Funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, the ERC is the UK’s leading centre of excellence for research into the growth, innovation and productivity of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our research helps shape better policies and practices that enable SMEs to thrive.
New report on high growth firms and resilience published today
During the last decade High-Growth Firms (HGFs) – often referred to as ‘Scale-Ups’, have become increasingly recognised as important by policy makers. We know relatively little about the dynamics of these firms as they evolve over time. This paper develops a measurement framework designed to track the population of high growth firms (HGFs) between 1998… Read more
Innovation, Diffusion, Growth
Today the 4th Annual ERC State of Small Business Britain conference takes place at WBS at the Shard.Welcoming a mix of delegates from the worlds of policy, research and business, this year the conference will focus on the theme of ‘driving innovation and growth’.
The taxpayer tech dividend: R&D grants provide £43bn economic boost, study finds
News release 7th September 2017 Largest ever study shows public R&D grants turbo-charge growth in UK’s industries of the future Innovation grants stimulated £43bn additional turnover and created estimated 150,000 jobs Employment is boosted by around a fifth, turnover by a quarter – but regional variations are substantial Taxpayer support for high-tech innovation benefits the… Read more
Press release -The taxpayer tech dividend: R&D grants provide £43bn economic boost
7th September 2017 The taxpayer tech dividend: R&D grants provide £43bn economic boost, study finds Largest ever study shows public R&D grants turbo-charge growth in UK’s industries of the future Innovation grants stimulated £43bn additional turnover and created estimated 150,000 jobs Employment is boosted by around a fifth, turnover by a quarter – but… Read more
New report on innovation support and business growth published today
Innovation plays an important role in business growth. Public support is available for UK firms as Research Councils and Innovate UK provide grants to support science and innovation. But do these grants actually work? Do they help businesses to innovate and grow? This new report compares the growth of over 10,000 UK firms which received… Read more
GEM UK 2016 monitoring Report
ERC researchers (Hart, Bonner and Levie) publish the latest GEM UK report_ Wednesday July 5th 2017. The report compiled by Professor Mark Hart, Professor Jonathan Levie and Dr Karen Bonner – compares Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) measures of entrepreneurial attitudes, activity and aspiration in the UK , France, Germany and the United States (US). It also… Read more
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