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What can be done to make enterprise more inclusive? How can we support entrepreneurship in underrepresented and disadvantaged communities?

Background

BEIS is striving to create fairer, inclusive and flexible workplaces so that everyone has the change to succeed, whilst balancing home and work life. We will unlock enterprise and cut burdens to help businesses start and grow, while reforming corporate governance and improving boardroom diversity. To that end, BEIS needs research to better understand the following:

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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

Beis areas research interest interim update 2020

Related UKRI funded projects


  • The Enterprise and Diversity Alliance: Promoting Knowledge Exchange in the New Era of Business Support

    This project aims to establish the Enterprise and Diversity Alliance (EDA) as the United Kingdom's leading knowledge exchange network for entrepreneurship and minority businesses (that is, small enterprises owned by ethn...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project directly addresses the question by aiming to promote diversity and inclusivity in entrepreneurship, particularly for minority businesses, through the establishment of the Enterprise and Diversity Alliance.

  • One Africa Network Project

    Ethnic minority entrepreneurs (EMEs) have traditionally been associated with lower growth industry sectors (Jones and Ram, 2007; Carter _et al._, 2015; Ram _et al._, 2016, p. 6). This challenge has not been helped by slo...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project specifically addresses the challenges faced by ethnic minority entrepreneurs and proposes solutions to support them in underrepresented communities.

  • BIG IDEAs Initiative: Creating fairer and more productive workplaces

    Discrimination and social inequalities continue to pervade the workplace. Despite investing “diversity-improving solutions” (e.g. diversity or unconscious bias trainings), most organisations have made little progress tow...

    Funded by: UKRI FLF

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on creating fairer and more productive workplaces by addressing social inequalities and productivity challenges, which aligns with the goal of supporting entrepreneurship in underrepresented communities.

  • Diversity and UK Firm Performance

    This project's aim is to explore the economic effects of diverse teams and workplaces - and the wider role of urban diversity - specifically, on entrepreneurship and firm-level innovation and productivity in the UK. Thes...

    Funded by: SPF

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project partially addresses the question by exploring the economic effects of diverse teams and workplaces on entrepreneurship and firm-level innovation and productivity.

  • Project Libra: Empowering Inclusion and Diversity for UK economy recovery

    Diverse and inclusive companies report higher innovation, productivity and employment engagement leading to increased business productivity. However, COVID-19 has had a drastic impact on workplace D&I strategies and ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Raising the ceiling on diversity and inclusion: a corporate retail case study

    The retail sector is a crucial part of the UK economy accounting for 11% of UK economic output and nearly 16% of GB employment in 2014 (Rhodes, 2014). The UK government recognises the importance of the sector and its pot...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on diversity and inclusion in a corporate setting, providing insights on how to support entrepreneurship in underrepresented communities.

  • Innovative data-driven diversity and inclusion (IDDDI)

    HRDH will develop an AI-driven toolset to quickly and easily capture organisations Diversity and Inclusion status and use these datasets to create an AI D&I Impact tool which will for the first time allow organisatio...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Diversity and Productivity: from Education to Work (DaPEW)

    Summary: The UK has lower productivity than many comparable economies. There are also large differences in education choices and career outcomes between similarly qualified individuals from different backgrounds. These d...

    Funded by: SPF

  • Championing diversity through collaboration, by empowering those we serve and by harnessing the power of lived experience.

    A business built on the premise of celebrating the beauty of individuality and building confidence. We recognise the significance of role models, and working with someone who understands what it's like to walk a mile in ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Promoting Equality and Diversity Through Economic Crisis

    The Research Network on Promoting Equality and Diversity Through Economic Crisis ('PEDEC') draws on core philosophical and methodological traditions from geography, law, business and management, history and politics to a...

    Funded by: AHRC