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
SMEs are losing out in the innovation race
SMEs are losing ground to larger UK firms in terms of innovation. This is one of the key messages in new innovation data recently published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). The data taken from the UK Innovation Survey (UKIS 2017) provides the first robust benchmark for levels of business innovation… Read more
The relationship between middle market firms’ access to finance and internationalization intentions.
Published: 22 February 2017
ERC Research Paper No 54
Covid-19 and the implications for future innovation
Over the last few days we have seen some inspiring and innovative responses to the Corona Virus crisis by UK firms and universities. The JCB-Dyson collaboration to produce ventilators and the UCL-Mercedes AMG collaboration to develop other breathing aids are outstanding examples. Necessity is the mother of invention after all. But what of the wider… Read more
How to skin a (R&D) cat.
Innovate UK recently launched a new loan scheme to support research and innovation in UK firms. This scheme – originally conceived in the austerity years – aims to provide an alternative way of supporting innovation alongside the UK’s innovation grants and tax credits. The new loans also suggest a subtle change in emphasis in UK… Read more
