As organisations face fierce global competition, rapidly developing technologies and dwindling world resources, it is vital for them to implement product, service and process innovations, as well as develop individual or corporate entrepreneurial skills. Our research operates through four core themes examining cutting-edge entrepreneurial and innovation processes, giving us unique insight into the latest thinking and practice.
Research themes
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The evolution of entrepreneurial firms
Entrepreneurial firms are a critical engine for technological change and economic growth. Yet starting and growing a business is by no means an easy feat.
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Managing innovation in large organisations
Innovation is a key driver of firm competitive advantage and profitability of large corporations and other organisations. Our research looks into how innovation happens.
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Networks in innovation and entrepreneurship
Networks are often seen as the seedbed from which new ideas around business and technology originate. Our research looks into the role of these entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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New forms of organising innovation and entrepreneurship
We investigate a wide variety of new forms of organising, including academic entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, and digitally enabled organisations such as cryptocurrencies.
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Research projects
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Networking for Innovation
For innovators, individual behaviour is the most important factor in building effective networks
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Entrepreneurial resilience and recovery during (and after) COVID-19
We're looking into business model learning processes by entrepreneurs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and lockdown in China, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines and United Kingdom
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Centres
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Imperial Business Design Studio
Creating new empirical evidence on the impact of design thinking on business and the relationship between business, technology and data.
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Leonardo Centre on Business for Society
An innovative cross-disciplinary laboratory experimenting with alternative models of enterprise for joint economic and human value
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Centre for Responsible Leadership
The Centre for Responsible Leadership at Imperial College Business School will help organisations redefine their approach to leadership
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Centre for Digital Transformation
The Centre for Digital Transformation helps businesses understand the far-reaching organisational implications of the digital revolution
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