Research at Essex Business School
Essex Business School has an international reputation for cutting edge
research in Accounting, Finance, Management and Entrepreneurship. Our reputation
was confirmed in the results of the 2008 RAE.
Both theoretical and applied research can be found in Essex Business School.
Much of our research addresses important issues and problems faced by commercial
businesses, public sector bodies and not-for-profit organisations.
Our research centres regularly offer
seminars discussing the latest research from our high
calibre academics and experts from around the world. These
seminars are open to the public.
Links to other research areas:
Entrepreneurship
The Centre for Entrepreneurship Research is a well-established research centre at Essex Business School (EBS), University of Essex, one of the leading research institutions in the UK.
Accounting Research
The Essex Accounting Centre promotes interdisciplinary research in four key areas of accounting and
aims to raise the level of awareness and interest in the specific problems of accounting in emerging economies, remaining at the leading edge of research nationally and internationally
Finance Research
The Essex Finance Centre acts as a focus for finance research activities at the University of Essex, exploring all aspects of finance.
Management Centre
The Essex Management Centre has a national and international reputation for applying leading edge critical scholarship to the understanding of organizational processes, and the development of practical but theoretically informed perspectives on organizational problems.