ERC Research Showcase
On 22nd February 2024 we held an ERC Research Showcase event at Aston University’s Enterprise Hub at John Cadbury House. As usual we had a varied agenda, with the ERC team reporting on a selection of the research projects recently published and currently in progress. We covered a range of themes: Mark Hart… Read more
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
Rural businesses show resilience, but investment curtailed by rising costs
Rising costs are causing serious and widespread problems for rural businesses in parts of England which is curtailing their ability to invest and grow, according to a major new survey from the National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE). Two-thirds of rural firms in the North East, South West and West Midlands – increasing to… Read more
The factors that shape a country’s ability to benefit from international R&D spillovers
Published: 3 October 2023
ERC Insight paper
Actionable Information enables SMEs to Journey towards Net Zero
Published: 21 September 2023
ERC Research paper No 109
The geography of intellectual property protection in the UK – 2011 to 2016
Published: 5 September 2023
ERC Insight paper
