Insight from Innovation State of the Nation survey ( ISNS ) 2023 & 2024
Published: 6 December 2024
ERC Research Report
The impact of flexible work on SME Performance: An analysis of flexible working arrangements, innovation and productivity in Scotland
Published: 19 November 2024
ERC Research paper No 115
Advice and SMEs: Who Takes it and What Happens Thereafter?
Published: 31 October 2024
ERC Research paper 112
The relationships between business support, managerial practices and firm performance over time
Published: 30 October 2024
ERC Research paper No 114
Understanding Artificial Intelligence Adoption and Use in Rural Small Medium Enterprises: An Opportunity to Level Up?
Published: 29 October 2024
ERC Research paper No 113
Investigating Disparities in SMEs Digitalisation
Published: 28 October 2024
ERC Research paper No 111
What do we know about cyber security in small firms?
Published: 17 September 2024
ERC SOTA review No 63
What do we know about factors that affect business investment decisions?
Published: 13 August 2024
ERC SOTA review No62
Understanding equity access and use in early-stage ventures
Published: 18 July 2024
ERC Research report
What do we know about the factors that affect business export decisions?
Published: 25 June 2024
ERC SOTA review No 61
R&D and innovation pathways to business productivity and growth: What does the evidence suggest?
Published: 29 May 2024
ERC Insight paper
Leadership diversity, business advice and firm-level innovation outcomes
Published: 23 May 2024
ERC Research report
More absence, but less impact on business performance. What can we learn from Swedish approaches to managing workplace mental health?
Published: 25 April 2024
ERC Research report
Understanding mission innovation systems. Framework and Case studies
Published: 9 April 2024
IRC _ ERC Research report
R&D-intensive businesses in Wales: Innovation and contribution to turnover and employment
Published: 21 March 2024
ERC Research report
Business investment – drivers, barriers and economic impacts. A rapid literature review
Published: 18 March 2024
ERC Research report
What Kind of Business Advice Improves Small Business Productivity?
Published: 4 March 2024
ERC Insight paper
Evaluating the local business growth effects of the UK City of Culture 2013 and 2017: A simple propensity score matching-difference-in-difference modelling approach
Published: 27 February 2024
ERC Insight paper
Productivity Puzzles, Long Tails and Productivity Heroes: developing a new focus for small business policy in the UK
Published: 21 February 2024
ERC Insight paper
The State of Small Business Britain 2023 A manifesto for small business growth and productivity
Published: 1 February 2024
ERC Research report
Do more inclusive workplaces lead to more innovation? Evidence from survey data for firms in England
Published: 25 January 2024
ERC Research report
A comparative review of the effectiveness of R&D tax credits and R&D grants for firm performance
Published: 12 December 2023
ERC SOTA review No 60
R&D tax credits verses R&D grants: effectiveness for R&D investment
Published: 12 December 2023
ERC SOTA review No 59
Co-worker experiences of workplace mental health issues: insights from five case studies
Published: 27 November 2023
ERC Insight paper
Estimating policy mix effects: Grants and tax credit complementarities for R&D and innovation outcomes
Published: 26 October 2023
ERC Research paper No 110
Estimating policy mix effects: Grants and tax credit complementarities for R&D and innovation outcomes
Published: 23 October 2023
ERC Policy Briefing
The factors that shape a country’s ability to benefit from international R&D spillovers
Published: 3 October 2023
ERC Insight paper
The less than 1% Club: Mapping net zero support for small businesses across England
Published: 26 September 2023
ERC Research report
Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero
Published: 21 September 2023
ERC Policy briefing
Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero
Published: 21 September 2023
ERC Research paper No 109
Action Zero: The Wenta experience of guiding small firms on their net zero journey
Published: 11 September 2023
ERC Research Report
The geography of intellectual property protection in the UK – 2011 to 2016
Published: 5 September 2023
ERC Insight paper
Demand for external finance by environmentally-motivated SMEs: an exploration of geographical disparities and potential in relation to Net Zero
Published: 27 July 2023
ERC Research paper No 108
SME performance in core and peripheral UK regions: Exploring the role of innovation and firm networks during times of financial distress
Published: 26 July 2023
ERC Research paper No 107
The impact of Brexit on the internationalisation, innovation and turnover of UK SMEs: Implications for the UK’s industrial strategy and the ‘levelling up’ agenda
Published: 20 July 2023
ERC Research Paper No 105
Mapping Schumpeterian Outcomes in the UK Small Business Population over Time – The Effect of Social and Environmental Orientation on Innovation, Exporting & Growth
Published: 18 July 2023
ERC Research paper No 104
Evaluation of the Scottish Government’s Inward Investment Support
Published: 13 July 2023
ERC Research report for the Scottish Government
More than resilience: Views of Northern Ireland SMEs towards environmental and social impact
Published: 10 July 2023
ERC Research report
Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2023: A longitudinal study
Published: 23 May 2023
ERC Research report
Catapulting Firms into the Innovation System: Analysing Local Knowledge Spillovers from Catapult Centres
Published: 11 May 2023
ERC Research Report
Evaluating the medium-term business performance effects of engaging with Catapults: A propensity score matching – difference-in-difference study
Published: 11 May 2023
ERC Insight Paper
What do we know about the effectiveness of business advice?
Published: 17 April 2023
ERC SOTA Review No 57
HEALTHY WORKPLACE IRELAND: A Survey of Mental Health & Well-being Promotion in Irish Firms
Published: 29 March 2023
ERC Research Report
Attitudinal and behavioural influences on small firms’ engagement with intellectual property protection
Published: 28 March 2023
ERC Research Report
Understanding sectoral absorptive capacity in the UK – a new analysis
Published: 17 March 2023
ERC Research Report
Doing innovation. Creating value from innovation: How does IP protection help? A UK analysis with a focus on smaller firms
Published: 14 February 2023
Research paper No 103
Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2022: Baseline Report
Published: 9 February 2023
ERC Research Report
Business Confidence, TCA Adaptation, and Export Performance
Published: 8 February 2023
ERC Insight paper
Powering Science-based innovation: Exploring the need and role of a Network of Innovation Centres in the UK and Ireland
Published: 17 January 2023
ERC Research Report
The State of Small Business Britain 2022: From Crisis to Crisis
Published: 20 December 2022
ERC Research Report
An exploration of mental health and well-being workplace practices within family firms
Published: 15 November 2022
ERC Insight paper
The cost of doing business 2022q3 Data from the Small Business Price Index
Published: 11 November 2022
ERC Insight paper
R&D intensity at industry level: how does UK compare with top performing OECD countries?
Published: 8 November 2022
ERC Insight paper
Gender, Ethnicity, and Access to Finance: Evidence for UK Social Enterprises
Published: 27 October 2022
ERC Policy briefing
Gender, Ethnicity, and Access to Finance: Evidence for UK Social Enterprises
Published: 27 October 2022
ERC Research paper No 102
Line managers: The emotional labour of managing workplace mental health issues
Published: 18 October 2022
ERC Insight paper
Of chickens and eggs: Exporting, innovation novelty and productivity
Published: 6 October 2022
ERC Research paper No 101
Of chickens and eggs: Exporting, innovation novelty and productivity
Published: 6 October 2022
ERC Policy briefing
Workplace mental health and well-being during COVID-19: Evidence from three waves of employer surveys
Published: 26 September 2022
ERC Insight paper
Is there a Link between Small Business Leadership and Productivity?
Published: 22 September 2022
SOTA Review No 55
The cost of doing business 2022q2 : Data from the Small Business Price Index
Published: 21 September 2022
ERC Insight paper
Assessing the business growth and productivity effects of Invest NI and UKRI grant support for R&D and innovation
Published: 1 September 2022
ERC Research Report
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders. Wave 5- August 2022
Published: 2 August 2022
ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report
Taking Small Steps: Business Priorities, Environmental and Social Responsibility in UK SMEs
Published: 28 July 2022
ERC Research Report
Evaluation of the Evolve Digital programme to promote digital adoption in family firms: A Randomised Control Trial
Published: 28 June 2022
ERC Research Report
The Uneven Spatial Nature of Access to External Finance in UK SMEs: Determinants, Impacts and the “Levelling Up” Agenda
Published: 23 June 2022
ERC Policy briefing
The Uneven Spatial Nature of Access to External Finance in UK SMEs: Determinants, Impacts and the “Levelling Up” Agenda
Published: 23 June 2022
ERC Research paper No 100
Exploring External Finance links to Build Back Better a Green UK SME Economy
Published: 21 June 2022
ERC Policy briefing
Exploring External Finance links to Build Back Better a Green UK SME Economy
Published: 21 June 2022
ERC Research paper No 99
SMEs as Social Enterprises: Regional Disparities, Access to Finance, Strategic Intentions, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published: 17 May 2022
ERC Policy Briefing
SMEs as Social Enterprises: Regional Disparities, Access to Finance, Strategic Intentions, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published: 17 May 2022
Research Paper No. 97
What works for innovation: supporting R&D and innovation in deep tech chemistry SMEs
Published: 21 March 2022
ERC Research Report
Bolton 50 Years On: What We Can Learn from a Landmark Study of Small Businesses
Published: 23 February 2022
ERC Insight paper
Twin Green and Digital Transitions: Joint adoption of net zero and digital practices by UK SMEs
Published: 27 October 2021
ERC Insight paper
Assessing innovation spillovers from the public science system
Published: 26 October 2021
ERC Insight Paper
Workplace mental health in Midlands firms 2021: Baseline report
Published: 22 September 2021
ERC Research Report
What can Social Enterprises contribute to the ‘levelling up’ agenda?
Published: 16 September 2021
ERC SOTA Review No 52
Eco-innovation and Green Start-ups: An Evidence Review
Published: 7 September 2021
ERC Insight paper
The UK’s business R&D workforce: skills, sector trends and future challenges
Published: 2 September 2021
ERC Insight paper
Benchmarking Local Innovation: The Innovation Geography of England 2016 -18
Published: 26 July 2021
ERC Research Report
Digital readiness, Digital adoption and Digitalisation of UK SMEs Amidst the Covid-19 crisis
Published: 8 July 2021
Research Paper No 96
Digital readiness, Digital adoption and Digitalisation of UK SMEs Amidst the Covid-19 crisis
Published: 8 July 2021
ERC Policy Briefing
How Can SMEs Contribute to Net Zero?: An Evidence Review
Published: 6 July 2021
ERC SOTA Review No 51
Equality, diversity and inclusion in UK Foundation Industries
Published: 30 June 2021
Summary Findings: Age
Drivers and Performance Outcomes of Net Zero practices: Evidence from UK SMEs
Published: 24 June 2021
Research Paper No 95
Equality, diversity and inclusion in UK Foundation Industries
Published: 23 June 2021
Summary Findings: Gender
COVID-19, business support and SME productivity in the UK
Published: 22 June 2021
ERC Research Paper No 94
COVID-19, business support and SME productivity in the UK
Published: 22 June 2021
ERC policy briefing
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in UK Foundation Industries
Published: 18 June 2021
ERC Research Report
Workplace mental health and wellbeing in Midlands firms before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published: 10 June 2021
ERC Insight Paper
Interactive adaption in ‘mid-chain’ firms: How are supply chains enabling digital and net zero transitions?
Published: 18 May 2021
Research Paper No. 93
Interactive adaption in ‘mid-chain’ firms: How are supply chains enabling digital and net zero transitions?
Published: 18 May 2021
ERC Policy Briefing
The role of social enterprise in developing skills and creating employment opportunities in the UK
Published: 20 April 2021
ERC SOTA Review No 50
The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Northern Ireland SMEs: Evidence and comparison with the rest of the UK
Published: 7 April 2021
ERC Research Report
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders, Wave 3. February 2021
Published: 22 March 2021
ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report
Building a creative work force: What is the current evidence on individual predictors of creative performance?
Published: 11 March 2021
ERC SOTA Review No 49
Leading for Creativity and Innovation: A Review of the Current Evidence
Published: 9 March 2021
ERC SOTA Review No 48
Exploring the micro-geography of innovation in England: Population density, accessibility and innovation revisited
Published: 4 March 2021
ERC Research Paper No 92
Exploring the micro-geography of innovation in England: Population density, accessibility and innovation revisited
Published: 4 March 2021
Policy Briefing
‘Taking back control’: Developing Protected Food Names post-Brexit: What can we learn from GI use internationally?
Published: 2 March 2021
Research Paper No. 91
‘Taking back control’: Developing Protected Food Names post-Brexit: What can we learn from GI use internationally?
Published: 2 March 2021
Policy Briefing
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK SMES and their response
Published: 10 February 2021
ERC Insight paper
One size does not fit all: A cross-country comparison of policy instruments used to support firm-level innovation and science
Published: 15 January 2021
ERC Policy Briefing
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders Survey and case-study evidence Wave 2 –October/November 2020
Published: 14 January 2021
ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report
Understanding the role of IP protection in UK firms’ growth, productivity and innovation 1998-2016: Patents, trade marks and registered designs reconsidered
Published: 13 January 2021
ERC Policy Briefing
Understanding the role of IP protection in UK firms’ growth, productivity and innovation 1998-2016: Patents, trade marks and registered designs reconsidered.
Published: 13 January 2021
ERC Research Paper No 90
Evaluation of the Cavendish Enterprise ‘Business Boost’ project
Published: 8 December 2020
ERC Research Report
Talking about workplace mental health: How do employers in the Midlands understand and experience mental health issues?
Published: 18 November 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Workplace mental health and Covid-19: experiences of firms in the Midlands
Published: 4 November 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Understanding Disparities in Local Productivity in the UK: Are we using the right measure?
Published: 16 October 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Stewardship and Survival: What can we learn from longstanding family businesses?
Published: 1 October 2020
ERC SOTA No 46
What is the social-economic contribution of family firms in the UK? A review of the evidence.
Published: 30 September 2020
ERC SOTA Review No 45
What drives productivity growth behind the frontier? A mixed-methods investigation into UK SMEs.
Published: 24 September 2020
Research Paper No 89
What drives productivity growth behind the frontier? A mixed-methods investigation into UK SMEs.
Published: 24 September 2020
ERC Policy Briefing
What do we know about Youth Entrepreneurship in the UK? A Review of Evidence.
Published: 10 September 2020
ERC SOTA Review no 44
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders Survey and case-study evidence Wave 1 – June/July 2020
Published: 9 September 2020
ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report
First findings on the impact of COVID-19 on self-employment in the UK – evidence from the Understanding Society household survey
Published: 11 August 2020
ERC Insight Paper.
Spillovers from inward investment – a comparison of Northern Ireland with the rest of the UK.
Published: 14 July 2020
ERC Research Report 2020
The interrelationship between R&D, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence for micro-enterprises
Published: 14 July 2020
ERC Research Report
Productivity in the ICT sector in Northern Ireland: A Pilot Study
Published: 14 July 2020
ERC Research Report
Forms of self-employment: What do we know about the gig economy?
Published: 7 July 2020
ERC SOTA Review No 43
Do firms really learn from failure? The dynamics of abandoned innovation.
Published: 17 June 2020
ERC Research Paper No 88
Do firms really learn from failure? The dynamics of abandoned innovation.
Published: 17 June 2020
ERC Policy Briefing
Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer between SMEs and Universities. SOTA review No 42
Published: 11 June 2020
ERC SOTA review No 42
What are the main barriers to entrepreneurship in under-represented groups? SOTA review No 40
Published: 9 June 2020
SOTA review No 40
International sectoral R&D trends after the global financial crisis: What can we learn for current policy?
Published: 28 May 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Employee well-being, mental health and productivity in Midlands firms: The employer perspective
Published: 22 May 2020
ERC Research Report
R&D and innovation after Covid-19: What can we expect? A review of trends after the financial crisis
Published: 7 May 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Online Peer-to-Peer lending – what do we know, and where are the gaps? SOTA NO39.
Published: 6 May 2020
ERC SOTA No 39.
Online Peer-to-Peer lending to finance business growth: Evidence from Funding Circle
Published: 6 May 2020
ERC Insight paper
Consumer Spending Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Assessment of Great Britain
Published: 28 April 2020
ERC Research Paper No. 87
The business effects of pandemics – a rapid literature review
Published: 16 April 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Covid19: Critique and Proposals to Develop More Comprehensive and Inclusive Support for the SelfEmployed
Published: 2 April 2020
ERC Research Report.
A Review of Assumptions Underlying Women’s Enterprise Policy Initiatives.
Published: 13 March 2020
ERC SOTA Review No 38
What Do We Know About Ethnic and Migrant Women Entrepreneurs? A Review of Evidence.
Published: 11 March 2020
ERC SOTA Review No 36
How Does Gender Shape Entrepreneurial Resources and Practice?.
Published: 10 March 2020
ERC SOTA review No 35
Is Time Up for The Hero Male Entrepreneur? A Review of Enterprise Discourse and its Effects.
Published: 9 March 2020
ERC SOTA Review No 34
What’s in a name? The impact of Geographical Indications of Origin on producer growth and food heritage
Published: 6 March 2020
ERC Policy Briefing
What’s in a name? The impact of Geographical Indications of Origin on producer growth and food heritage.
Published: 6 March 2020
ERC Research Paper No 86
Small firms and patenting revisited. Research Paper No 85
Published: 21 February 2020
ERC Research Paper No 85
Determinants of demand and participation in cultural events
Published: 18 February 2020
ERC Insight Paper
Spatial disparities in SMEs productivity in England.
Published: 18 February 2020
ERC Research Paper No 84
Pathways to efficiency, pathways to growth: Evidence from the UK Innovation Survey
Published: 11 February 2020
ERC Policy Briefing
Pathways to efficiency, pathways to growth: Evidence from the UK Innovation Survey.
Published: 11 February 2020
ERC Research Paper No. 83
The Role of Innovation in Small Business Performance: A Regional Perspective.
Published: 6 February 2020
ERC Policy Briefing
The Role of Innovation in Small Business Performance: A Regional Perspective. Research Paper No 82
Published: 6 February 2020
ERC Research Paper No 82
Measuring the Impact of Entrepreneurship Education within Higher Education. SOTA Review No 33
Published: 29 January 2020
ERC SOTA Review No 33
Building resilience in under-represented entrepreneurs: A European comparative study.
Published: 17 January 2020
ERC Research Report
Understanding value added per employee in six UK sectors: The insiders’ view
Published: 20 October 2019
ERC Research Report
Exploring the link between training and innovation using the Longitudinal Small Business Survey.
Published: 3 October 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
Exploring the link between training and innovation using the Longitudinal Small Business Survey.
Published: 3 October 2019
ERC Research Paper No 80
Does the City of Culture (COC) create long-term benefits? Comparing the performance of Derry-Londonderry to other short-listed cities.
Published: 17 September 2019
ERC Insight Paper
An Investigation of UK SME Access to Finance, Growth and Productivity, 2015-2017.
Published: 16 September 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
An Investigation of UK SME Access to Finance, Growth and Productivity, 2015-2017
Published: 16 September 2019
ERC Research Paper No 79
University Engagement and Productivity in Innovative SMEs: An Empirical Assessment.
Published: 12 September 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
University Engagement and Productivity in Innovative SMEs: An Empirical Assessment.
Published: 12 September 2019
ERC Research Paper No 78
Getting the right recipe: collaboration strategies for radical and incremental innovators in services.
Published: 2 September 2019
ERC Research Paper No 77
Getting the right recipe: collaboration strategies for radical and incremental innovators in services.
Published: 2 September 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
Benchmarking local innovation – the innovation geography of England: 2019
Published: 11 June 2019
ERC Research Report
Innovating into trouble: When innovation leads to customer complaints.
Published: 15 April 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
Innovating into trouble: When innovation leads to customer complaints.
Published: 15 April 2019
ERC Research Paper No 76
Skills, management practices and productivity in SMEs.
Published: 11 April 2019
ERC Research Paper No 75
Micro-Businesses in Ireland: From Ambition to Innovation
Published: 3 April 2019
ERC Research Report
Who benefits from apprenticeships? The English experience.
Published: 5 March 2019
ERC SOTA Review No 24
Employee Engagement and Business Performance – a Review of quantitative evidence.
Published: 26 February 2019
ERC SOTA Review No 22
Innovation, open innovation and intellectual property rights: firm size differences. SOTA No 21
Published: 19 February 2019
ERC SOTA No 21
Unregistered IP rights and innovation: What is the evidence? .
Published: 7 February 2019
ERC SOTA No 20
Trade marks and registered designs: Evidence on the links to innovation and business performance.
Published: 6 February 2019
ERC SOTA No 19
The impact of policy support on firms’ innovation outcomes and business performance.
Published: 28 January 2019
ERC SOTA No 17
Fast-growth firms and their wider economic impact: UK evidence.
Published: 22 January 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
Fecundity, fertility, survival and growth: high-growth firms in the UK and their contribution to job creation, a demographic perspective.
Published: 22 January 2019
ERC Policy Briefing
Fecundity, fertility, survival and growth: high-growth firms in the UK and their contribution to job creation, a demographic perspective.
Published: 22 January 2019
ERC Research Paper No 74
Fast-growth firms and their wider economic impact: UK evidence.
Published: 22 January 2019
ERC Research Paper No 73
Understanding business resilience among under-represented groups in London
Published: 12 December 2018
ERC Research Report
If high performance working delivers productivity gains, why isn’t common sense common practice amongst UK firms?
Published: 5 December 2018
ERC SOTA No 14
Defining engagement and its link to productivity. What does the HRM literature tell us? SOTA No 13
Published: 4 December 2018
ERC SOTA No 13
What are the barriers to start-up and scale-up in R&D intensive firms?
Published: 14 November 2018
ERC SOTA No 11
Industry 4.0 is coming: Is digital adoption a new mechanism linking entrepreneurial ambition to business performance? Research Paper No 72
Published: 8 November 2018
ERC Research Paper No 72
Identifying Clusters – A Review of Methodological Approaches.
Published: 23 October 2018
ERC SOTA No 9
Adoption of new technologies and organisational practices: are there innovation benefits?
Published: 16 October 2018
ERC SOTA No 7
Regional Differences Accessing Finance in UK SMEs: Do they matter?
Published: 15 October 2018
ERC SOTA No 6
What Supports the Adoption of Innovations Within Established (non-frontier) Firms?
Published: 19 September 2018
ERC SOTA No 5
How Can We Attract and Retain More Internationally-mobile R&D?
Published: 19 September 2018
ERC SOTA No 3
Discouraged Borrowers: Measurement, Determinants and Impact.
Published: 19 September 2018
ERC SOTA No 2
Innovation and Quality Management – What are the links? SOTA No 1
Published: 19 September 2018
ERC SOTA No 1
Exploring the links between design investment, innovation and productivity
Published: 12 September 2018
ERC Insight
Business resilience in an SME context: A literature review
Published: 5 July 2018
ERC Research Report
Productivity of the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises: insights from the Longitudinal Small Business Survey.
Published: 13 June 2018
ERC policy Briefing
Productivity of the UK’s small and medium sized enterprises: insights from the Longitudinal Small Business Survey.
Published: 13 June 2018
ERC Research Paper No 67
Management capability, business support and the performance of micro-businesses in the UK.
Published: 31 May 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
Management capability, business support and the performance of micro-businesses in the UK.
Published: 31 May 2018
ERC Research Paper No 68
Recent trends in the digital creative sector in Coventry and Warwickshire
Published: 29 May 2018
ERC Insight Paper
An empirical examination of discouraged borrowers in the UK.
Published: 24 May 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
An empirical examination of discouraged borrowers in the UK.
Published: 24 May 2018
ERC Research Paper No 69
Business support and SME performance: exploratory analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015 and 2016
Published: 16 May 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
Export status and SME productivity: learning-to-export versus learning-by-exporting.
Published: 16 May 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
Export status and SME productivity: learning-to-export versus learning-by-exporting. Research Paper No 71
Published: 16 May 2018
ERC Research Paper No 71
Business support and SME performance: exploratory analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015 and 2016
Published: 16 May 2018
ERC Research Paper No 70
Using RCTs as a research method for SME policy research: The UK experience.
Published: 12 April 2018
ERC Research Paper No 66
Using RCTs as a research method for SME policy research: The UK experience.
Published: 12 April 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
Team size, diversity and performance of new ventures and SMEs : a meta-analysis.
Published: 15 February 2018
ERC Research Paper No 64
Team size, diversity and performance of new ventures and SMEs : a meta-analysis.Research Paper 64
Published: 15 February 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
Organisational capital, exploration and exploitation: Econometric evidence for UK services firms.
Published: 8 February 2018
ERC Policy Briefing
Organisational capital, exploration and exploitation: Econometric evidence for UK services firms.
Published: 8 February 2018
ERC Research Paper No 65
Fast-growth firms in the UK: definition and policy implications.
Published: 4 December 2017
ERC Research Paper No 63
Fast-growth firms in the UK: definition and policy implications.
Published: 4 December 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
The UK’s high growth firms and their resilience over the Great Recession
Published: 7 September 2017
ERC Research Paper No 62
The UK’s high growth firms and their resilience over the Great Recession
Published: 7 September 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Assessing the business performance effects of receiving publicly-funded science, research and innovation grants
Published: 6 September 2017
ERC Research Paper No 61( Revised )
Assessing the business performance effects of receiving publicly-funded science, research and innovation grants.
Published: 6 September 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family owned firms: Are they different?
Published: 13 July 2017
ERC Research Paper No 60
Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family owned firms: Are they different?
Published: 13 July 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Home Alone: Innovation and sales growth intentions among the sole self-employed.
Published: 12 July 2017
ERC Research Paper No 59
Home Alone: Innovation and sales growth intentions among the sole self-employed.
Published: 12 July 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Exporting, ambition, finance and SME performance: Exploratory analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015 and 2016
Published: 11 July 2017
ERC Research Report
High performing firms and job creation: a longitudinal analysis (1998-2013) ERC Insight Paper
Published: 3 April 2017
ERC Insight Paper
Rural business aspirations, obstacles and support: an analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015
Published: 22 March 2017
ERC Research Paper No. 58
Rural business aspirations, obstacles and support: an analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015.
Published: 22 March 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Accessibility, utility and learning effects in university-business collaboration.
Published: 7 March 2017
ERC Research Paper No 57
Accessibility, utility and learning effects in university-business collaboration.
Published: 7 March 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Does learning from prior collaboration help firms to overcome the “two worlds” paradox in university-business collaboration?
Published: 23 February 2017
ERC Research Paper No 55
Does learning from prior collaboration help firms to overcome the “two worlds” paradox in university-business collaboration?
Published: 23 February 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
The relationship between middle market firms’ access to finance and internationalization intentions.
Published: 22 February 2017
ERC Research Paper No 54
The relationship between middle market firms’ access to finance and internationalization intentions.
Published: 22 February 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Assessing the characteristics, determinants and spatial variations of internationalised new ventures in the UK.
Published: 16 February 2017
ERC Research Paper No 56
Assessing the characteristics, determinants and spatial variations of internationalised new ventures in the UK.
Published: 16 February 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
The effectiveness of regional, national and EU support for innovation in the UK and Spain.
Published: 9 January 2017
ERC Research Paper No 52
The effectiveness of regional, national and EU support for innovation in the UK and Spain. Research Paper No 52
Published: 9 January 2017
ERC Policy Briefing
Exploring the success and barriers to SME access to finance and its potential role in achieving growth.
Published: 14 December 2016
ERC Policy Briefing
Exploring the success and barriers to SME access to finance and its potential role in achieving growth.
Published: 14 December 2016
ERC Research Paper No 53 ( Revised )
Persistence in exporting: cumulative and punctuated learning effects.
Published: 8 December 2016
ERC Policy Briefing
The contribution of alternative finance to business growth.
Published: 8 December 2016
ERC Research Paper No 51
Persistence in exporting: cumulative and punctuated learning effects. Research Paper No 50
Published: 8 December 2016
ERC Research Paper No 50
The contribution of alternative finance to business growth.
Published: 6 December 2016
ERC Policy Briefing
Market failures in open innovation: implications and policy responses.
Published: 2 November 2016
ERC Research Paper No 49
Market failures in open innovation: implications and policy responses.
Published: 2 November 2016
ERC Policy Briefing
Decomposing UK aggregate labour productivity and growth: 1998-2013 using the ONS business structure database data.
Published: 12 July 2016
ERC Research Paper No. 48
Ambitious Entrepreneurship and Migration A Multi-Level Study across the Local Authorities in England and Wales.
Published: 6 July 2016
ERC Research Paper No 47
Sustaining growth – the HR dimension HR practices and management and leadership skills of High Growth SMEs
Published: 30 June 2016
ERC Insight Paper
Sustaining growth – the HR dimension HR practices and management and leadership skills of High Growth SMEs
Published: 30 June 2016
ERC Research Report
Innovation and HR practices in five professional service sectors A report for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills
Published: 30 June 2016
ERC Research Report
(Seeking, Acting on and Appreciating) the Value of Business Advice.
Published: 24 May 2016
Previous evidence shows that business advice helps businesses and that more advice is generally better [1-4]. Most firms will take advice from outsiders at some point in their development but fewer firms take advice than seems warranted by the evidence [5]. The reasons for the reluctance to take advice are varied and have been relatively intractable; moreover our understanding of the ‘subtle processes’ within advice has been hampered by the few inductive investigations [6] with recent exceptions [7-9]. These ‘subtle processes’ imply that advice is not a single process but is made up of a series of sub-processes.
Work organization and innovation in legal services: analysis from a ‘deep dive’ study. Research Paper No 45
Published: 24 May 2016
ERC Research Paper No 45
Absorptive capacity and ambidexterity in R&D: linking technology alliance diversity and firm innovation.
Published: 10 May 2016
ERC Research Paper No 42
The roles and effectiveness of design in new product development: a study of Irish manufacturers. Research Paper No. 41
Published: 10 May 2016
ERC Research Paper No 41
Local and firm-level influences on innovation performance: linkages, climate and externalities. Research Paper No. 40
Published: 10 May 2016
ERC Research Paper No 40
The legacy of public subsidies for innovation: input, output and behavioural additionality effects. Research Paper No 21
Published: 26 February 2016
ERC Research Paper No 21
Firms’ innovation objectives and knowledge acquisition strategies: a comparative analysis.
Published: 25 February 2016
ERC Research paper No 38
The marketization of higher education: A causal analysis of innovation in UK universities .
Published: 25 February 2016
ERC Research Paper No 39
Waves of Professionalization Before, During and After Management Buyouts and Buy-ins of Private Family Firms.
Published: 22 January 2016
ERC Research Paper No 37
Investigating Schumpeter’s creative army: what drives new-to-the-market innovation in micro-enterprises?
Published: 28 September 2015
ERC Research Paper 36
Resources and innovation in family businesses: The Janus-face of family socio-emotional preferences.
Published: 20 July 2015
ERC Research Paper No 34.
Innovation, quality management and learning: a dynamic analysis.
Published: 18 May 2015
ERC Research paper No 30
Creating value from embodied knowledge – the link between advanced manufacturing technologies and innovation.
Published: 18 May 2015
ERC Research paper No 31
Feasibility Study – Exploring the Long-Term Impact of Business Support Services.
Published: 27 March 2015
ERC Research Paper No 29
The origin of spin-offs – A typology of corporate and academic spin-offs.
Published: 23 March 2015
ERC Research Paper No 26
Experience, age and exporting performance in UK SMEs.
Published: 12 March 2015
ERC Research Paper No 28
Firms’ innovation objectives and knowledge acquisition strategies.
Published: 10 March 2015
ERC Research Paper No 27
Does Entrepreneurship Make You Wealthy? Research Paper No 25
Published: 10 March 2015
ERC Research Paper No 25
A Nation of Angels. Assessing the impact of angel investment across the UK
Published: 28 January 2015
ERC Research Report
Public R&D policies and Private R&D investment:
Published: 9 September 2014
ERC Research Paper No 23
Fear of Failure and Entrepreneurship: A Review and Direction for Future Research
Published: 9 September 2014
ERC Research Paper No 24
Out of the shadows: Growth from non-farm rural enterprises:
Published: 4 September 2014
ERC White Paper No 10
ERC Research Paper. Creating Value in Ecosystems.
Published: 12 August 2014
ERC Research Paper No 22
The legacy of public subsidies for innovation: input, output and behavioural additionality effects
Published: 29 July 2014
ERC Research Paper
Knowledge context, learning and innovation: an integrating framework.
Published: 2 July 2014
ERC Research Paper No 20
The Financing of Diverse Enterprises: Evidence from the SME Finance Monitor.
Published: 19 May 2014
ERC Research Paper No 18
Localisation of Industrial Activity across England’s LEPs: 2008 & 2012 .
Published: 31 December 2013
ERC Research Paper No 15
Developing Alliance Formation Process Capabilities.
Published: 1 December 2013
ERC Research Paper No 13
Openness and Innovation Performance: Are Small Firms Different? Research Paper No 12.
Published: 1 November 2013
Traditionally, literature on open innovation ( the number of links a firm has to customers, suppliers and other firms) has concentrated on analysis of larger firms. This paper explores if and how the benefits of openness in innovation are different for small firms compared to medium and large ones. It suggests that small firms can benefit disproportionately from adopting open innovation approaches but that they reach the benefits of this approach at lower levels than medium and larger firms making the choice of innovation partner critical.
UK Mid-Market – ‘Overlooked Middle’ or Lair of the Hidden Champions?
Published: 1 November 2013
This paper highlights two alternative views of the UK mid-market. The ‘overlooked middle’ perspective emphasises that UK economic policy in relation to Medium Sized Businesses (MSBs) has been symbolic rather than substantive, lacking scale and consistency. The 'Hidden Champions' perspective recognises the rapid growth of leading MSBs and the lack of acknowledgement they receive in the UK.
Supporting Sustained Growth Among SMEs.
Published: 1 September 2013
Among SMEs high growth is often episodic and not sustained. This paper reviews a number of international support measures designed to give SMEs the capabilities and resources to sustain fast growth.
Burden or Benefit? Regulation as a dynamic influence on SME performance.
Published: 1 July 2013
This paper contributes to contemporary debates concerning the impact of regulation on small business performance in the UK.
Benchmarking local innovation – the innovation geography of the UK
Published: 25 June 2013
ERC Research Report
HRM, Organisational Culture and Entrepreneurial Capabilities.
Published: 3 June 2013
Research Paper No 5
An Experimental Approach to Industrial Policy Evaluation: the Case of Creative Credits.
Published: 2 June 2013
ERC Research Paper No 4
What Do We Know About The Relationship Between Entrepreneurial Finance and Growth?
Published: 4 April 2013
ERC White Paper No 4
