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
Estimating policy mix effects: Grants and tax credit complementarities for R&D and innovation outcomes
Published: 26 October 2023
ERC Research paper No 110
Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero
Published: 21 September 2023
ERC Research paper No 109
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
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
Gender, Ethnicity, and Access to Finance: Evidence for UK Social Enterprises
Published: 27 October 2022
ERC Research paper No 102
Of chickens and eggs: Exporting, innovation novelty and productivity
Published: 6 October 2022
ERC Research paper No 101
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 Research paper No 99
SMEs as Social Enterprises: Regional Disparities, Access to Finance, Strategic Intentions, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Published: 17 May 2022
Research Paper No. 97
Digital readiness, Digital adoption and Digitalisation of UK SMEs Amidst the Covid-19 crisis
Published: 8 July 2021
Research Paper No 96
Drivers and Performance Outcomes of Net Zero practices: Evidence from UK SMEs
Published: 24 June 2021
Research Paper No 95
COVID-19, business support and SME productivity in the UK
Published: 22 June 2021
ERC Research Paper No 94
Interactive adaption in ‘mid-chain’ firms: How are supply chains enabling digital and net zero transitions?
Published: 18 May 2021
Research Paper No. 93
Exploring the micro-geography of innovation in England: Population density, accessibility and innovation revisited
Published: 4 March 2021
ERC Research Paper No 92
‘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
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
What drives productivity growth behind the frontier? A mixed-methods investigation into UK SMEs.
Published: 24 September 2020
Research Paper No 89
Do firms really learn from failure? The dynamics of abandoned innovation.
Published: 17 June 2020
ERC Research Paper No 88
Consumer Spending Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Assessment of Great Britain
Published: 28 April 2020
ERC Research Paper No. 87
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
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 Research Paper No. 83
The Role of Innovation in Small Business Performance: A Regional Perspective. Research Paper No 82
Published: 6 February 2020
ERC Research Paper No 82
Exploring the link between training and innovation using the Longitudinal Small Business Survey.
Published: 3 October 2019
ERC Research Paper No 80
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 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
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
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
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
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 Research Paper No 68
An empirical examination of discouraged borrowers in the UK.
Published: 24 May 2018
ERC Research Paper No 69
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
Team size, diversity and performance of new ventures and SMEs : a meta-analysis.
Published: 15 February 2018
ERC Research Paper No 64
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
The UK’s high growth firms and their resilience over the Great Recession
Published: 7 September 2017
ERC Research Paper No 62
Assessing the business performance effects of receiving publicly-funded science, research and innovation grants
Published: 6 September 2017
ERC Research Paper No 61( Revised )
Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family owned firms: Are they different?
Published: 13 July 2017
ERC Research Paper No 60
Home Alone: Innovation and sales growth intentions among the sole self-employed.
Published: 12 July 2017
ERC Research Paper No 59
Rural business aspirations, obstacles and support: an analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015
Published: 22 March 2017
ERC Research Paper No. 58
Accessibility, utility and learning effects in university-business collaboration.
Published: 7 March 2017
ERC Research Paper No 57
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
The relationship between middle market firms’ access to finance and internationalization intentions.
Published: 22 February 2017
ERC Research Paper No 54
Assessing the characteristics, determinants and spatial variations of internationalised new ventures in the UK.
Published: 16 February 2017
ERC Research Paper No 56
The effectiveness of regional, national and EU support for innovation in the UK and Spain.
Published: 9 January 2017
ERC Research Paper No 52
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 )
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
Market failures in open innovation: implications and policy responses.
Published: 2 November 2016
ERC Research Paper No 49
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
(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
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
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.
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.
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
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