Innovation and Enterprise
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This page presents research which explores ways in which Northern Ireland can improve its innovation performance and grow indigenous businesses, including addressing issues around access to finance and providing support through Selective Financial Assistance.
Innovation
- Assessing the business growth and productivity effects of Invest NI and UKRI grant support for R&D and innovation
- Characteristics and performance of businesses reporting research and development expenditure
- The Interrelationship between Research and Development, Innovation and Productivity: Evidence for Micro-enterprises
- Productivity in the ICT sector in Northern Ireland
- Intelligent Futures report - impact of automation on Northern Ireland economy
- Micro Business Innovation Survey
- Developing an Open Innovation Centre for Northern Ireland
- Changing Face of Innovation Policy: Implications for Northern Ireland
- Innovation in Northern Ireland Tradable Services
Enterprise
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2024/25
- Infrastructure to Promote and Support Subregional Business Start Up & Growth: A Review of Approaches and Good Practice
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2023/24
- NI Local Growth Dashboard 2024
- Profitability of businesses in Northern Ireland
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2022/23
- More than resilience: Views of Northern Ireland SMEs towards environmental and social impact
- NI Local Growth Dashboard 2023
- Purchases by businesses in Northern Ireland
- Subsidies and Businesses in Northern Ireland
- Business capital expenditure in Northern Ireland
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2021
- Business Impact of the Northern Ireland High Street Scheme
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2020
- Research to inform the Northern Ireland High Street Scheme
- Northern Ireland SMEs and the Net Zero target
- The effects of digital adoption due to Covid-19 on Northern Ireland SMEs performance: new empirical results
- The impact of Covid-19 on Northern Ireland SMEs: Evidence and comparison with the rest of the UK
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2019
- NI Local Growth Dashboard 2019
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2018
- Cluster Policy in Northern Ireland
- Economic Implications of the National Living Wage in Northern Ireland 2020 - Final Report
- Economic Implications of the National Living Wage in Northern Ireland in 2018 - Interim Report Findings
- Understanding Micro-Businesses in Northern Ireland
- NI Local Growth Dashboard 2018
- Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) UK: NI Report 2017
- Strategic Appraisal of High Growth Firms Policy
- Potential Direct Impact of the National Living Wage in Northern Ireland 2016-20
- Northern Ireland's High Growth Firms
- Cost to the Northern Ireland economy of workplace injuries and ill-health
- Mapping Northern Ireland’s Third Sector
- Learning Styles of Entrepreneurs
- Business Opportunities and Challenges Arising from Carbon Emissions Targets
Tourism
Access to Finance
Selective Financial Assistance
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