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 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
Lead research organisation: De Montfort University
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.
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
Lead research organisation: SSCG CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
The project specifically addresses the challenges faced by ethnic minority entrepreneurs and proposes solutions to support them, aligning with the goal of making enterprise more inclusive and supporting entrepreneurship in underrepresented communities.
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: UKRI
Lead research organisation: University College London
The project partially addresses the question by exploring the economic effects of diverse teams and workplaces on entrepreneurship and firm-level innovation and productivity.