professor of Responsible Management

, Senior Lecturer

, Professor in Organisational Behaviour

, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategic Foresight

, Senior Lecturer

, Global Professor in Sustainable Operations & Supply Chain Mgt

, Professor of Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Development

, Associate Professor

, Professor of Strategic Marketing

, Lecturer in Economics

, Senior Lecturer

Prof Marian Rizov, Professor of Economics

External Members

Prof David Charles, Visiting Professor

, Visiting Professor

Research Staff

, Senior Research Fellow

Fiona Ashmore, Research Assistant

Research Students

Aekachai Khuenmanee, PhD Student

Dannuo Zhu, PhD Student

Mahdieh Zeinali, PhD Student

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