Prof Grazia Ietto-Gillies reflects on the economic implications of spatial distance, particularly during the pandemic
Category: Research Activities
The Airbus lesson: How new companies can be generated to aid Europe’s post-Covid reconstruction
Covid-19 has given rise to a heated debate within the EU over debt mutualisation. Drawing lessons from the creation of Airbus, Daniele Archibugi argues the EU would be better served by focusing on how member states could pool their resources to create new companies capable of competing in emerging sectors.
An investment plan for European reconstruction
Europe must look beyond keeping companies on life support and staunching national debts to a continent-wide reconstruction driven by public investment. Post contributed by Daniele Archibugi
Lesser known facts about university spin-offs
Dr Ning Baines and Prof Helen Lawton Smith discuss some new evidence about university spin-offs emerging from their research
How can we evaluate the performance of innovation intermediaries?
Some pitfalls in evaluating the performance of intermediary organizations in dynamic environments. Post contributed by Dr Federica Rossi
Europe needs a green deal
Make sustainability the lodestar for post-pandemic policy. Post contributed by Daniele Archibugi, Andrea Filippetti and Marion Frenz
CIMR PhD research in focus: Refugee entrepreneurship
CIMR PhD student Ayse Seyyide explains the motivation behind her research exploring refugee entrepreneurship in urban settings.
CIMR PhD research in focus: Entrepreneurial learning
In this short video, entrepreneur and PhD student Doyin Olorunfemi discusses her research and how she hopes it can help other entrepreneurs
New book on Gender, science and Innovation edited by Helen Lawton Smith, Henry Etzkowitz, Colette Henry and Alexandra Poulovassilis
Gender, Science and Innovation Editors, Helen Lawton Smith, Colette Henry, Henry Etzkowitz and Alexandra Poulovassilis, Edward Elgar, Published January 2020. … More
The Future of Entrepreneurship: a Birkbeck/Santander project
This post has been contributed by Dr Renos Savva, School of Science, Birkbeck