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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.
Authors
Helen Simpson
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.
Rupert Harrison
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2004.0053
- Publisher
- IFS
Suggested citation
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: 11 November 2024).
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