Economics, Finance and Entrepreneurship

Research output

Research output per year 1972 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

• 1264 Article
• 188 Chapter
• 159 Working paper
• 155 Unpublished Conference Paper
• 458 More
  • 63 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
  • 51 Commissioned report
  • 45 Conference publication
  • 45 Editorial
  • 43 Book/Film/Article review
  • 38 Book
  • 26 Conference abstract
  • 22 Edited Book
  • 18 Abstract
  • 17 Discussion paper
  • 16 Review article
  • 10 Special issue
  • 9 Other report
  • 9 Conference article
  • 6 Other contribution
  • 6 Project report
  • 5 Letter, comment or opinion
  • 5 Technical report
  • 4 Foreword/postscript
  • 4 Other chapter contribution
  • 3 Correction
  • 2 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
  • 2 Poster
  • 2 Featured article
  • 2 Doctoral Thesis
  • 1 Other
  • 1 Editor of Special issue
  • 1 Blog Post
  • 1 Manual
  • 1 Preprint

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  Perceptions of Manufacturing: How to make manufacturing charming again?

  Anzolin, G., Castaneda Navarrete, J. & Ribaudo, D., 19 Dec 2023, 59 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • manufacturing 100%
  • gray literature 27%
  • Switzerland 21%
  • Singapore 20%
  • South Korea 20%
• 2021

  Delivering Levelling-Up: Don't turn on the taps without fixing the pipes

  Newman, J., Seaford, C., Glover, B., Collinson, S., Hoole, C., Kitsos, A., Gutiérrez-Posada, D., Tilley, H., Mukerjee, A., Gilbert, N. & Driffield, N., Sept 2021, 56 p. (LIPSIT Project Outputs)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • levelling 100%
  • productivity 26%
  • think tank 19%
  • trade policy 18%
  • grant 13%
• 2020

  Understanding and developing implementable best practice in the design of academic integrity policies for international students studying in the UK

  Burnett, T., Jan 2020, 14 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • Malpractice 100%
  • integrity 72%
  • best practice 66%
  • lack 42%
  • student 20%
• 2019

  Work and economic resilience review: A review of current thinking about the nature of work and economic resilience

  Green, A., Kitsos, T. & Riley, R., 24 Feb 2019, 26 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 2017

  Context and social enterprises: which environments enable social entrepreneurship?

  Stephan, U. & Folmer, E., Jun 2017, Birmingham/Brussels: Seforїs. 5 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Informal Institutions 73%
  • Formal Institutions 71%
  • Social Environment 70%
  • Social Entrepreneurship 66%

• Social enterprise: Market trends 2017

  Stephan, U., Braidford, P., Folmer, E., Hart, M. & Lomax, S., 15 Sept 2017, London. 69 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Social Enterprise 100%
  • Small Business 57%
  • Sports 39%
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 34%
  • Energy Business 32%

• Social enterprises, an economic force for building more inclusive societies? Evidence from the SEFORЇS study

  Huysentruyt, M. & Stephan, U., Jun 2017, Brussels/Birmingham: Seforїs. 9 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Social Enterprise 100%
  • Economics 45%
  • Revenue 23%
  • Societal Impact 15%
  • Social Inclusion 14%

• Social enterprises, social inclusion and positive social change

  Stephan, U., Jun 2017, Brussels/Birmingham: Seforїs. 7 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Social Inclusion 100%
  • Social Change 93%
  • Social Enterprise 86%
  • Social Entrepreneur 71%
  • Entrepreneurship 66%
• 2016

  Cross-country report: a first cross-country analysis and profiling of social enterprises prepared by the SEFORÏS research consortium

  Huysentruyt, M., Mair, J., Le Coq, C., Rimac, T. & Stephan, U., Sept 2016, Seforїs. 36 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • entrepreneur 100%
  • Romania 54%
  • Hungary 52%
  • Portugal 51%
  • social effects 48%

• SEFORIS Country Report - Social Enterprises in the United Kingdom

  Folmer, E., Stephan, U. & Huysentruyt, M., Oct 2016, Birmingham/Brussels: Seforїs. 36 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • entrepreneur 100%
  • social effects 48%
  • director 44%
  • employer 41%
  • innovation 33%
• 2015

  Sociology of Enterprise. Department for Business Innovation & Skills Research Rport

  Theodorakopoulos, N., Hart, M., Burke, G., Stephan, U., Braidford, P., Allinson, G., Houston, M. & Jones, S., 1 Aug 2015, London. 52 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Business Innovation 100%
  • Sociology 91%
  • Small Business 75%
  • Enterprise Policy 42%
  • Turnover 35%

• Understanding motivations for entrepreneurship

  Stephan, U., Hart, M., Mickiewicz, T. & Drews, C-C., Mar 2015, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. 109 p. (BIS Research Paper; no. 212)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Entrepreneurs 58%
  • Entrepreneurial Performance 37%
  • Entrepreneurial Process 33%
  • Correlates 25%

• Understanding motivations for entrepreneurship: a review of recent research evidence

  Stephan, U., Hart, M. & Drews, C-C., Feb 2015, Birmingham (UK): Enterprise Research Centre. 54 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Entrepreneurial Motivation 100%
  • Entrepreneurship 87%
  • Entrepreneurial Performance 19%
  • Empirical Study 9%

• Understanding Motivations for Entrepreneurship

  Stephan, U., Hart, M., Mickiewicz, T. M. & Drews, C-C., Mar 2015, London. 109 p. (BIS Research Paper; no. 212)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Autonomy 32%
  • Entrepreneurs 24%
  • Business Success 22%
  • Recession 11%

• Women’s Entrepreneurship: closing the gender gap in access to financial and other services and in social entrepreneurship

  McCracken, K., Marquez, S., Kwong, C., Stephan, U., Castagnoli, A. & Dlouhá, M., 15 Jun 2015, Brussels (BE): European Parliament. 59 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • Women's Entrepreneurship 100%
  • Access to Finance 90%
  • Gender Gap 87%
  • Women Entrepreneurs 87%
  • Social Entrepreneurship 83%
• 2014

  The state of social entrepreneurship in the UK

  Drencheva, A. & Stephan, U., Apr 2014, Seforїs. 25 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • entrepreneurship 100%
  • social effects 18%
  • finance 17%
  • innovation 13%
  • trend 10%
• 2013

  Firm dynamics and job creation in the UK

  Anyadike-Danes, M., Hart, M. & Du, J., 6 Apr 2013, Enterprise Research Centre. 45 p. (ERC White Paper; vol. 6)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File
• 2012

  Beyond borders: charting the changing global reinsurance landscape

  Jarzabkowski, P., Bednarek, R., Burke, G., Cabantous, L. & Smets, M., 2012, 44 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Bermuda 100%
  • Broker 85%
  • Continental 63%
  • Asia 50%

• Entrepreneurial profile of the UK in the light of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index

  Autio, E., Cleevely, M., Hart, M., Levie, J., Acs, Z. J. & Szerb, L., 24 Apr 2012, Imperial College Business School. 35 p. (Working papers series)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Entrepreneurship 100%
  • National Systems 35%
  • Penalty 24%
  • Resource Allocation 24%
  • Performance 10%
• 2011

  Cost assessment - use of panel and sub-company data Ofwat

  MacDonald, M. & Saal, D., May 2011, CEPA. 138 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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• 2010

  A comparative evaluation of the impact of UK Trade & Investment's R&D programme and other UKTI support that impacts R&D

  Driffield, N., Du, J., Hart, M., Love, J. & Tapinos, E., Mar 2010, Aston University. 71 p. (UKTI Research Report)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Development Programme 100%
  • Evaluation 55%
  • Export Marketing 28%
  • Services Trade 26%
  • Business Investment 25%

• Appraisal of the Karnalí Employment Programme as a regional social protection scheme

  Vaidya, K., Regmi, P. P. & Ghirime, B. N., Nov 2010, Kathmandu (NP): International Labour Organisation. 92 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Public works 100%
  • Nepal 87%
  • vulnerability 64%
  • poverty 56%

• Appropriate wage rate and estimate of labour availability for a public works based safety net in Cambodia

  Vaidya, K., Jun 2010, International Labour Organisation.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Public Works 100%
  • Cambodia 95%
  • Safety Net 94%
  • Wage Rate 80%
  • Rural Development 54%

• Impact of media on entrepreneurial intentions and actions

  Levie, J., Hart, M. & Karim, M., 2010, 51 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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• Intellectual property enforcement in smaller UK firms: a report for the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP)

  Greenhalgh, C., Phillips, J., Pitkethly, R., Rogers, M. & Tomalin, J., 2010, (Unpublished) Intellectual property office. 106 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Advisory Board 100%
  • Intellectual Property 93%
  • Enforcement 65%
  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 56%
  • Micro Firms 48%

• Sourcing knowledge for innovation: the international dimension

  Huggins, R., Izushi, H., Clifton, N., Jenkins, S., Prokop, D. & Whitfield, C., May 2010, London (UK): National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA). 54 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • medium-sized firm 100%
  • innovation 80%
  • small business 71%
  • overseas 59%
  • expertise 46%

• Trading risks: the value of relationships, models and face-to-face interaction in the global reinsurance market

  Jarzabkowski, P., Smets, M. & Spee, P., 2010, Birmingham (UK): Aston University. 32 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  File
• 2009

  Global entrepreneurship monitor UK 2008: monitoring report

  Levie, J. & Hart, M., 2009, (Unpublished) Aston University.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• HRM systems, internal marketing and performance in Indian call centres: full research report ESRC end of award report, RES-000-22-1876

  Budhwar, P. & Malhotra, N., 8 Jul 2009, Swindon: ESRC.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Human Resource Management Systems 100%
  • Internal Marketing 96%
  • Call Centres 85%
  • Reward 44%
  • Frontline Employees 36%

• HRM systems, internal marketing and performance in Indian call centres: non-technical summary (Research summary) ESRC end of award report, RES-000-22-1876. Swindon: ESRC

  Budhwar, P. & Malhotra, N., 8 Jul 2009, Swindon: ESRC.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Human Resource Management Systems 100%
  • Internal Marketing 96%
  • Call Centres 85%
  • Reward 44%
  • Frontline Employees 36%

• Measuring business growth: high-growth firms and their contribution to employment in the UK

  Anyadike-Danes, M., Bonner, K., Hart, M. & Mason, C., Oct 2009, London (UK): National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA).

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • High-growth Firms 100%
  • Business Growth 81%
  • Job Creation 30%
  • Prosperity 29%
  • Socio-economic Impact 18%

• Racing for radical innovation: how motorsport companies harness network diversity for discontinuous innovation

  Delbridge, R. & Mariotti, F., 2009, London (UK): Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM).

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

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  • Motorsports 100%
  • Discontinuous Innovation 92%
  • Radical Innovation 70%
  • Industry 22%
  • Event Management 21%
• 2008

  Appropriate wage rate and related issues for employment intensive public works programmes in Timor Leste

  Vaidya, K., Nov 2008, Dili, Timor Leste: International Labour Organisation. 92 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Public Works Programme 100%
  • Wage Rate 66%
  • Public Works 27%
  • Casual Employment 17%
  • Social Stability 13%

• UK competitiveness index 2008

  Huggins, R. & Izushi, H., 2008, Cardiff (UK): Centre for International Competitiveness. 55 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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• World knowledge competitiveness index 2008

  Huggins, R., Izushi, H., Davies, W. & Shougui, L., 2008, Cardiff (UK): Centre for International Competitiveness. 57 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Competitiveness 100%
  • Knowledge Economy 23%
  • Benchmark 23%
  • Spreadsheet 23%
  • Excel 17%
• 2007

  An analysis of the characteristics of small and medium enterprises that use intellectual property

  Rogers, M., Helmers, C. & Greenhalgh, C., Oct 2007

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
  • Intellectual Property 83%
  • Data Base 29%

• Ken Durham and Unilever as a 'Multi-Local Multinational'

  Jones, G. G. & Decker, S., Sept 2007, Boston, MA (US): Harvard Business School. 26 p. (Harvard Business School Case; no. 808-025)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Multinational Companies 100%
  • Local Autonomy 97%
  • Management Styles 70%
  • West Africa 68%
  • Criticism 59%

• The association between the use of IP by UK SMEs in 2001 and subsequent performance in 2002 to 2004

  Rogers, M., Greenhalgh, C. & Helmers, C., Oct 2007, 40 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) 100%
  • Trademark 32%
  • Cohort 28%
  • Patents 26%
  • Performance 24%

• The determinants of investment in industrial research and development in the United Kingdom and in Germany

  Vecchi, M., Barrell, R., Becker, B., Schmidt-Ehmke, J. & Stephan, A., May 2007, 44 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

  • Industrial Research 100%
  • Industrial Development 81%
  • R&D Intensity 65%
  • R and D 59%
  • Germany 57%
• 2006

  Analyzing Divisia Rules Extracted from a Feedforward Neural Network

  Schmidt, V. A. & Binner, J. M., 1 Mar 2006, 8 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Feedforward neural networks 100%
• 2005

  The value of time in least developed countries: the African studies : final report

  Ahmed, F., Vaidya, K., Flanary, R., Wardman, M. & Wattam, M., Jul 2005, Ardington (UK): I.T. Transport Ltd. 132 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Savings 100%
  • Value of Time 98%
  • Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 80%
  • Revealed Preference 70%
  • Africa 52%

• World knowledge competitiveness index 2005

  Huggins, R., Izushi, H. & Davies, W., 2005, Pontypridd (UK): Robert Huggins.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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• 2004

  An investigation into opex productivity trends and causes in water industry in England & Wales - 1992-93 to 2002-03: main report - final

  Saal, D. & Reid, S., Apr 2004, Stone & Webster Consultants. 41 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access

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  • Water Industry 100%
  • Wales 81%
  • England 50%
  • Productivity Growth 46%
  • Productivity 43%

• Investigation into evidence for economies of scale in the water and sewerage industry in England and Wales: final report

  Jan 2004, Stone & Webster Consultants.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Networks of learning : how motorsport companies collaborate and share knowledge: evidence from the UK and Italian motorsport industries

  Mariotti, F., Delbridge, R. & Stancombe, J., 2004, Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM).

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Motorsports 100%
  • Business Schools 22%
  • Industry 22%
  • Car Manufacturers 20%
  • Dynamic Environment 16%

• Review of rural road maintenance in Lao PDR: current status, issues and opinions

  Vaidya, K. & Thusanasorn, P., 2004, International Labour Organisation. 68 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  Open Access
• 2003

  Regional and labour market development in candidate countries

  Huber, P., Bruckner, H., Kollo, J., Traistrau, J. & Mickiewicz, T., Feb 2003, Vienna (AT): WIFO.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 2001

  Innovation capabilities of the seven EU candidate countries: comparative data based analysis

  Radosevic, S. & Mickiewicz, T., 2001, European Commission.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Poland: staying the course? The Stockholm report on transition

  Bishop, K. & Mickiewicz, T., 5 Feb 2001, Stockholm (SE): Stockholm School of Economics.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• 1999

  China and European economic security: study on medium to long term impact of technology transfer to China

  Bennett, D., Liu, X., Parker, D., Steward, F. & Vaidya, K., Jul 1999, (Unpublished) Aston University. 14 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

  • Economic Security 100%
  • Transfer of Technology 89%
  • China 42%