This study examines the growth in private equity backed portfolio companies in the UK over the period from 1995 to 2012 using a dataset selected from the population of private and public companies in the UK including companies that received private equity backing. On the basis of real cumulative...

This Handbook provides authoritative up-to-date scholarship and debate concerning creativity at work, and offers a timely opportunity to re-evaluate our understanding of creativity, work, and the pivotal relationship between them. Far from being a new arrival on the scene, the context of work...

BEIS appointed Professor Nick Wilson to conduct a quantitative assessment of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) equity finance gap in the UK. The report explores the differences in overall levels of equity finance between UK regions and the causes of these differences. The research uses...