Research Projects
The Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurial Performance and Economics promotes high performing ventures among students, faculty and alumni through cutting edge entrepreneurial research, teaching and practice. The management of high performance ventures in modern dynamic markets is more about entrepreneurship than small business. This perspective is central to the emphasis of the Centre.
The Centre's core research areas are couched in the areas of economics, finance and strategic management. They include:
- Business Growth
- Forecasting the entrepreneurial sector
- Entrepreneurial finance and de-risking ventures
- Intellectual property rights and market performance
- The impact of business planning on new venture performance
- Entrepreneurial Strategy
We have a preference for research which is empirical in orientation and supported by robust econometric/statistical analysis. We have a broad but defined view of entrepreneurship as the exploitation of profit opportunities. Our research indicates that the key ingredients for entrepreneurial success vary across: time, different business sectors and within firms as they develop through various stages. Knowing what entrepreneurial ingredient is needed when, in which sector or in a particular firm at a unique stage of its development becomes one of the key diagnostic challenges for research on entrepreneurship.