This theme examines how entrepreneurship, enterprise and innovation drive sustainable and inclusive economic development. It focuses on factors that support or hinder enterprise, such as finance, institutional support, trust networks, leadership, digital skills and policy. It includes work on inclusive entrepreneurship, SME growth, enterprise policy, economic development and inclusion, social innovation, and development programmes, with attention to how dimensions including gender, ethnicity, migration, culture, and institutions influence entrepreneurial outcomes.
Research areas include:
- SME growth and resilience
- Inclusive, minority, and migrant entrepreneurship
- Trust networks and ecosystem support
- Social enterprises and impact organisations
- Entrepreneurial Identity Horizons
- Entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation and community development
- Microfinance and financial inclusion
- International and transnational ventures
- Leadership and institutional dynamics
- Policy and inclusive economic transformation
Theme Co-Leads
Dr Loliya Kagher and Dr Ijeoma Okpanum
Members
Dr Shainaz Firfiray / Dr Weihao Han / Prof. Alexander Kemp / Dr Huda Khan / Prof. Zaheer Khan / Dr Ye Li / Dr Nan Liu / Prof. Simon Parker / Dr Hossein Radmard / Prof. John Skåtun / Prof. Jie Wu
Theme Publications
Shahib, H. M., Islam, M. A., & Adhariani, D. (2026). Developing Agrarian Disclosures for Local Governments of a Southern Country: A Broader Community and SDG Perspective. Social and Environmental Accountability Journal.
Odat, S., Al-Tabbaa, O., Khan, Z., & Saridakis, G. (2026). How Sharing-platform SMEs Innovate Their Business Models In Developing Economies: A
Process And Ecosystem Perspective. Technovation, 157, Article 103684.
Khan, H., Knight, G., & Khan, Z. (2027). Mechanisms for digital business model innovation in international new ventures from developing economies.
International Business Review, 36(1), Article 102664. Advance online publication.