Anglia Ruskin University

Welcome to the web pages of the IIMP. The details you will find on the different pages show a wide range of excellent research activity focused on finding solutions for problems in the world. The distinctive ethos of the IIMP is that research we do should connect to concerns that individuals, organisations and societies face.

Specifically, we focus our work on Innovation and Enterprise. Dealing with the dynamic challenges of climate and population change, technological renewal and the processes of creative destruction that mark our times, mean that understanding how individuals and organisations create and respond to innovation, and how they build new organisations and businesses to address problems and opportunities are fundamentally important objectives for management researchers. It is the international practices bound up with managing these problems and opportunities that are the core rationale for the IIMP.

None of our work would be possible without the generous support of Lord Ashcroft KCMG PC. His vision for the Institute is that it should have a focus on managerial practice. I share that vision, and seek to work together with managers internationally in a wide range of public and private organisations, mobilising the intellectual resources of the Institute to solve the problems and realise the opportunities of our increasingly troubled age.

If, whilst browsing these pages, you have an idea about how we can help achieve your goals, whether you are seeking to do a PhD, have a research need, or want advice about solving a problem or realising an opportunity, drop me a line at simon.down@anglia.ac.uk or call me on 07976 380 189 - I'd be happy to talk to you.