The Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship is committed to delivering research that is academically excellent and adds social value by addressing some of the problems facing the world today. This type of research is particularly relevant for those with a research interest in entrepreneurship and innovation. Our key areas of interest are listed below:

  • State capitalism
  • Corporate governance: board structures
  • Comparative corporate governance
  • Executive compensation, executive turnover and impact on decision-making
  • Digital enterprise
  • Online entrepreneurial activity
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Data-enabled capabilities
  • Internet of Things
  • Formal and informal entrepreneurship
  • University spin-outs
  • Contextual influences on strategic entrepreneurship
  • Corporate entrepreneurship
  • Social entrepreneurship
  • Creative and cultural industries enterprise
  • Ethnic minority enterprise
  • Gender, intersectionality and entrepreneurship
  • Business model innovation
  • Entrepreneurship ecosystem
  • Innovation ecosystem

The impact of ‘family’ on firm strategy, decision-making, and ultimately firm survival including but not limited to:

  • Innovation and entrepreneurship
  • New business formation
  • Governance including boards, trustees, and family councils
  • Corporate social responsibility
  • The darker side of family firms (employee relations, family exit, firm failure)