Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship delivers world-class research and teaching on innovation and enterprise to Southampton Business School, the University and practitioners. Through our unique interconnected and interdisciplinary approach, we provide world-leading expertise on innovation and enterprise with a particular focus on its international dimensions, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. We also play a key role in supporting innovative and entrepreneurial activity within the Business School, the University and wider economies.

Our research activities are a response to high-profile reports that stress the central role that business schools can and should play in local economic growth, connecting robust research to real-world needs. Our researchers are connected to global networks of leading academics and practitioners, and possess wide-ranging expertise in research methods, economic, spatial, philosophical and critical interdisciplinary approaches.

Our innovative approach extends to teaching and education, with business leaders contributing to classes, while co-creating real-world assessment projects for students to connect theory to practice. This is supported by realistic business simulations, product development and blended learning approaches, to provide a rich student experience.