Contact Details
| Email: | Stephen.Roper@wbs.ac.uk |
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| Telephone: | 024 765 22501 |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/@SteveRop |
Biography
Stephen Roper is Professor of Enterprise at Warwick Business School, Director of the Enterprise Research Centre – ERC (www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk) and Co-Director of the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). He is an economist with degrees from the University of Durham, Oxford University and LSE. Stephen joined Warwick in 2008. Prior to this Stephen was Professor of Business Innovation at Aston Business School and before that he was Assistant Director of the Northern Ireland Economic Research Centre, Belfast.
Stephen has over 30 years’ experience of researching issues related to small and medium enterprises, innovation and innovation policy in the UK and internationally and has published widely in both areas. He has led over 70 externally funded projects, has been a member of a number of government advisory boards, and regularly acts as a consultant for OECD and the World Bank on issues related to small business development and innovation policy including projects in Austria, Abu Dhabi, Mexico, Israel, Columbia and Poland, Austria and Canada over the last four years. Stephen is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Fellow of the RSA.
Understanding equity access and use in early-stage ventures
Published: 18 July 2024
ERC Research report
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
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
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
Do more inclusive workplaces lead to more innovation? Evidence from survey data for firms in England
Published: 25 January 2024
ERC Research report
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 geography of intellectual property protection in the UK – 2011 to 2016
Published: 5 September 2023
ERC Insight paper
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
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
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
The cost of doing business 2022q3 Data from the Small Business Price Index
Published: 11 November 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
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
Evaluation of the Evolve Digital programme to promote digital adoption in family firms: A Randomised Control Trial
Published: 28 June 2022
ERC Research Report
What works for innovation: supporting R&D and innovation in deep tech chemistry SMEs
Published: 21 March 2022
ERC Research Report
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
Benchmarking Local Innovation: The Innovation Geography of England 2016 -18
Published: 26 July 2021
ERC Research Report
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
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
Assessing the impact of Covid-19 on Innovate UK award holders, Wave 3. February 2021
Published: 22 March 2021
ERC / Innovation Caucus Research Report
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Understanding value added per employee in six UK sectors: The insiders’ view
Published: 20 October 2019
ERC Research Report
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
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
Understanding business resilience among under-represented groups in London
Published: 12 December 2018
ERC Research Report
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
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
Recent trends in the digital creative sector in Coventry and Warwickshire
Published: 29 May 2018
ERC Insight Paper
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Investigating Schumpeter’s creative army: what drives new-to-the-market innovation in micro-enterprises?
Published: 28 September 2015
ERC Research Paper 36
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
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
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
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.
Benchmarking local innovation – the innovation geography of the UK
Published: 25 June 2013
ERC Research Report
An Experimental Approach to Industrial Policy Evaluation: the Case of Creative Credits.
Published: 2 June 2013
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