Working Papers

The Nesta Working Paper Series is intended to make available early results of research undertaken or supported by Nesta and its partners in order to elicit comments and suggestions for revisions and to encourage discussion and further debate prior to publication (ISSN 2050-9820).

2013

13/05 Exploring the incidence and spatial distribution of high growth firms in the UK and their contribution to job creation
Michael Anyadike-Danes, Karen Bonner, Mark Hart

13/04 High Growth Firms and Productivity: Evidence from the United Kingdom
Jun Du, Yundan Gong, Yama Temouri

13/03 The Impact of Direct Support to R&D and Innovation in Firms
Paul Cunningham, Abdullah Gök, Philippe Laredo

13/01 The Impact and Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship Policy
John Rigby, Ronnie Ramlogan

2012

12/12 Fast-growing firms, product strategies and skills development
Geoff Mason, Catherine Robinson, Chiara Rosazza Bondibene

12/11 Investment efficiency among a cross-section of UK firms: Implications for  the debate on financing constraints
Sumon Kumar Bhaumik, Karen Bonner, Mark Hart

12/10 Growth Processes of High Growth Firms in the UK
Alex Coad, Marc Cowling, Joshua Siepel

12/09 UK Innovation Index: Productivity and growth in UK Industries
Peter Goodridge, Jonathan Haskel, Gavin Wallis

12/08 The Effects of Policies for Training and Skills on Improving Innovation Capabilities in Firms
Barbara Jones, Damian Grimshaw

12/07 Innovation and Human Resources: Migration and Employment Protection
Barbara Jones

12/06 The Impact and Effectiveness of Policies to Support Collaboration for R&D and Innovation
Paul Cunningham, Abdullah Gök

12/05 The Effects of Cluster Policy on Innovation
Elvira Uyarra, Ronnie Ramlogan

12/04 The Effects of Innovation Network Policies
Paul Cunningham, Ronnie Ramlogan

12/03 The Impact and Effectiveness of Support Measures for Exploiting Intellectual Property
John Rigby, Ronnie Ramlogan

12/02 The Impact of Regulation on Innovation
Knut Blind

12/01 The Impact and Effectiveness of Fiscal Incentives for R&D
Christian, Köhler Philippe, Laredo Christian Rammer

2011

11/02 A look at business growth and contraction in Europe
Albert Bravo-Biosca

11/01 Free to grow? Assessing the barriers faced by actual and potential high growth firms
Neil Lee