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Entrepreneurship and Innovation

We bring together expertise in the digital economy, social enterprise, and venture creation to drive purposeful innovation. Our academics and practitioners work at the intersection of technology, sustainability, and business transformation, partnering closely with industry to translate ideas into impact.

As the home of SBS Enterprise, the discipline fosters entrepreneurial mindsets and supports business growth through initiatives such as the Surrey Hatchery and B-Clinic, where students, start-ups, and partners collaborate to turn innovation into real-world outcomes.

Our staff members

Dr Ekaterina Murzacheva

Head of Discipline, Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Dr Ekaterina Murzacheva is an Associate Professor and Head of Enterprise at Surrey Business School, where she also leads the Entrepreneurship & Innovation discipline. She provides strategic leadership across business engagement and external partnerships, shaping initiatives that connect academic expertise in both education and research with real-world impact.Ekaterina has ex...

Anna Holland

Deputy Head of Discipline, Education

Anna Holland is an Associate Professor in Management and Deputy Head (Education) for the Digital Economy, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Discipline. Anna's teaching philosophy is grounded in the creation of meaning through active learning and authentic assessment.  Her student-centred approach is consistently valued by students, and in 2021 she was awarded the Lynne Milwar...

Dr Thomas Fackler

Deputy Head of Discipline, Research

Before joining Surrey Business School in 2023, I have been an Assistant Professor at the Chair of Organizational Economics at LMU Munich, an Economist at the ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies, and a Visiting Scholar at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard. I was also a member of the LMU's Collaborative Research Center TRR 190 Rationality and...

Study with us

Entrepreneurship and innovation are at the heart of the digital economy so we strive to offer a comprehensive curriculum that explores and delves into a range of theory behind these key topics.