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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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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