This report builds on discussions that took place at the fourth UK Management Research Forum organised by AIMResearch, the Chartered Institute of Management and the Department of Trade and Industry. In summary, the reportcontends that:• Leaders both motivate employees and design effective...

“Overall in the UK we do a lot of networking when trying to innovate, perhaps we don’t do enough to capitalise onit and our general infrastructure is not quite adequate to support it”.(AIM Review on Networking and Innovation, 2003).The major points discussed in the report are:On the...

This report summarises the discussions that took place during the AIM Management Research Forum on the 29th April 2003 and the subsequent work of four AIM scholars (Dr Kamal Birdi, University of Sheffield; Dr David Denyer, Cranfield School of Management; Dr Kamal Munir, University of Cambridge...

This report was produced following a high value manufacturing workshop involvinga range of academics, practitioners and policymakers organised by AIM Research andthe Technology Strategy Board. The purpose of the discussion was to explore whathigh value manufacturing meant to UK manufacturers,...

European Union countries have implemented widespread reforms to product markets in order to stimulate competition, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme (SMP) were associated with increased product market...

While scholarly research has produced a great deal of useful knowledge about various forms of innovation, there has been very little attention given to the dynamics of management innovation - the implementation of a new management practice, process or structure that significantly alters the way...