This area of work is concerned with innovation and its links to productivity and firm growth. In particular, a key aspect of our work is the financing of innovation and the difficulties faced by translating scientific advance into commercial success. Amongst the principal objectives of this programme are the analysis of the innovative performance, financial and management characteristics, and location of smaller firms, and the design and evaluation of policies towards supporting innovation. This analysis has involved close interdisciplinary collaboration between CBR researchers in economics, geography, law and sociology; and has been strengthened by collaboration with other groups in the UK and abroad.
Associated research themes
Associated research projects
Analysis of Middle Market Firms
Analysis of the Relationship between Training & Business Performance
Barriers to Innovation & Growth in High Technology SMEs: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
Building Economic Competitiveness: Lessons from Small Peripheral European States
China Engineering Scoping Study
CIS4 & Oslo Manual Revision: Early Stage Pilot
Comparative Study of Knowledge Exchange in the United States & the United Kingdom
Competition, Takeovers & Investment
Competitiveness & Productivity of the UK Design Engineering Sector
Competitiveness of the UK & its Multinational Companies
Connectivity of the Arts & Humanities: New Analysis of Missing Links
Contribution of Services & Other Sectors to Australian Productivity Growth 1995-2005
Corporate Governance & Innovation
Corporate Governance & Investment: An International Research Network
Corporate Law & Economic Performance
Corporate Rescue: Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002
Corporate Responses to Macroeconomic Changes & Shocks
Dynamics of Institutions & Markets in Europe (DIME)
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of HEFCE/OSI Third Stream Funding
Evidence Base for Innovation Policy (UK~IRC)
Evolution of Governance Arrangements in the Family Firm
Finance, Training & SME Performance: An Evaluation Study of the Small Business Initiative
FINNOV - Finance, Innovation & Growth: Changing Patterns & Policy Implications
Flexible Specialisation, Competitive Advantage & Business Structuring in the UK Computer Industry
Funding Breakthrough Technology
Funding Models, Research Performance & the Effects of the UK National Science System
Globalising Behaviour of UK Firms in a Comparative Context
Government Support for Small Business Innovation and the SBIR
High Tech CEOs & Their Businesses
Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002
Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Small & Medium Sized Enterprises
Integrated Knowledge Centre (IKC) Commercialisation Laboratory
International Innovation Benchmarking & the Determinants of Business Success
Knowledge Exchange between Arts & Humanities and the Private, Public & Third Sectors
Manufacturing Strategy & Competitiveness
National Small & Medium Sized Business Surveys
New Modes of Innovation: Managerial & Strategic Business Practices & Open Innovation (UK~IRC)
New Product Development Performance in the UK & Japanese Automotive Industries
Northern Ireland SME Benchmarking Survey
Organisation of Entrepreneurial Technology Firms in Several European Countries
Pension Fund Governance & Socially Responsible Investment
Research Using UK Innovation Survey 2005 Data
Role of Banks versus Venture Capital in Financing Small Enterprises in Successful European Regions
Role of "Soft Companies" & Government R&D Contracts in Development of SMEs
Role of Technology Policy in Incubating European New Technology-Based Firms
Services Innovation & Innovative Performance at the Sector Level (UK~IRC)
SME Finance & Innovation in the Current Economic Crisis
Spatial Variations in Innovations & Absorptive Capacity
Start-up Finance: A Study of Micro Finance amongst Soft & Hard Companies
Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property (SABIP) Review
Structural Change, Competitive Advantage & the Regulation of the Media
Survey of National Health Service Reforms & the Working Lives of Midwives & Physiotherapists
UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC)
UK~IRC & CIHE Task Force: Enhancing Value: Getting the Most out of UK Research