Research themes

The Open University Business School is seeking to achieve its research objectives by aligning our research activity around three themes:

• International management practice, education and learning
• Knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Socially responsible management and regulation

These themes represent areas where we already have a critical mass or high quality scholars and research activity and, we believe, address issues that are important to other scholars, practising managers and to wider society. By developing these areas of strength we will continue to attract research active staff of the highest calibre, mentor and develop research capabilities in colleagues within the School, provide a distinctive offering to providers of research funding and establish collaborations with internationally leading partners.