Student Researcher

2 weeks ago


Worcester, United Kingdom University of Worcester Full time

**Student Researcher - Examining Social Enterprise Failure: Literature Review and Trend Analysis**:
**Marketing & Enterprise**:
**Location**:

- City Campus**Post Type**:

- Hourly Paid**Hourly Rate**:

- £11.51 per hour plus £1.61 holiday pay**Contract Type**:

- Fixed Term**Advertised On**:

- Wednesday 29 March 2023**Closing Date**:

- Thursday 13 April 2023**Interview Date**:

- To be confirmed**Reference**:

- SB2304The Sustainable Organisations Research Group at Worcester Business School is seeking a student researcher to assist in the development of a research study examining patterns and trends in social enterprise failure. The term social enterprise captures the purpose of a business, not its legal form. It is defined by the UK government as “a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are principally reinvested for that purpose in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders and owners” (Department for Business Innovation and Skills, 2011).

While there is extensive literature on failure amongst business in general, there is limited evidence on social enterprise failure/closure. This project aims to address this gap by focusing on the following research objectives:

- Review the literature and other data sources on why social enterprises cease trading.
- Review the literature on general business failure that carried out quantitative analysis of secondary data to identify methods and conclusions.
- Explore data on CIC closure (available from secondary sources) to identify:

- What proportion of CICs have ceased trading (as CICs) over the last (10) years?
- What proportion of the CICs that have ceased trading are: start-ups (0-3 years), more established (8year+)?
- What particular SIC codes and geographies have witnessed greater levels of CICs that have ceased trading?
- Has the spike in CIC registrations during the COVID crisis resulted in a corresponding peak in dissolutions?

To support this, the student researcher (with supervisor support and guidance) will undertake a literature review and data analysis. They would also assist supervisors in preparing to disseminate the findings to practitioner and academic communities. The research would be desk-based and undertaken at times to suit the student researcher.

**From 1 August 2023, the hourly pay for this role will increase to £11.76 per hour.**

**Further details**:

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