Scientific policy
“Explore new worlds, go forward as responsible leaders”. The vision of Rouen Business School offers a framework which corresponds perfectly to the school’s research activity.
In this time when we are going through an epoch-making period which is bringing us to amend our management practice, Rouen Business School aims to take part in this increased activity of rethinking business by producing knowledge of a scientific nature intended for our students, future managers of tomorrow’s businesses, but also for the school’s stakeholders (companies, regulatory authority, public authorities, local authorities, etc.) by seeking to transform this knowledge into applied research partnerships.
Research at Rouen Business School means to take its part in the exploration of new worlds to whose emergence the financial crisis is contributing: new behaviour patterns among young people, linked to digital technology, the consideration now given to environmental constraints in supply chain questions, the new attitudes to work and career, new banking and accounting regulations, these are all topics where the Rouen Business School faculty means to make its contribution to the debate by providing knowledge of a scientific nature.
One team, several research groups
In order to accomplish such a mission, Rouen Business School can count on a team of 80 permanent faculty organised into four research groups and on the ‘Maison de l’Entrepreneuriat et de l’Innovation’ (Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre).
Each research group brings together a multi-disciplinary scientific team of teaching-research faculty focusing on a research theme which provides a framework for their activity over a four-year period. The research groups are under the responsibility of a professor, and the Chairs are attached to them.
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre groups together the teaching, support and guidance, and research programmes concerning topics related to business creation. This group aims to increase the number of entrepreneurial projects mounted by the school’s students.
The organisation of research
- The associate dean for research
He is responsible for the science policy of Rouen Business School. He defines the objectives and organisation of research. He develops the resources necessary for the academic and applied research activity. -
The project manager, chairs/research contracts
He coordinates the activities of the group directors and chair holders. This post has the role of technical, budget and legal support. The manager assists the research group directors in their missions, and in the management of research contracts and financed research projects. -
The research groups
Research activities are organised into four research groups and the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Centre. Each research group is directed by a professor with the role of research group director. The business chairs are attached to a research group and participate in their activities.
