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This book arises from the bold experiment of the ESRC, supported by the
EPSRC, in setting up the Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) research
initiative and in particular the funding of 11 Public Service Fellowships. AIM
is an innovatory approach to creating conditions for synergy amongst management
researchers through their collaborative efforts to inform research
investment in high-priority areas of national policy. AIM was established in
order to increase significantly the contribution of, and future capacity for,
world-class UK management research. In specific terms this means supporting
research that will identify actions to enhance the UK’s international
competitiveness (with the public services having a key role in this as explained
later); to raise the quality and international standing of UK research on
management, to expand the size and capacity of the active UK research base
on management; and to engage with practitioners and other users of research
within and beyond the UK as co-producers of knowledge about management.
AIM, within the UK, consists of 289 Fellows, of whom 11 are Public Service
Fellows, 41 Research Fellows and 62 Scholars. There are also 74 International
Visiting Fellows attached to the AIM network
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