Pathway for poverty alleviation via potato industrialisation in China?
October 26, 2020
In this blog, Dr Bin Wu, Xiyao Wang and Chi Xu investigate how industrialisation of potato production in the Yi minority region of Sichuan, China can lead to a pathway for poverty alleviation. Regarding the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), it is a big challenge to help smallholder farmers – who feed two-thirds of the …
Insights from 40 years in Business and Academia – Professor Martin Binks
October 2, 2020
Martin Binks has worked in academia and business since the late 1970s, and served as the Dean of Nottingham University Business School for a number of years. Now an Emeritus Professor, Martin has written a series of essays entitled ‘Dinosaurs are getting younger: Insights drawn from 40 years in business and academia’, drawing on his …
The bond between Chinese seafarers and international shipping companies: Why does it matter?
September 30, 2020
A new report on Chinese seafarers has been published by HGI’s Dr Bin Wu and Dr Chris James Carter, alongside Mr Glory Gu, Regional Director of FLEET Management Limited in China, the world’s third largest ship management company based in Hong Kong. You can access the report and its 2010 predecessor below. Today, around 90 …
Ingenuity 2020
September 23, 2020
Ingenuity 2020 has launched, a national programme looking to invest in the next generation of impact-driven start-ups that will transform society and the environment. Since 2016, Ingenuity’s mission has been to find bold new ideas that make a difference to the world we live in. And while previous editions had been limited to University of …
Innovation from Diversity – Professor Simon Mosey
September 21, 2020
As we prepare for the new semester, I am reminded of the words of the VP of IBM, Claudia Brind-Woody: “…a smart team will do amazing things, but truly diverse teams will do impossible things” In planning to work with our students within these uncertain times, the true diversity of the HGI team has been …
Rural Revitalisation in China – Dr Bin Wu
August 21, 2020
Note: this blog is based upon an edition and reshaping of an interview from the YouChange China Social Entrepreneur Foundation, one of most influential NGOs in China specialised in social innovation and entrepreneurship for poverty alleviation, female empowerment and community development in rural China. Rural revitalisation has been increasingly popular among policy makers and …
“I believe equality is everyone’s business” – Lorna Treanor comments on WEPG Framework Launch
August 11, 2020
This blog is written by Dr Lorna Treanor, Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Haydn Green Institute I have been supporting and/or researching women entrepreneurs for twenty years either as an economic development/management consultant or as an academic. Women face additional barriers within employment and in relation to starting and growing a business and these issues are greater …
Ingenuity Lab members complete 2020 Scale Programme
July 31, 2020
Over the past five weeks, thirteen Ingenuity Lab members have been taking part in our new accelerator programme, Scale, with the goal of taking their business to the next level. Running for the first time, the objective of the accelerator programme is to ensure Lab members’ businesses are viable, innovative and scalable post-Covid, learning how …
Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in Innovation – Dr Tom Coogan
July 30, 2020
HGI’s Dr Tom Coogan has co-authored a new report on Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in Innovation, published last week by Innovate UK and sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council. The study outlines barriers, challenges, opportunities and support needs for minority ethnic groups and disabled people to participate in business innovation, and the UKRI have …
Engendering Equitable Enterprise Policy: HGI Academic, Dr Lorna Treanor, joins the new “Women’s Enterprise Policy Group”!
July 1, 2020
HGI’s Dr Lorna Treanor, who specialises in gender and entrepreneurship research, was invited to join the newly-founded Women’s Enterprise Policy Group (WEPG) as an academic member. Established in May 2020, the Women’s Enterprise Policy Group is a partnership of 15 academic researchers and women’s business support practitioners from across the UK. WEPG commit to sharing …
