I am currently reading for a PhD at Salford Business School, in Manchester. I am investigating the adoption of innovation within digital marketing firms in the UK, paying special attention to the implications of social, knowledge, human and structural capital on process and service innovations. The investigation is based on providing a detailed picture of innovation that […]
In response to issues around poverty, unemployment, declining public services and other austerity measures, social enterprises around the globe are successfully addressing social problems in a sustainable way. Similar to other parts of the globe, UK social enterprises are outperforming their mainstream SME counterparts in nearly every area of business (e.g. turnover growth, workforce growth, […]
A number of technology innovations have been recently enabled through Raspberry Pi. What is Raspberry Pi? In a nutshell, it is a low cost, credit-card sized computer that you can plug into a computer monitor or TV, and use standard keyboard and mouse to work with it. These Raspberry Pi devices are enabling people of […]
Salford Business Submarine made its second appearance on Sunday 8th May 2016, entering the team’s second ever Salford Dragon Boat Festival. The team competed for the first time in 2015, where their main aim was to keep out of the water and to make it to the end of the course. Having easily achieved their […]
A team from Salford Business School, is travelling to Bangalore which is known as the Silicon Valley of India. Bangalore is the centre of digital innovation in India and this month we will take the next step to building better relationships in its tech and education sectors. India is seen as a key market due to ambitious […]
Have you heard about beacons? How do beacons work? Beacons are one of many technologies that Salford Business School’s PUPRU is working with. If you don’t know by now what #PUPRU is, you can read about it here. The #PUPRU team are a group from the Centre for Digital Business with a focus on researching […]
I’m Ross Menghini, business development manager at leading mobile app developer, Apadmi. This week I visited the University of Salford Business School to speak to final year Business Information Technology students taking the eCommerce Consulting and Practice module about the growing importance of mobile in business. I discussed mobile technology and why it’s becoming a […]
Twitter. A place where people update the world on the mundane occurrences of their every day lives in 140 characters or less, right? Well it doesn’t have to be – it could actually be a good place to find a job! I’m a MSc Digital Marketing student at the University of Salford Business School and […]
Each year, our Students Union (SU) arrange the Salford Teaching Awards. These awards are run completely by the SU and are voted for by students. This year, there were over 400 nominations for 150 staff from across the University. At the Business School, we are absolutely dedicated to our students and to teaching excellence. We […]
Our project, FlexyDine, is our idea to let you book a table online quickly and cheaply. We are very excited that our idea has just won the 2016 Incubox Kickfactor enterprise competition. This is in addition to winning the University of Salford’s internal competition for the Santander Universities Entrepreneurship Awards and we will be representing the University of Salford […]