What use is academia for small businesses and community interest companies?

Rainsford, Emily, Rawlings, LJ, Mistry, Lauren and Forrest, Eve (2018) What use is academia for small businesses and community interest companies? Impact of Social Sciences Blog (29 Aug 2018). Website.

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Abstract

Pressures to demonstrate the impact of research has led to increasing numbers of academics looking beyond their peers for new audiences for their research findings, including to small businesses and community interest companies. But how can academia be of use to these groups? Emily Rainsford, LJ Rawlings, Lauren Mistry and Eve Forrest share reflections on a successful collaboration and skills exchange between a social sciences researcher and community interest company Youth Employment UK, with perspectives from academic, community interest company, and funder.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2018...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Authors
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2300 Higher Education
Date Deposited:	02 Jan 2019 12:42
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 17:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/91416

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