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What can SMEs do to make themselves more resilient? What are the relationships between the resilience of individual business leaders, firms and the wider business ecosystem?

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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Source

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

Beis areas research interest interim update 2020

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  • Entrepreneurial resiliency, innovation, and change during the COVID-19 Crisis

    Entrepreneurship is a critical part of the Government's economic development efforts and is a major goal for local and devolved governments. However, the COVID-19 crisis threatens many entrepreneurial firms. Existing res...

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    The project partially addresses the question by investigating how entrepreneurs can protect their companies and innovate during a crisis, but it does not explore the relationship between individual business leaders, firms, and the wider business ecosystem.

  • Discovery 2 Recovery – Business Analysis Tool Development

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  • Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)

    Past research has largely failed to develop a robust understanding of SME performance. There are three reasons for this: first, there has been a failure to recognise the importance of entrepreneurial ambition and leaders...

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