Another great hope of the UK's tech industry falls into foreign ownership. Not sure what to think of this - clearly Graphcore needs backers with deep pockets to realise its potential, but what stops UK capital markets playing that role? Ownership = control, and that matters.

The next EU R&I Framework Programme (#FP10) should strengthen synergies between funding instruments and programmes at European and national levels. 🇪🇺 Read more about this and other recommendations in EUA's vision: bit.ly/xEUAFP10vision

The long term sources of growth are ideas, R&D, technology and its adoption argues Daniel Susskind (which implies a rather central role for Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) on.ft.com/4cZfdKB

Three Reasons we should place a higher value on Meta-Research #MetaResearch wp.me/p4m9em-c8J

How attractive is your region? The OECD SMEs, Regions, Cities & Tourism Directorate of the OECD ➡️ Better Policies for Better Lives has developed an amazing tool to help policymakers understand how the places they govern can better attract talent, investors and visitors. Discover more here: oecd.org/en/about/progr…

Can public R&I support address firms' financial and non-financial obstacles to innovation? Check our recent @scienceirel funded research paper: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…. Joint work with Helena Lenihan, Justin Doran and stephen roper. Business at UL Economics Department UL UL Research

📣New publication in JPIM JPIM ➡Fueling innovation management research: Future directions and five forward-looking paths 👉liquid innovation 👉artificial intelligence 👉business model innovation 👉public value innovation 👉responsible innovation 🔗doi.org/10.1111/jpim.1…

‘Five eyes’ chief advisers stress importance of science and tech (£) researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-world-…

We are pleased to introduce the DISCERN 2.0 dataset, which links patents and scientific publications to U.S. publicly listed firms. Joint work with Sharon Belenzon @ProfAroraAshish Larisa Cioaca and Lia Sheer. #econtwitter #StrategyTwitter zenodo.org/records/131531…

Great to be quoted by The Economist in a piece that highlights NovaSBE ability to attract international students/faculty, while fostering Portugal's progress in attracting and integrating skilled talent: "Portugal is something of a model in this respect." economist.com/briefing/2024/…

There is huge potential to improve government by securely linking and analysing data held across many different parts of it. We need robust political leadership to make this the rule, not the exception, writes our Chair Sir Robert Chote⬇️ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

There has been a great deal of discussion about *what* our industrial policy should fund — but far less about *how* to fund it. That needs to change, because the status quo — industrial-policy-by-tax credit — is rife with problems. My latest: americanaffairsjournal.org/2024/08/implem…

Does the sequence in which firms receive R&D grants and tax credits matter? New paper from our @scienceirel funded project. Joint work with Kevin Mulligan Mauricio Perez-Alaniz & Christian Rammer. doi.org/10.1080/136627…. Business at UL UL Research QUBBusiness ZEW_en Industry & Innovation

🆕 New research just published today in the journal Industry and Innovation, check it out in the tweet below 👇👇👇

V good Financial Times Tim Leunig piece, with hard truths about UK economy & what needs to be done about it, relevant to both parties This para is striking - small firms are lionised, but it's big firms that drive productivity & R&D, & we don't have enough of them ft.com/content/72c273…

Do universities anchor innovation or just organise it? #Innovation wp.me/p4m9em-d6f

Our new report with London Economics shows that UK higher education and research contributes a massive £265 BILLION to the economy.🌟 #UniversityImpact LE Education Find out more: loom.ly/T-7pw68

Great to see our ZEW_en Discussion paper out: We unravel the characteristics of firms developing Climate Action Response Plans.  Joint work with gustavo alaniz perez and Christian Rammer Economics Department UL Business at UL UL Research Research Ireland dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4…