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The Manchester Model: what foreign inward investment reveals about the UK’s most productive city outside London

Manchester has become the most productive large UK city outside London, showing that its success is driven by strong inward investment, devolution and a well-developed university–industry interface. How could this model inform growth policy elsewhere?

Geography & Place

Ambitious but risk averse: UK manager attitudes and the investment gap

UK managers are not less ambitious than their counterparts, but they are consistently more risk and loss averse, and show evidence of short term thinking.

Organisational Capital

Framing a place-based investment strategy for Newport

Newport has the talent, ambition and sector strengths to thrive, but it needs strong partnership and investment to turn potential into reality.

Geography & Place

Lessons learnt from the differing investment strategies and enabling contexts of UK city deals

Research examining the UK’s City Deals through interviews with expert participants and a six capitals framework to understand how cities fared in the negotiations.

Geography & Place

Understanding productive investment decisions: Investment patterns and decision-making processes

What drives business investment and how do companies make their investment decisions?

Organisational Capital

The role of pro-productivity policies: The experience of Ireland

Research detailing Ireland’s experience over close to seven decades in developing and deploying pro-productivity public policies.

Geography & Place

Do Multinationals and Domestic Firms Benefit Differently from Location? Evidence on Agglomeration and Value Chains

This paper studies how spatial proximity and value-chain access shape firm productivity, with emphasis on ownership and organizational scope.

Measurement & methods

Framing a place-based investment strategy for Great Yarmouth

Great Yarmouth can become an engine of inclusive growth with investment in clean energy and collaboration across education, industry and governance.

Geography & Place

Local productivity, national impact: The role of local authorities

This report argues that local government must play a much bigger role in tackling the UK’s long-standing productivity problem.

Institutions & Governance

Harnessing AI to boost Northern Ireland’s productivity: Implications for people, business and government

Research examining whether AI can help Northern Ireland close its persistent productivity gap.

Geography & Place

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