Pharmaceutical policy in the UK involves a trade-off between the interest of the National HealthService in controlling expenditure on drugs and the interest of the pharmaceutical industry inproviding an incentive for research and development. Since 1957, the Pharmaceutical PriceRegulation Scheme...

The GP fundholding scheme was introduced as part of the Conservative government’s 1991NHS reforms and abolished by the Labour government in 1998. This paper presents theargument that very little was learnt about the effectiveness of the scheme before its abolition.This was because there was no...

The regulation of drug prices is an excellent example of the type of tensions that are emerging inthe UK's new system of multi-level governance. Both the benefits and regulatory burden of thePharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS) are regionally concentrated. However, thoseregional...

The realisation that fast growing SMEs are major contributors to economic prosperity has seen these firms being increasingly attributed with a more central role in the development of wealth, innovation, employment and national competitiveness. Spatial proximity often positively affects knowledge...

Current research suggests that the process of knowledge creation is both networked and iterative. Synthesising the literature highlights a range of factors for analysis in knowledge-based industries. These factors are then used to examine the biotechnology sector in Queensland Australia,...

Interest in Barnett formula reform is on the rise again, particularly because of changes in the parties in power in the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales, and the tighter public spending heralded by the recent Comprehensive Spending Review. This article looks at whether, and to what...

<title/> Interest in Barnett formula reform is on the rise again, particularly because of changes in the parties in power in the devolved governments of Scotland and Wales, and the tighter public spending heralded by the recent Comprehensive Spending Review. This article looks at whether, and to what...