Question 01
Which conditions allow research and ideas to become sustainable ventures?
Research centre · GIE · In development
Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research Center
Study how ideas, ventures and institutions create useful innovation and sustainable value.
Mandate & purpose
Why this centre matters.
Study how ideas, ventures and institutions create useful innovation and sustainable value. The Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research Center is a developing centre concept within GRS Group. Its purpose is to connect credible research on innovation ecosystems with the decisions, institutions and communities that can use it.
Portfolio status: In development. This describes the centre’s research direction and does not claim a staffed programme or completed projects.
Research agenda
Priority questions to investigate.
Question 02
How do policies and support systems affect entrepreneurship across regions?
Question 03
What indicators distinguish genuine innovation outcomes from activity counts?
Thematic scope
Seven interconnected domains.
The themes below provide a starting scope. Individual studies would narrow their questions, populations, geography and methods in a written project brief.
- Innovation ecosystems
- Entrepreneurship policy
- Venture development
- Research commercialisation
- Innovation measurement
- SME capability
- Institutional innovation
Evidence programme
How the centre would work.
Map the evidence
Comparative ecosystem research and evidence on innovation policy and venture support. The first step is to establish what is known, where evidence is weak and which decisions require better information.
Build meaningful indicators
Identify data sources, definitions and limitations relevant to innovation ecosystems. Any comparison should account for local context and avoid unsupported rankings.
Translate into action
Co-develop practical options with universities, innovation agencies and entrepreneurship networks; specify who can act, what resources are needed and how outcomes could be reviewed.
Knowledge products
Outputs matched to the question.
Depending on a project’s scope and review requirements, possible outputs include evidence briefs, comparative studies, indicator notes, policy briefs, institutional guidance and research reports. Outputs are added to the publications section only after completion and approval.
See the Group publication approachPartnership & participation
Build the agenda with relevant institutions.
Potential collaborators include universities, innovation agencies and entrepreneurship networks. Partnership proposals can focus on a defined evidence gap, a comparative study, a joint publication or a practical research system. Researchers and reviewers can register their interest through the central GRS network.
Governance & quality
One shared standard of care.
A project would be scoped, scientifically reviewed and assessed for ethics, data protection, conflicts of interest and publication quality before external release. Sensitive, human-participant or sector-specific work requires safeguards and permissions suited to the study.
Governance and institutional trustWork with GRS
Build evidence in innovation ecosystems.
Discuss a research, strategy or institutional challenge with the Group, or join the expert network supporting its specialised centres.
General enquiries: info@grsgroup.org