The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is committed to increasing its engagement with the business community. The overarching purpose of this project is to contribute to the ESRC's and the management academic community's better understanding of contemporary and perceived future issues, themes and priorities demanding the attention of managers in UK organisations. The project is conceived to give organisations the opportunity directly to influence ESRC's future research agenda and the research agendas of management academics.
Initially, the project will focus on eliciting management priorities in the following areas:

• Creative Industries
• Financial Services
• Management Consultancy
• Marketing Practice
• Retail Sector

To develop these lists of priorities, AIM Scholars are meeting with and interviewing a number of leading practitioners and association leaders in each of the sectors.
Please click here to read the outcomes of the report: AIM/ESRC Business Engagement Project