The Centre for Enterprise leads on the creation and transfer of knowledge to develop enterprise and entrepreneurship capability.

We are

• Well known for making research useful in practice for small firms, focussing on owner-manager leadership and company growth
• A centre of excellence for
  • research in gender and enterprise
  • enterprise learning
• sustainable development research in the UK and India
• Experienced in effective knowledge exchange to support entrepreneurial behaviour and small firm competitiveness
• A practical business engagement team, supporting innovation and strategic business development, including social enterprise
• A dedicated research team informing enterprise policy, regionally and nationally.

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Our track record

The Centre for Enterprise has successfully delivered research and development projects in small business and related areas, via ESRC, EPSRC, Leverhulme, public and private sector funding, with widespread impacts to our research informing policy and practice in entrepreneurship.

Since its launch in March 2001, The Centre for Enterprise at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School has attracted over £12m of revenue to support practical and research activities to develop entrepreneurs and their businesses. This has included contracts to encourage growth in groups of SME owners and others to develop leadership skills in small business owners. Research Council awards include ESRC Business Engagement funding, plus two ESRC Knowledge Exchange Fellowships to build capabilities in third sector enterprises plus EPSRC awards to investigate business models emerging from suitable entrepreneurship in the UK and India.