SMEs

Building a secure and resilient AI future for SMEs

At this year’s European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2025), Dr Angel Jimenez-Aranda from Salford Business School presented his latest research at the edu4AI workshop. His talk, titled “A Framework for Building a Secure, Resilient and AI-based Digital Future for SMEs”, explored how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can embrace artificial intelligence (AI) while staying secure, resilient, and inclusive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Dave Fallon, Fleur Middlebrough, Dr Rashed Khan at IHIET 2025

Exploring sustainability, education, and digital transformation at IHIET 2025

The 15th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies (IHIET) 2025, held at the University of Vienna, Austria, brought together global experts to discuss innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), human-computer interaction, virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), wearable technologies, and sustainable business practices.

Empowering Ghanaian SMEs to thrive in the digital era

Recently, Salford Business School’s Lecturer in Supply Chain, Procurement and Project Management, Dr Naixin Guo, was invited to present her research in collaboration with colleague, Dr Albert Aidoo-Anderson, at the 32nd International Annual Conference of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2025).

Culture vs innovation: futureproofing SMEs

Salford Business School’s Associate Professor of Change Management, Dr Ann Mulhaney, recently presented for the second year at the British Psychology Society’s Division of Occupational Psychology Annual Conference 2025.