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    • Innovation management, business models and ecosystems
    • Sustainable innovation and system transitions
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    • Emerging technologies: Dynamics and governance
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  • Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
  • Research
  • Themes
  • Manchester Institute of Innovation Research
  • Research
  • Themes
    • Innovation management, business models and ecosystems
    • Sustainable innovation and system transitions
    • Science, technology and innovation policy
    • Emerging technologies: Dynamics and governance

Research themes

Manchester Institute of Innovation Research is home to a number of cross-disciplinary research agendas and themes.

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Innovation management

Innovation is ever-changing with new ways being developed to both innovate and orchestrate the resources for innovation.

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Sustainable innovation

The study of sustainability and societal challenges have become key areas of innovation studies.

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Science, technology and innovation policy

Public policy enables, steers and channels knowledge and innovation.

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Emerging technologies

Addressing the strategic intelligence, governance, and responsible research and innovation aspects of new and emerging technologies.

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