Anna Bullock - Survey and Database Manager

Research

Anna’s research focuses on the development of economic and geographic data sets from various UK company databases; survey design and management, and statistical analysis. Her recent projects include: ‘Small and Medium Sized Enterprise Performance and Policy’; ‘The 2007 UK Survey of SME Finances’; ‘International Innovation Benchmarking and the Determinants of Business Success’; and ‘A Survey of National Health Service Reforms and the Working Lives of Midwives and Physiotherapists’.

She has expertise in questionnaire design, survey management and data analysis and has provided technical and statistical input into many articles in medical and social science publications.

Projects

Enterprise and Innovation Programme

Personal Background

Anna studied at Uppsala University Sweden and before joining the CBR worked on epidemiological and other medical surveys for the Medical Research Council in London and Cambridge and on large social science surveys at Birkbeck College, London University. She became involved with economic and business data analysis whilst at working at the University of Leeds.

Publications:

CBR Working Papers | Other Publications

Selected publications:

Cosh, A., Hughes, A., Bullock, A., and Milner, I. (2008) Financing UK Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, A report to a consortium of UK public sector bodies, small business representative organisations and finance providers, Centre for Business Research, Cambridge.

Bullock, A., Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (2007) ‘Finance for SMEs’ in Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.) British Enterprise: thriving or surviving? SME growth, innovation and public policy 2001-2004, Centre for Business Research, Cambridge.

Bullock, A. and Milner, I. (2007) ‘Survey Design, Response Bias and Sample Characteristics in the 2004 CBR SME Survey’ in Cosh, A. and Hughes, A. (eds.) British Enterprise: thriving or surviving? SME growth, innovation and public policy 2001-2004, Centre for Business Research, Cambridge.

Cosh, A., Bullock, A. and Milner, I. (2007) Barriers to Innovation and Growth in High Technology SMEs: the Role of Absorptive Capacity, A report to the Council of Science and Technology, Centre for Business Research, Cambridge.

Hughes, A., Bullock, A., and Milner, I. (2007) Cluster Analysis to identify Case Study HEIs in relation to the Evaluation of the Effectiveness of HEFCE/OSI Third Stream Funding, A report to Public & Corporate Economic Consultants (PACEC) Ltd for submission to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Centre for Business Research, Cambridge.


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