Type
Theme
Research Report
Insight
Research Report
Research Report
SOTA Review
Research Report

The less than 1% Club: Mapping net zero support for small businesses across England

ERC Research report

Author

ERC

Policy Briefing
Research Paper

Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero

ERC Research paper No 109

Research Report

Action Zero: The Wenta experience of guiding small firms on their net zero journey

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Paper

Brexit and Digital Technology Adoption of UK SMEs

ERC Research paper 106

Research Report

Evaluation of the Scottish Government’s Inward Investment Support

ERC Research report for the Scottish Government

Author

ERC, Centre for Business Prosperity

Research Report

More than resilience: Views of Northern Ireland SMEs towards environmental and social impact

ERC Research report

Author

ERC, Queens University

Research Report

NORTHERN IRELAND LOCAL GROWTH DASHBOARD

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC , Queens University

SOTA Review

Workplace mental health: implications for team working

ERC SOTA Review No 58

Authors
Research Report

Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2023: A longitudinal study

ERC Research report

Author

ERC

SOTA Review

What do we know about the effectiveness of business advice?

ERC SOTA Review No 57

Authors
Research Report

HEALTHY WORKPLACE IRELAND: A Survey of Mental Health & Well-being Promotion in Irish Firms

ERC Research Report

Author

CorkUniversityBusinessSchool

Research Report

Understanding sectoral absorptive capacity in the UK – a new analysis

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Report

Workplace Mental Health in Midlands firms 2022: Baseline Report

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Insight

Business Confidence, TCA Adaptation, and Export Performance

ERC Insight paper

Authors
Research Report

The State of Small Business Britain 2022: From Crisis to Crisis

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

SOTA Review

Family policy and women’s entrepreneurship

ERC SOTA review No 56

Insight
Research Paper
Insight

Women as Entrepreneurs: Lessons Unlearned?

ERC Insight paper

Authors
Research Paper
Policy Briefing
SOTA Review
Insight
SOTA Review

Policy instruments and private R&D investment

ERC SOTA Review

Research Report
Research Report

Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders. Wave 5- August 2022

ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report

Author

ERC/InnovationCaucus

Research Report
Policy Briefing

TCA, Non-tariff Measures and UK Trade

ERC Policy briefing

Research Paper

TCA, Non-tariff Measures and UK Trade

ERC Research Paper No 98

Research Report

What works for innovation: supporting R&D and innovation in deep tech chemistry SMEs

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC RSC

Research Report

The State of Small Business Britain 2021

Enabling the Triple Transition

Author

ERC

SOTA Review
Research Report

Workplace mental health in Midlands firms 2021: Baseline report

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

SOTA Review
Insight

Learning from the best: National innovation systems

ERC Insight paper

Authors
Insight
Research Report

Benchmarking Local Innovation: The Innovation Geography of England 2016 -18

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

SOTA Review
Research Report

Equality, diversity and inclusion in UK Foundation Industries

Summary Findings: Age

Author

UKRI

Research Report

Equality, diversity and inclusion in UK Foundation Industries

Summary Findings: Gender

Author

UKRI

Research Paper
Policy Briefing
Research Report

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in UK Foundation Industries

ERC Research Report

Author

UKRI

Research Report

The impact of Covid-19 pandemic on Northern Ireland SMEs: Evidence and comparison with the rest of the UK

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC QueensUniversityBelfast

Research Report

Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders, Wave 3. February 2021

ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report

Author

ERC InnovationCaucus

SOTA Review
Research Report

Innovation Readiness in UK Foundation Industries

An ERC report for UKRI

Author

ERC

SOTA Review

Diversity in R&D and Innovation.

ERC SOTA No 47

Authors
Insight

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on UK SMES and their response

ERC Insight paper

Authors
Research Report

Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders Survey and case-study evidence Wave 2 –October/November 2020

ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report

Author

ERC InnovationCaucus

Research Report

State of Small Business Britain 2020

ERC Research Report . SSBB 2020

Author

ERC

Research Report

Evaluation of the Cavendish Enterprise ‘Business Boost’ project

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC, Stephen Roper, Halima Jibril,Ian Drummond, Doug Scott

SOTA Review
Research Report

Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders Survey and case-study evidence Wave 1 – June/July 2020

ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report

Author

ERC,InnovationCaucus

Research Report

Spillovers from inward investment – a comparison of Northern Ireland with the rest of the UK.

ERC Research Report 2020

Author

ERC, Nigel Driffield, Katiuscia Lavoratori

Research Report
Research Report

Productivity in the ICT sector in Northern Ireland: A Pilot Study

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC, Karen Bonner, Nola Hewitt-Dundas

SOTA Review
SOTA Review

University-Industry Collaboration: Are SMEs Different?

SOTA review No 41

Research Report
Insight

Covid-19 and self-employment in the UK

ERC Insight Paper.

Research Report
SOTA Review

How Does Gender Shape Entrepreneurial Resources and Practice?.

ERC SOTA review No 35

Authors
Research Report

Northern Powerhouse Local Growth Dashboard

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Policy Briefing

Small firms and patenting revisited

ERC Policy Briefing

Research Paper
Insight

Determinants of demand and participation in cultural events

ERC Insight Paper

Authors
Research Report
Research Report

Understanding value added per employee in six UK sectors: The insiders’ view

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

SOTA Review

From Cooperative Principles to Performance.

ERC SOTA Review No 32

Research Paper
Research Report

UK Local Growth Dashboard 2019

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Report

State of Small Business Britain 2019

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

SOTA Review

FDI and local productivity .

ERC SOTA Review No 31

Research Report

Benchmarking local innovation – the innovation geography of England: 2019

ERC Research Report


Author

Stephen Roper, Karen Bonner

SOTA Review

Are Social Enterprises Different?

ERC SOTA Review No 30

SOTA Review

Entrepreneurial Health and Wellbeing.

ERC SOTA Review No 29

SOTA Review

Loan guarantee schemes in the UK: What have we learnt?

ERC SOTA Review No 28

Authors
SOTA Review

The Biology of Entrepreneurship.

ERC SOTA Review No 27

Policy Briefing
Research Paper
Policy Briefing
Research Paper
Research Report

Micro-Businesses in Ireland: From Ambition to Innovation

ERC Research Report

Author

Cork Univeristy Business School

SOTA Review

What is ‘Good Work’ and why does it matter?

ERC SOTA Review No 26

Authors
SOTA Review

University research and regional development

ERC SOTA Review No 25

Insight

Job Creation and Destruction in the UK 1998-2018

ERC Insight Paper

SOTA Review

Who benefits from apprenticeships? The English experience.

ERC SOTA Review No 24

Authors
SOTA Review

Self-employment and Local Growth.

ERC SOTA Review No 23

Authors
SOTA Review
SOTA Review

Value of patents for the innovating firm.

ERC SOTA No 18

Authors
Policy Briefing
Research Paper

Fast-growth firms and their wider economic impact: UK evidence.

ERC Research Paper No 73

SOTA Review
SOTA Review

Resilience in SMEs.

ERC SOTA No 15

Authors
Research Report

Understanding business resilience among under-represented groups in London

ERC Research Report

Author

Maria Wishart, Stephen Roper, Mark Hart

SOTA Review

Public University Policy and R&D Success.

ERC SOTA No12

Research Report

Understanding micro-businesses in Northern Ireland

ERC Research Report

Author

Nola Hewitt-Dundas, Stephen Roper

Research Report

NI Local Growth Dashboard

ERC Research Report

Author

Queen's University , ERC

SOTA Review
SOTA Review
SOTA Review

Diversity in Innovation Teams.

ERC SOTA No 8

Authors
SOTA Review
SOTA Review

Organisational Learning and Innovation in Supply Chains.

ERC SOTA No 4

Authors
SOTA Review
SOTA Review
Research Report

Under-represented entrepreneurs: A literature review

ERC Research Report

Author

Maria Wishart, ERC

Research Report

Business resilience in an SME context: A literature review

ERC Research Report

Author

Maria Wishart, ERC

Research Report

UK Local Growth Dashboard 2018

ERC Research Report


Author

ERC

Research Report

State of Small Business Britain Report 2018

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Paper
Research Paper
Policy Briefing
Research Paper
Research Paper

Fast-growth firms in the UK: definition and policy implications.

ERC Research Paper No 63

Policy Briefing
Research Paper
Research Report

Exporting, ambition, finance and SME performance: Exploratory analysis of the Longitudinal Small Business Survey 2015 and 2016

ERC Research Report

Author

Areti Gkypali, Stephen Roper , Bo Grace Peng

Research Report

Benchmarking Local Innovation

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Report

UK Local Growth Dashboard 2017

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Policy Briefing
Research Paper

The contribution of alternative finance to business growth.

ERC Research Paper No 51

Authors
Policy Briefing

The contribution of alternative finance to business growth.

ERC Policy Briefing

Authors
Research Report

UK Local Growth Dashboard 2016

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Paper
Policy Briefing
Insight

Understanding self-employment.

ERC Insight Paper

Authors
Research Report

Sustaining growth – the HR dimension HR practices and management and leadership skills of High Growth SMEs

ERC Research Report

Author

Oksana Koryak, Nicos Nicolaou

Research Report

Innovation and HR practices in five professional service sectors A report for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills

ERC Research Report

Author

Stephen Roper, James Love, Jane Bourke

Research Paper

Modes of firm growth. Research Paper No 46

ERC Research Paper No 46

Research Paper

(Seeking, Acting on and Appreciating) the Value of Business Advice.

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.

Authors
Research Paper

The market for Technology Licensing in the UK.

ERC Research Paper No 43

Insight

Spatial Incidence of High Growth Firms.

ERC Insight Paper

Research Report

Unlocking UK Productivity

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC , Goldman Sachs , British Business Bank

Research Paper

Profiling UK university spin-outs.

ERC Research Paper No 35

Research Paper
Research Paper

Academic entrepreneurship: time for a rethink?

ERC Research Paper No 32.

Insight
Research Report

ERC Annual Reports

ERC Research Report


Author

ERC

Research Report

UK Growth Dasboard 2015

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Paper
Research Paper
Research Paper
Research Report

A Nation of Angels. Assessing the impact of angel investment across the UK

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Insight

LEP Innovation Benchmarks 2002. 2010

ERC Insight Paper

Research Paper

Public R&D policies and Private R&D investment:

ERC Research Paper No 23

Authors
White Paper

Out of the shadows: Growth from non-farm rural enterprises:

ERC White Paper No 10

Authors
Research Paper
White Paper
Research Report

LEP Growth Dashboard

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC, Growth Accelerator

Insight

UK’s Hidden Growth Champions

ERC Insight Paper

Insight
Insight

Financing Growth

ERC Insight Paper

Insight

Explaining the US-UK Ambition Gap

ERC Insight Paper

Authors
Research Paper

Unpacking open innovation.

ERC Research Paper No 19

Insight
Research Paper
White Paper

Back to Borrowing?.

ERC White Paper No 8

Authors
Research Paper

Innovation, Innovation Strategy and Survival.

ERC Research Paper No 17

Research Paper

Is There An Entrepreneurial Culture?

ERC Research Paper No 16

Authors
Insight

Moving on from the ‘Vital 6%’

ERC Insight Paper

Research Paper

Developing Alliance Formation Process Capabilities.

ERC Research Paper No 13

Research Paper

Openness and Innovation Performance: Are Small Firms Different? Research Paper No 12.

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.

Insight

UK Mid-Market – ‘Overlooked Middle’ or Lair of the Hidden Champions?

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.

Authors
Research Paper

Entrepreneurship as Ethnic Minority Liberation.

ERC Research Paper No 11

Authors
Research Paper

Entrepreneurial Families and Households.

ERC Research Paper No 10

Authors
Research Paper

Who Takes Advice?

ERC Research Paper No 9

Authors
White Paper

Supporting Sustained Growth Among SMEs.

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.

Insight

Gearing up for Growth Vouchers

ERC Insight Paper

Authors
Research Paper

Private Equity, Buy-outs, and Insolvency Risk.

ERC Research Paper No 8

Research Paper

Burden or Benefit? Regulation as a dynamic influence on SME performance.

This paper contributes to contemporary debates concerning the impact of regulation on small business performance in the UK.

Research Report

Benchmarking local innovation – the innovation geography of the UK

ERC Research Report

Author

ERC

Research Paper

Paradigm Shift or Business as Usual?

ERC Research Paper No 6

Research Paper
Research Paper
Research Paper

Understanding Fear of Failure in Enterpreneurship.

ERC Research Paper No 3

Authors
Research Paper

Business Survival and the Role of Boards.

ERC Research Paper No 1

White Paper
White Paper

SME Innovation, Exporting and Growth.

ERC White Paper No 5

White Paper

Diversity and SMEs.

ERC White Paper No 3

White Paper

Growth and Growth Intentions

ERC White Paper No 1