A significant part of the activity of the UK Department Of Trade and Industry (DTI) is concerned with enhancingbusiness access to, and use of, external sources of knowledge and expertise. In March 2005 the DTI, recognising theneed for a synthesis of available evidence, conceived and commissioned...

Twenty years ago strategy was synonymous with formalised strategic planning. Nowadays, althoughstrategic planning systems still exist in organisations, they are not seen as the main or only vehiclethrough which strategies actually develop. It is recognised that other managerial processes play...

For SMEs, interaction with the local subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs)provides tremendous opportunities for collaborative innovation which may formthe basis for internationalisation, providing resources not normally available, andbestowing credibility and legitimacy which would...

This briefing examines the international success of British companies in the contextof the industries that they operate in. It does this by measuring international successusing global market share and international revenues and combining these in a matrixto create a visual representation of...

In a global economy, regional economies are exposed to greater economic threats,but also opportunities. In the UK several strategies have been introduced to improvelocal and regional competitiveness. One important strategy is the promotion ofclusters – geographic concentrations of expertise...