Playing the Game: Insider views on video game development
February 2010
This book is the collective gathering of informed views from seasoned video games developers.
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Beyond Live
February 2010
NESTA has been conducting an in-depth research study on the two NT Live pilots that were broadcast last year.
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From funding gaps to thin markets
September 2009
This report analyses the impact of investment from UK government-backed venture capital schemes on funded firms over the period 1995-2008.
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Mass Localism
February 2010
This report offers a solution to the problem of how central and local government can support genuine, high quality local responses to major social challenges.
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Time to play
August 2009
Time to Play looks at the potential impact of a tax credit for the British games industry.
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Innovation in Arts and Cultural Organisations - Interim report
December 2009
This research aims to develop an economic analysis of innovation that is applicable to a range of cultural institutions.
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The geography of creativity
August 2009
Although there is an increasing recognition of the positive role that creative industries play in innovation and growth, there is little evidence on the spatial dimension of this impact.
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Soft innovation
July 2009
Soft Innovatin assesses the importance to the UK of aesthetic, or 'soft', innovation.
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Everyday Innovation: How to enhance innovative working in employees and organisations
December 2009
This research focuses upon the critical role employee characteristics and behaviours play in innovative working.
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Mapping the Big Green Challenge
July 2009
Mapping the Big Green Challenge is a summary of the 355 applicants who entered the competition and their ideas for tackling climate change.
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Big Green Challenge finalists booklet
November 2009
The Finalists have been putting their ideas into practice throughout the course of the Big Green Challenge Year, and the Challenge team and partners have continued to provide support to the projects and to capture learning to share with others.
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Innovation, knowledge spending and productivity growth in the UK
November 2009
This report presents the interim findings of the Growth Accounting workstream, which measures spending on private sector investment in innovation and its contribution to productivity growth.
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Measuring innovative characteristics in young people
July 2009
We need to equip future generations not only with strong basic skills and specialist technical knowledge, but with the attitudes and wider skills to generate radical new solutions and adapt to our rapidly changing world.
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The Innovation Index
November 2009
Measuring the UK’s investment in innovation and its effects.
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Crime online: Cybercrime and illegal innovation
July 2009
Crime Online focuses exclusively on financial cybercrime, specifically credit card fraud and identity theft.
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Wider skills for learning
July 2009
Where we educate our children can play an important role in engaging young people with the climate change issue.
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Youth-led innovation
July 2009
Enhancing the skills and capacity of the next generation of innovators.
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Impossible and necessary
June 2009
Impossible and necessary sets out Michael Barbers beliefs about the importance of reforming education in the 21st century.
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Stepping Forwards
June 2009
Stepping Forwards suggests recommendations to help maximise the value of private and public investments in R&D and innovation in Northern Ireland.
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Micro Funds
May 2009
Micro Funds identifies the Micro Fund investment model and experience for both fund and portfolio firms.
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