Publications

The mission of CMRC is “to establish a leading and internationally recognized centre for research, education and expertise in the management of corporate lending, business-to-business trade and consumer credit”. Recognizing the important role of knowledge transfer activities, the research program combines academic rigour with practitioner and policy relevance.

Research Excellence Framework

The REF is the new process for assessing research in UK higher education institutions (HEIs). It will replace the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The REF will focus on assessing three elements, which together reflect the key characteristics of research excellence:

Outputs – The primary focus of the REF will be to identify excellent research of all kinds, as demonstrated by the quality of research publications and other outputs.

Impact – Significant additional recognition will be given where researchers have built on excellent research to deliver demonstrable benefits to the economy, society, public policy, culture or quality of life.

Environment – REF will also assess how far the research environment supports a continuing flow of excellent research and its effective dissemination and application.

These elements will be assessed against appropriate criteria for excellence, and rated by the expert panels on a five-point scale: • four-star (exceptional) • three-star (excellent) • two-star (very good) • one-star (good) • unclassified.

In line with this strategy CMRC’s publications fall into the categories of academic; practitioner and policy.

CMRC disseminates output in a wide range of academic, professional journals and policy reports. Including:

Economic Journal; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Business Finance and Accounting; Small Business Economics; British Journal of Industrial Relations; Industrial and Labor Relations Review; International Business Review; Work, Employment and Society