Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

Management Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (mKTPs) link you with specialist academic teams in a collaboration to deliver strategic management change. They’re built on the highly successful Knowledge Transfer Partnership model – the UK’s longest-running knowledge exchange programme, which has helped transform more than 14,000 businesses. Funding of up to 67% of the cost of the mKTP is available to businesses.

Benefits of mKTPs

Access deep knowledge to solve key strategic challenges
Apply fresh thinking to transform a wide range of business activities
Create business-wide change to increase productivity, adaptability, and resilience
Introduce a culture of innovation for lasting, positive change.

Which business activities do mKTPs cover?

Marketing
Information technology
Strategic management
Human resources
Finance
Logistics.

How do mKTPs offer support?

mKTPs seek to support strategic management projects across the business, for example:

Alternative business models/business agility
Identifying new opportunities and revenue streams
Entrepreneurial thinking and ambidexterity
Benchmarking, best practice, data analysis, KPIs
Business scale-up practices/value creation
Organisational/behavioural/cultural change management
Succession/continuity planning/coaching and mentoring
Improving efficiency, business processes, and productivity
Remote working practices/new supply chains
Executive leadership, strategic thinking, and decision making
Business process improvement and professionalisation.

What does an mKTP cost?

The cost of an mKTP is shared by you and Innovate UK, who contribute 50-67% of the total project cost. You make a cash contribution for the remaining project cost, with a small-to-medium business contributing 33% and a large business 50% per annum.