This research, funded by NESTA, provides evidence on what high-growth firms and firms with the potential to achieve high growth see as the obstacles to their success. As a small proportion of high-growth firms are responsible for creating the majority of new jobs, this question is important for economic growth.

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This report tackles the missing side of the debate around skills in the UK by showing how the underuse of skills is resulting in lost productivity both for businesses and the economy as a whole.

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This Cities 2020 report looks at the geography of innovation, what makes a city successful, and how policy makers can improve the innovative performance of their cities.

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This report suggests an innovative system of credit easing to boost lending to small and medium enterprises.

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This submission to the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement sets out what a credible growth plan would look like, emphasising the importance of infrastructure investment, innovation policies and more flexible regional growth policies.

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This report investigates the impact of specific medical technologies to assess their current use, their impact on quality of life and labour market participation and economic arguments for their use to be increased.

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For the first time, this report calculates the key economic impacts of the advertising industry on the UK economy. Expanding from direct impacts, it also explores the industry’s impact on outcomes such as innovation, growth and competitiveness.

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Launched as part of a research partnership with the Private Equity Foundation, this report examines NEET rates for 16 – 24 year olds across Great Britain.

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Instead of seeing it as a threat, organisations and HR must develop smart strategies to harness social media use by employees – it can be a crucial driver of innovation.

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The internet has changed the way we live, and the way that companies do business. But as well as helping us to order our shopping, it has spawned an economy of its own, a digital economy that takes place solely online, through exchanges of content.

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Each part of the economy has its own innovation system, with different players and institutions. To take advantage of the UK’s biggest opportunities, we must put in place the conditions needed to make each of these work.

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The government must act now to avoid a ‘lost decade of stagnation’. They must adopt a strategy of collaborative, entrepreneurial investment in those areas likely to bring the greatest dividends in growth and jobs.

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This report argues that the UK’s financial sector is systematically failing SMEs which could provide the greatest source of innovation, jobs and growth.

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This report investigates the evidence of a hollowing-out of the labour market and assesses the implications.

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This report from the Good Work Commission explores what makes ‘good work’ and how we can create more of it. It is based on two key assets: the great breadth of experience and views of the Commissioners and the considerable body of research produced by The Work Foundation over the past decade.

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The final report from the Knowledge Economy 2 programme sets out a plan for a prosperous and balanced UK economy in 2020.

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Work lives of up to 100 000 people in the UK are cut 18 years short by multiple sclerosis. The report calls for a coordinated action to reduce the unnecessary burden of the condition on individuals’ lives and the UK economy.

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A productivity miracle is currently being demanded from our public services. This paper explores how innovation is being invested in and supported within our public services.

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