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ESRC awards £2 million for Targeted Initiative on Innovation

07/09/2007
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has awarded over £2 million to eight different research projects focusing on innovation. The primary objective of this initiative is to promote and support world-class theoretical, empirical, policy- and practice-oriented research in innovation.

Directors of the successful bids include:
- Chris Hendry, Centenary Professor in Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School City of London and the Director of the Centre for New Technologies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CENTIVE); and Associate Dean (Research).
His innovation project is titled: ‘The ‘Uncertain Middle’: The role of demonstration projects and trials in influencing success’.
- Mary Rose, Professor of Entrepreneurship and research director of the Institute of
Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development at Lancaster University Management School. Her innovation project is titled: ‘Knowledge and Technology Transfer, international evidence and implications for policy’.
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