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This multi-disciplinary research strand has a focus on the role that enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation play in the economy and contemporary society, with two key themes:

The factors that support enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation at the micro level of the firm or organisation
The design, development and evaluation of interventions to promote enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation in the economy

Our projects

Family Business Sustainability and Growth (FAME)

Intergenerational Succession in SMEs Transition (INSIST)

Innovative Solutions for Sustainability in Education (ISSUE)

MentorCERT

‘More jobs, better jobs’ Partnership - Joseph Rowntree Foundation

SME Leaders and Sustainability: Deliberative Engagement (SME-DE)

The Compete In project

Work-Based Learning as an Integrated Curriculum (WBLIC)

Research outputs

Devins, D. and Reynolds, M. (2018) In search of relevance. The value of Work Based Learning. International Enterprise Education: Perspectives on Theory and Practice’. Oxon/NY: Routledge
Willis, P, Tench, R. and Devins D. (2018) Deliberative Engagement and wicked problems. From good intentions to practical action in Johnston, K. A., & Taylor, M. (Eds). The handbook of communication engagement. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell
Devins, D. and Jones B. (2016) Strategy for succession in family owned small businesses as a wicked problem to be tamed. Budapest Management Review. November 2016. pp 4-15
Ferrandez-Berrueco, M.R., Kekale, T. and Devins, D. (2016) A Framework for Work-Based Learning: Basic Pillars and the interactions between them. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning. Vol 6 Issue 1. Jan 2016. pp35-54
Devins, D., Lodorfos, G., Kostopoulos, I. and Webber, D (2015). Innovation and Growth in the City Region: Microeconomic Evidence of Asymmetries. International Journal of Innovation Management. Vol 20, Issue 2. pp 1-15
Devins, D., Ferrandez-Berrueco, M.R. and Kekale, T. (2015) Educational orientation and employer influenced pedagogy; practice and policy insights from three higher education programmes in Europe. Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning. Vol 5 Iss 4. Nov 2015. Pp 352-368

Devins, D.. Gold, J., Boak, G., Garvey, R. and Willis, P. (2017) Maximising the local impact of anchor institutions: a case study of the Leeds City Region. York. Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Tench, R.; Devins, D.; Willis; Mitchell, C.; Brusati, L.; Frandsen, F.; Fadele, P.; Lacuzzi, S.; Ianniello, M.; Johansen, W.; Knudesen, G., & Dimitrova, T. (2016). Complexity Engagement: Stakeholders, Collaboration and Challenging Problems. Haftad