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dc.contributor.authorBrown, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorThatcher, James
dc.contributor.authorAlao, Hanan
dc.contributor.authorChoudhary, Sharhriar
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-08T12:55:40Z
dc.date.available2017-08-08T12:55:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-03-03
dc.identifier.citationBrown , C , Thatcher , J , Alao , H & Choudhary , S 2016 , ' Enriching the values of micro and small business research projects: co-creation service provision as perceived by academic, business and student ' , Studies in Higher Education , vol. 41 , no. 3 , pp. 560-581 . https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2014.942273
dc.identifier.issn0307-5079
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/19179
dc.descriptionThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Studies in Higher Education, first published online 3 September 2014, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03075079.2014.942273.
dc.description.abstractThe National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education (1996) chaired by Lord Dearing envisioned a university sector central to the UK’s knowledge-based economy. With successive government support the university-business partnership ideology has been put into practice. Widening participation has increased in emphasis over recent years, providing key innovations and skills to support business growth. Yet business schools activities in business growth is marginal against other university schools. The paper reports on an empirical study analyzing the university/business values derived from one small business engagement project. Data collected through semi-structured interviews, observations, memos, and discussions were coupled with critical evaluation of work and action-based learning (ABL) literature. Analysis reveals evidence of multiple value adding factors; it emerged that the existence of knowledge, present or generated through blended learning techniques, was a key value adding element. The findings enabled the construction of a universal process model providing a project framework, detailing areas of collaborative efforts and associated recompenses; this included ease in project advancements and a noticeably advanced project outcome. The study highlights these values in terms of individual and organizational learning, originality and quality of outputs. Given the growing importance of Small to Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) to the UK economy, understanding the value co-created by collaborative projects in delivering both work-based and ABL for graduates/students, academics and enterprise management is important.en
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dc.format.extent1012662
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofStudies in Higher Education
dc.subjectaction-based learning
dc.subjectwork-based learning
dc.subjectreflective practice
dc.subjectreflection on action
dc.subjectreflection in action
dc.subjectSME engagement
dc.subjectco-creation
dc.subjectstakeholder value
dc.titleEnriching the values of micro and small business research projects: co-creation service provision as perceived by academic, business and studenten
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Marketing and Enterprise
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.date.embargoedUntil2016-03-03
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1080/03075079.2014.942273
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