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The research centre provides concrete solutions to the problems that Rotterdam small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) currently encounter at the interface between promoting and hampering factors around innovation in all the facets of their business.

By conducting and assisting in applied research for the economics domain, the research centre supports both students and teachers. The core of the research endeavours, in which the students, teachers, and applied research professors collaborate, is valorisation: the effective application of knowledge for the benefit of the professional practice.

Research programmes

By Research Centre Business Innovation

Start-up Economy

This research programme revolves around knowledge questions as regards innovation in business practices: why are some innovations successful while others are not?

Digital Economy

This research programme involves research into learning and social organisations, with the focus on growth and the application of collective talents and abilities.

Circular Economy

This research programme focuses on businesses that want to spread their wings internationally as well as on research into innovative business value propositions. Special attention is paid to the research of international companies that want to settle or expand in Rotterdam.