Increasing innovative activity in the UK? Where now for government support for innovation and technology transfer?

Published on 29 November 2004

In this Briefing Note, we present new evidence on the UK's innovative performance and provide a summary of government business support programmes aimed at fostering innovative activity and technology transfer.

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In this Briefing Note, we present new evidence on the UKs innovative performance and provide a summary of government business support programmes aimed at fostering innovative activity and technology transfer. Following recent reviews of policy in this area, there remain a number of such schemes in operation. We discuss the rationales for each, including the extent to which they overlap, and suggest some ways in which evidence on take-up and on effectiveness might be used to guide any future policy changes in this area.

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Helen Simpson

Laura Abramovsky
Laura Abramovsky

Research Fellow Institute for Fiscal Studies

Laura is a Research Fellow at IFS. Her current work focuses on tax and social protection policy and programme evaluation in developing countries.

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Rupert Harrison

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10.1920/bn.ifs.2004.0053
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IFS

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L, Abramovsky and R, Harrison and H, Simpson. (2004). Increasing innovative activity in the UK? Where now for government support for innovation and technology transfer?. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/increasing-innovative-activity-uk-where-now-government-support-innovation-and (accessed: 24 April 2024).

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