Our Purpose
- The Centre for Entrepreneurial Management and Innovation (CEMI) provides a focal point for research, education, training, and knowledge exchange that assists managers from large and small organisations, and all industries, to better prepare for the future global market place.
- It provides managers with access to a range of services including:
- Consulting
- Research
- Training
- Support
Why Entrepreneurial Management?
By developing an entrepreneurial mindset, managers can leave the competition behind through growth, improving margins, narrowing, or changing focus, and enhancing their managerial skills. They can also make a better world through not-for-profit and social enterprises.
Why Innovation?
The ability to identify innovative technologies and bring them to market faster than competitors is a fundamental element for a firm’s success in today’s global economy. Innovation leads to commercialisation, which is the foundation of economic development and prosperity.
Our History
Leading research, education & industry engagement since 2002
CEMI was founded in 2002 as a centre at the University of Western Australia (UWA). It was focused on being a focal point for research, education and industry outreach programs in entrepreneurship and Innovation.
In June 2007 CEMI was voluntarily closed due to restructuring within the UWA Business School. However, by that time it had built a strong reputation for a multidisciplinary and innovative approach to its research, teaching, and consulting work.
In 2010 the founder of CEMI, Professor Tim Mazzarol, relaunched the centre as a private initiative and has continued to deliver leading-edge programs for UWA university students and managers from a wide range of industries.
