Transcript EPSRC IMRC Conference

AIM: An Update on the Advanced
Institute of Management Research
Professor Andy Neely
Deputy Director, AIM Research
Agenda
 What is AIM?
 What has AIM achieved to date?
 AIM as an experiment in how research is funded
 The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community
Agenda
 What is AIM?
 What has AIM achieved to date?
 AIM as an experiment in how research is funded
 The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community
The Network of AIM Fellows…
What Is AIM?
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Management
Research Forum
Productivity and Performance
Sustainable Innovation
Promising Practices
Public Service
AIM Fellows and Scholars – 60
leading academics drawn from
35 universities globally…
International
Fellowships
Portal Infrastructure to facilitate collaboration…
AIM has a budget of £20 million – £18M from the ESRC and £2M from the
EPSRC – making AIM the UK’s largest investment in management research.
Executive Steering Committee – chaired by Professor Sir George Bain. Members include
Professor Alan Alexander, Professor Sue Cox, Professor Mike Gregory, Professor Bruce Kogut,
Professor Andrew Pettigrew and Professor Vicky Pryce.
AIM’s Mission and Objectives
Mission – to significantly increase the contribution of and future
capacity for world class UK research on management.
Objectives
1.
Conduct research that will identify actions to enhance the UK’s
international competitiveness.
2.
Raise the scientific quality and international standing of UK research on
international competitiveness.
3.
Expand the size and capacity of the active research base for UK research
on management.
4.
Develop the engagement of that capacity with world class research
outside the UK and with practitioners as co-producers of knowledge
about management and other users of research within the UK.
Agenda
 What is AIM?
 What has AIM achieved to date?
 AIM as an experiment in how research is funded
 The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community
Management Research Forum
AIM’s Mission - To significantly increase the contribution of and
future capacity for world class UK research on management.
Design principles…
Senior Policy Makers, Practitioners and Academics
Debate issues that matter
In partnership with a third party
Achievements to date…
 Management Research Forum on Innovation (DTI)
 Management Research Forum on Productivity and Skills (CIHE)
 Management Research Forum on Knowledge Transfer (SMI)
AIM Scholars Programme
AIM’s Mission - To significantly increase the contribution of and
future capacity for world class UK research on management.
Design principles…
Next generation
Dean’s nomination
Exposure to policy and practice debates
Achievements to date…
 Post Porter: Where Does The UK Go From Here.
 Systematic Reviews for the DTI Innovation Review.
 The Challenge of Business-University Collaboration.
AIM Fellows Research
AIM’s Mission - To significantly increase the contribution of and
future capacity for world class UK research on management.
Design principles…
Collaborative research – jointly funded
Practitioner engagement
Potential for out-reach
Achievements to date…
 Radical innovation and renewal
 Productivity at the branch level
 Promising practices: a critical appraisal
Agenda
 What is AIM?
 What has AIM achieved to date?
 AIM as an experiment in how research is funded
 The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community
AIM as an Experiment…
• The importance of co-creation…
• The value of multiple perspectives…
Academic disciplinary perspectives that introduce different
theoretical lenses and methodologies…
Practitioner – academic perspectives that enrich the research
design, process, analysis and subsequent insight…
• Connecting with the user’s agenda…
• “Rising above the noise”
Agenda
 What is AIM?
 What has AIM achieved to date?
 AIM as an experiment in how research is funded
 The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community
AIM and the EPSRC Community…
• Invitation to participate…
AIM Associates…
AIM Events (see www.aimresearch.org)
• Forthcoming opportunities…
• Further Fellowships…
• Capacity Building Support…
• Future Calls for AIM Scholars…
• EPSRC support…
For Further Details…
Professor Andy Neely
Deputy Director
Advanced Institute of Management Research
6 Huntsworth Mews
London Business School
London NW1 6DD
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