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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

Knowledge Diffusion and Regional Productivity Growth

Examining why the UK struggles to translate world leading research strengths into broad-based productivity growth.

Geography & Place

Regional Access to Capital and Investment Finance

Weak and uneven UK investment stems from structural short‑termism, institutional centralisation and geographically skewed capital markets.

Geography & Place

Finance, Investment, and Productivity

Business investment and productivity growth increase the potential for the economy to deliver higher living standards.

Institutions & Governance

Adoption, implementation, alignment – maximising the performance benefits of digital investment

Examining how digital adoption, business model innovation, climate strategy, investment decision-making, and organisational alignment influence the productivity and sustainability performance of firms.

Organisational Capital

Skills, Organisations and Worker Engagement

How do workers and organisations develop the skills, job design and engagement necessary to ensure productivity gains in the digital era?

Aligning Resources for Productivity: A Synthesis of TPI Research 2023-2026

Productivity depends not simply on mobilising single inputs, assets or resources, but on how well those actions are combined, aligned, and coordinated.

Productivity Studies

Cumbria and Devolution: Unlocking Productivity Through Place‑Based Governance

This Insights Paper examines the evolving landscape of devolution in Cumbria and outlines key considerations for local leaders and regional stakeholders.

Geography & Place

Cost of Capital and Investment: Evidence from the UK

This study investigates the longstanding underperformance of UK business investment and examines how firms’ external financing conditions and internal investment thresholds shape investment behaviour between 2013 and 2022.

Macroeconomic trends & policy

Certainty without conviction: Why has the Trade and Cooperation Agreement failed to reverse Brexit relocations?

Research showing that Brexit drove a significant reallocation of investment and jobs into the EU and that the TCA stabilised but did not reverse relocations.

Organisational Capital

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