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
Startups and commercialisation
Universities in systems of innovation
Venture capital and hedge funds
Associated research projects
Analysis of Middle Market Firms
Analysis of the Relationship between Training and Business Performance
Barriers to Innovation and Growth in High Technology SMEs: The Role of Absorptive Capacity
Building Economic Competitiveness: Lessons from Small Peripheral European States
China Engineering Scoping Study
CIS4 and Oslo Manual Revision: Early Stage Pilot
Comparative Study of Knowledge Exchange in the United States and the United Kingdom
Competition, Takeovers and Investment
Competitiveness and Productivity of the UK Design Engineering Sector
The Competitiveness of the UK and its Multinational Companies
The Connectivity of the Arts and Humanities: New Analysis of Missing Links
The Contribution of Services and Other Sectors to Australian Productivity Growth 1995-2005
Corporate Governance and Innovation
Corporate Governance and Investment: An International Research Network
Corporate Law and Economic Performance
Corporate Rescue: Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002
Corporate Responses to Macroeconomic Changes and Shocks
Dynamics of Institutions and 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 and SME Performance: An Evaluation Study of the Small Business Initiative
FINNOV – Finance, Innovation and Growth: Changing Patterns and Policy Implications
Flexible Specialisation, Competitive Advantage and Business Structuring in the UK Computer Industry
Funding Breakthrough Technology
Funding Models, Research Performance and the Effects of the UK National Science System
The Globalising Behaviour of UK Firms in a Comparative Context
Government Support for Small Business Innovation and the SBIR
High Tech CEOs and Their Businesses
Impact of the Enterprise Act 2002
The Impact of the National Minimum Wage on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
The Integrated Knowledge Centre (IKC) Commercialisation Laboratory
International Innovation Benchmarking and the Determinants of Business Success
Knowledge Exchange between Arts and Humanities and the Private, Public and Third Sectors
Manufacturing Strategy and Competitiveness
The National Small and Medium Sized Business Surveys
New Modes of Innovation: Managerial and Strategic Business Practices and Open Innovation (UK~IRC)
New Product Development Performance in the UK and Japanese Automotive Industries
Northern Ireland SME Benchmarking Survey
The Organisation of Entrepreneurial Technology Firms in Several European Countries
Pension Fund Governance and Socially Responsible Investment
Research Using UK Innovation Survey 2005 Data
The Role of "Soft Companies" and Government R&D Contracts in Development of SMEs
The Role of Technology Policy in Incubating European New Technology-Based Firms
Services Innovation and Innovative Performance at the Sector Level (UK~IRC)
SME Finance and Innovation in the Current Economic Crisis
Spatial Variations in Innovations and Absorptive Capacity
Startup Finance: A Study of Micro Finance amongst Soft and Hard Companies
Strategic Advisory Board on Intellectual Property (SABIP) Review
Structural Change, Competitive Advantage and the Regulation of the Media
Survey of National Health Service Reforms and the Working Lives of Midwives and Physiotherapists
The UK Innovation Research Centre (UK~IRC)
UK~IRC and CIHE Task Force: Enhancing Value: Getting the Most out of UK Research