Publications

Reports

Our detailed research reports provide a rich source of expert knowledge on how innovation works best in the UK.

We conduct our own research and commission leading academic and policy institutes.

 

Reports

Selling sustainability
June 2008
How do we bridge the gap between recognising our responsibility for climate change and taking action?
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Total Innovation
May 2008
Total Innvoation reveals the ways in which our most innovative firms have adapted to technological change and international competition.
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Taking services seriously
May 2008
Taking Services Seriously examines how we can help our services firms to become more innovative and more productive.
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Innovation in services
May 2008
Five sector innovation groups describe how innovation has developed in their sector; how it might be measured; the barriers to innovation; and the scope for effective government intervention.
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Preparing for ageing
April 2008
Preparing for Ageing describes the challenge of an ageing society, the role that innovation is playing in meeting this challenge, and where innovation needs to be harnessed more fully.
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Creating innovation
February 2008
A report presenting major new research into how artistic and creative activities link to the wider economy.
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Beyond the creative industries
February 2008
This report aims to measure accurately the true extent of creative activity within the economy.
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Transformers
January 2008
Transformers explores why some places innovate more effectively than others.
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Rural Innovation
December 2007
To be well-prepared for the economic and social challenges facing the UK, we need to approach innovation as a UK-wide activity rather than just the domain of urban areas.
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Leading Innovation
December 2007
Developing an ordinary region into an innovative one is a gradual process that requires deep regional knowledge and strong regional leadership.
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Things I Wish I'd Known
October 2007
A collection of letters by famous entrepreneurs sharing their advice and learnings from their journeys.
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In and out of sync
September 2007
In and Out of Sync is about how private and third sector organisations innovate to respond to social needs.
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The Disrupters
July 2007
We need disruptive forms of innovation - cheaper, easier-to-use alternatives to existing products or services that target previously ignored customers.
—Read more about The Disrupters

Staying ahead
June 2007
This report analyses the UK's creative industries - their size, the factors that have shaped their success in recent years, and the challenges they face in the future.
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Hidden Innovation
June 2007
This report examines how we can help our services firms to become more innovative and more productive.
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Creating entrepreneurship
2007
A report arguing for a nationwide strategy to put entrepreneurship at the heart of education for the creative industries.
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Real Science
November 2006
Innovative approaches to experimental and investigative science learning should be at the core of science education in the UK.
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Innovation Gap report
October 2006
We need a deeper understanding of innovation based on where it actually happens, and we need to develop our approach to innovation policy based on this understanding.
—Read more about Innovation Gap report

Creating growth
April 2006
An analysis of what is required to ensure that the UK continues to produce world-class creative businesses.
—Read more about Creating growth

Survey of creative businesses
March 2006
A survey of creative businesses to determine what forms of investment and support are the most effective for them.
—Read more about Survey of creative businesses

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The vital 6 per cent

Vital 6 per cent report [original]How high-growth innovative businesses generate prosperity and jobs.

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Mass Localism

Mass Localism - small portrait [original]A way to help small communities solve big social challenges

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Social challenge prize guide

Social Challenge Prize Guide sidebar [original]This guide shows practical ways for unlocking people-powered innovation

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Radical Efficiency

Radical Efficiency report cover - small [original]Different, better and lower cost public services.

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