LSE Enterprise

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An introduction to LSE Enterprise

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LSE Enterprise

Your connection to LSE’s expertise

Contents

1. The London School of Economics and Political Science

2. Consultancy and commercial research

3. Customised executive education

4. iXXi

5. Statistics

6. Contact

LSE Enterprise is the commercial arm of the London School of Economics

and Political Science (LSE)

LSE: leading the debate

• A specialist university with an international intake, LSE's reach extends from its central London campus to around the world. 

• The School has the highest percentage of world leading research of any UK university

LSE Enterprise provides governments, businesses, charities and other organisations around the world with access to the intellectual

expertise of LSE

We offer consultancy and commercial research services

Understanding conflict

• We project-managed a study on the causes of violence in Southern Sudan. Its findings are being implemented by governments and NGOs

Evaluating civil society engagement

• We assessed how well AusAid is helping civil society to contribute to the development of effective states in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and the Philippines

Health care in Turkey

• We assessed the efficacy of a new inhaler in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and gave a budget impact analysis of the product

Catalan Observatory

• We set up the Catalan Observatory, an international platform to share knowledge about the issues facing Catalan society and create links between Catalonia and the world

Public spending priorities

• Our report for the Greater London Authority analysed the pattern of public spending in London compared to other regions, arguing for increased spending autonomy

We design and run executive education programmes

We have a joint venture with Duke Corporate Education

• Duke CE is the world leader in customised executive education

Training Foreign Office diplomats

• We have run intensive Economics for Foreign Policy programmes for over a thousand staff in Whitehall and around the world

Managing reform in Libya

• Our 11-week programme in Libya and London prepares Libyan civil servants to design and manage a sweeping range of reforms

Regulation

• Our open-access course on international regulation has been running for over a decade

A term at LSE

• Four cohorts of Basque students have spent ten weeks at LSE undertaking specialist postgraduate study and mingling with LSE students

We run the iXXi briefings

• A series of conversations set up after 9/11

• Providing intellectual analysis of our changing world

• Speakers such as Vince Cable, Adair Turner, John Major and Sidney Blumenthal

• Topics such as global capitalism, climate change, ethics and privacy

Statistics

• We have helped over 170 clients in more than 60 countries

• We have worked with over 400 academics across LSE and beyond

• We have given LSE over £10 million

LSE Enterprise LimitedLondon School of Economics and Political Science

Eighth Floor, Tower ThreeHoughton Street, London

WC2A 2AZ 

Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7128Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7980Email: enterprise@lse.ac.ukWebsite: lse.ac.uk/enterpriseTwitter: @lseenterprise

Contact us