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No City Left Behind?
Authors: Neil Lee
Date: July 2010
No city left behind? Investigates what the geography of the recovery is likely to be, and what policymakers can do to shape it.
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Recession, Recovery and Medium - Sized Cities
Authors: Naomi Clayton and Katy Morris
Date: February 2010
New research shows how ‘medium-sized’ cities can contribute to economic recovery.
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Accounting for Intangibles: Financial reporting and value creation in the knowledge economy
Authors: Ricardo Blaug and Rohit Lekhi from Research Republic LLP
Date: September 2009
This new report highlights the urgent need for UK organisations to adopt a more comprehensive and consistent approach to how they financially record their investments in intangible assets, such as R&D, brand equity and human capital.
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A Boost for Britain: The case for activist fiscal policy
Authors: David Coats, Ian Brinkley, Naomi Clayton, Matteo Razzanelli
Date: April 2009
In a paper ahead of the budget, The Work Foundation argues that affordable fiscal activism is necessary to reduce the growing threat of mass unemployment.
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Tackling the Global Jobs Crisis:Why the G20 Summit Matters
Authors: David Coats, Will Hutton, Matteo Razzanelli
Date: March 2009
The heads of G20 need to deliver a co-ordinated fiscal boost to the world economy and begin discussions about fairer globalisation.
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Manufacturing and the Knowledge Economy
Authors: Ian Brinkley
Date: February 2009
The old divide between manufacturing and services is eroding – notably in the high-tech, knowledge intensive sectors. Manufacturing remains economically critical to the UK.
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Embedding Universities in Knowledge Cities
Authors: Laura Williams, Natalie Turner, Alexandra Jones
Date: December 2008
This report captures the relationships between universities and cities and investigates how these can be capitalised on for mutual benefit in a knowledge economy.
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Knowledge Economy and Enterprise
Authors: Ian Brinkley
Date: November 2008
The past thirty years have seen a huge change in the structure of employment in the UK. The purpose of this working paper is to explore how much of this phenomenon is driven by SMEs.
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How can cities thrive in the changing economy?
Authors: Alexandra Jones, Neil Lee, Laura Williams, Naomi Clayton and Katy Morris
Date: July 2008
The last ten years of economic growth in the UK is a story of the knowledge economy; and one which has played out in our cities
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An agenda for work: The Work Foundation's challenge to policy makers
Authors: David Coats
Date: April 2005
The Work Foundation issued this challenge to political parties and policy-makers in April 2005.
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