Recent statistics present a sobering picture of innovation in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland has the lowest proportion of innovation-active firms of any area of the UK outside London.
A recent assessment suggested that Northern Ireland was one of only two regions lagging the UK average on all elements of absorptive and development capacity.
Published
June 2009
Author
Professor Stephen Roper, Centre for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Warwick Business School
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