1. Professor Andy Neely Deputy Director, AIM Research AIM: An Update on the Advanced Institute of Management Research

2. Agenda  What is AIM?  What has AIM achieved to date?  AIM as an experiment in how research is funded  The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community

3. Agenda  What is AIM?  What has AIM achieved to date?  AIM as an experiment in how research is funded  The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community

4. The Network of AIM Fellows…

5. What Is AIM? Executive Steering Committee – chaired by Professor Sir George Bain. Members include Professor Alan Alexander, Professor Sue Cox, Professor Mike Gregory, Professor Bruce Kogut, Professor Andrew Pettigrew and Professor Vicky Pryce. AIM has a budget of £20 million – £18M from the ESRC and £2M from the EPSRC – making AIM the UK’s largest investment in management research. International Fellowships Management Research Forum 1. 1.Productivity and Performance 2. 2.Sustainable Innovation 3. 3.Promising Practices 4. 4.Public Service AIM Fellows and Scholars – 60 leading academics drawn from 35 universities globally… Portal Infrastructure to facilitate collaboration…

6. AIM’s Mission and Objectives Mission – to significantly increase the contribution of and future capacity for world class UK research on management. Objectives 1. 1.Conduct research that will identify actions to enhance the UK’s international competitiveness. 2. 2.Raise the scientific quality and international standing of UK research on international competitiveness. 3. 3.Expand the size and capacity of the active research base for UK research on management. 4. 4.Develop the engagement of that capacity with world class research outside the UK and with practitioners as co-producers of knowledge about management and other users of research within the UK.

7. Agenda  What is AIM?  What has AIM achieved to date?  AIM as an experiment in how research is funded  The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community

8. Management Research Forum AIM’s Mission - To significantly increase the contribution of and future capacity for world class UK research on management. Design principles… Senior Policy Makers, Practitioners and Academics Debate issues that matter In partnership with a third party Achievements to date…   Management Research Forum on Innovation (DTI)   Management Research Forum on Productivity and Skills (CIHE)   Management Research Forum on Knowledge Transfer (SMI)

9. AIM Scholars Programme AIM’s Mission - To significantly increase the contribution of and future capacity for world class UK research on management. Design principles… Next generation Dean’s nomination Exposure to policy and practice debates Achievements to date…   Post Porter: Where Does The UK Go From Here.   Systematic Reviews for the DTI Innovation Review.   The Challenge of Business-University Collaboration.

10. AIM Fellows Research AIM’s Mission - To significantly increase the contribution of and future capacity for world class UK research on management. Design principles… Collaborative research – jointly funded Practitioner engagement Potential for out-reach Achievements to date…   Radical innovation and renewal   Productivity at the branch level   Promising practices: a critical appraisal

11. Agenda  What is AIM?  What has AIM achieved to date?  AIM as an experiment in how research is funded  The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community

12. AIM as an Experiment… The importance of co-creation… The value of multiple perspectives… Academic disciplinary perspectives that introduce different theoretical lenses and methodologies… Practitioner – academic perspectives that enrich the research design, process, analysis and subsequent insight… Connecting with the user’s agenda… “Rising above the noise”

13. Agenda  What is AIM?  What has AIM achieved to date?  AIM as an experiment in how research is funded  The implications of AIM for the EPSRC community

14. AIM and the EPSRC Community… Invitation to participate… AIM Associates… AIM Events (see www.aimresearch.org) Forthcoming opportunities… Further Fellowships… Capacity Building Support… Future Calls for AIM Scholars… EPSRC support…

15. Professor Andy Neely Deputy Director Advanced Institute of Management Research 6 Huntsworth Mews London Business School London NW1 6DD T:+44 (0)870 734 3000 F:+44 (0)870 734 3001 M:+44 (0)771 114 0198 E:aneely@london.edu W:www.aimresearch.org For Further Details…