Innovation & Entrepreneurship research area

Choose start date:

Start date:
September 2024

Duration:
Five to six years

Deadline:
8 January 2024

Fee:
Fully funded

Location:
London, UK

Influence policy and practice by working at the interface of science, engineering and business management

The research areas of Innovation and Entrepreneurship sit within the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship. Faculty and students in these fields undertake research into the innovation and entrepreneurship process, from identifying pockets of original knowledge in the search for ideas, to the diffusion and entrepreneurial exploitation of new products, processes and services.

Faculty members are particularly interested in the core themes of spotting and leveraging entrepreneurial opportunities; managing the innovation process; building and operating entrepreneurial ecosystems; the role of networks in innovation and entrepreneurship; the impact of corporate entrepreneurship on organisational innovation; and commercialising science innovations.

You may also be co-supervised by faculty in other departments in the School, depending on your research interests.

Research centres and partnerships

The Business School is home to several research centres and institutes, offering a diverse range of activities that bring together academics and specialists.

Digital City Exchange

A five-year Digital Economy multi-disciplinary research programme at Imperial College London focussing on the planning and use of cities to allow for new technical and business opportunities.

Imperial College Business School main entrance

Centre for Digital Transformation

The Centre for Digital Transformation helps businesses understand the far-reaching organisational implications of the digital revolution. From artificial intelligence (AI) to the Internet of Things to blockchain, the Centre’s work focuses on new and emerging digital technologies, and how they can be leveraged to meet both business and social objectives.

Gandhi Centre for Inclusive Innovation

Linking innovation and entrepreneurship in companies and institutions globally, through thought leadership, research, technology and next-generation innovation models.

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Teaching experience

PhD students on the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) scholarship will undertake 150 hours of teaching assistant duties from year three of the programme. There will be opportunities for PhD students to engage in teaching activities within the Business School’s programmes such as MSc Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Management as well as on our MBA, which offers a unique focus on innovation through elective courses and the Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Design project.

Name	Thesis	Supervisor
Elizaveta Portz	Entrepreneurial Resource Acquisition in Startup Accelerators	Dr Anne Ter Wal and Dr Ileana Stigliani
Marine Mograbyan	New Venture Internationalisation in the Digital Age	Professor Erkko Autio and Dr Jan Ross
Ahmet Yildirim	Management of Ecosystem Evolution: The Effect of Macro and Micro Influencers on a Firm's Ecosystem Management Activities	Professor Bart Clarysse and Professor Mike Wright