We argue that several easily identifiable structural features constitute the key ingredients of effective state bureaucracies and should help to predict ratings of bureaucratic performance: competitive salaries, internal promotion and career stability, and meritocratic recruitment. We collect a...

As the number and scope of platform companies grow, platform-specific talent and leadership demands have grown. This paper explores the growing demand for platform professionals and leadership competencies. The authors collected and analyzed over 11,080 platform job postings over one year by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the beliefs held by managers about their roles as facilitators of learning with their employees in a public utilities organisation. Design/methodology/approach – The research was based on Ellinger and Bostrom’s (2002) study on managers’...

This article describes how patents data from the Intellectual Property Office are being matched with detailed firmlevel data from the Office for National Statistics. The resulting database will provide a gateway for future research on firm-level innovation and technical change. Preliminary...

This article extends the earlier work on capitalisation of R&D in response to the proposals in the new System of National Accounts (SNA). Major improvements include: R&D deflators, depreciation rate for non-market R&D, rate of return, and estimates of R&D capital stocks. In addition, the article...