Inter-firm collaboration

There are a variety of projects associated with this research theme; click on a project name to find out more.

Agglomerative & Deglomerative Processes & Small Firms Development in Business & Professional Services

Analysis of Middle Market Firms

Barriers to Innovation & Growth in High Technology SMEs: The Role of Absorptive Capacity

Flexible Specialisation, Competitive Advantage & Business Structuring in the UK Computer Industry

Integrated Knowledge Centre (IKC) Commercialisation Laboratory

International Innovation Benchmarking & the Determinants of Business Success

Knowledge Hub (UK~IRC)

Legal Framework Governing Business Firms & its Implications for Manufacturing Scale & Performance

MAPSME

MAPSME II

National Small & Medium Sized Business Surveys

Networks, Collective Learning and R&D in Regionally Clustered High-technology Small & Medium-sized Enterprises

New Modes of Innovation: Managerial & Strategic Business Practices & Open Innovation (UK~IRC)

Northern Ireland SME Benchmarking Survey

SME Performance & Policy

Start-up Finance: A Study of Micro Finance amongst Soft & Hard Companies

UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC)

UK~IRC & CIHE Task Force: Enhancing Value: Getting the Most out of UK Research

University-Industry Knowledge Exchange: Demand Pull, Supply Push & the Public Space Role of Higher Education Institutions in the UK Regions