By Neil Thompson on Tuesday, 15 August 2017.
This month IGL begins funding a research project by MIT and EPFL researchers on the market impact of patenting. This question is important because the granting of patent rights is a central public policy tool to incentivise innovation.
By Juan Mateos-Garcia on Wednesday, 5 July 2017.
The data revolution is transforming our economy and society, from the way we shop to the way we date. But what about Research, Innovation and Growth policy? Juan Mateos-Garcia summarises his session from IGL2017.
By Lou Davina Stouffs on Thursday, 8 June 2017.
Imagine you had $10 million to develop a new programme or policy instrument to support innovation, entrepreneurship or business growth. Given carte blanche, what would you spend it on?
By Albert Bravo-Biosca on Thursday, 11 May 2017.
Every year we spend quite a lot of time thinking about the key challenges that innovation policymakers face. These are some of the questions that we think are important, and that we will be discussing at the IGL2017 Global Conference in Barcelona on 13-14 June:
By Lou-Davina Stouffs and Teo Firpo on Wednesday, 19 April 2017.
There is growing public concern about the challenges the economy of the future presents. From automation to rising inequalities, governments are looking for ways to tackle these issues while rekindling growth rates that have been, in many advanced economies, sluggish.
By IGL Team on Friday, 13 January 2017.
Last December we co-hosted our winter Research Meeting at Harvard Business School, together with Professors Karim Lakhani and Rembrand Koning. Over 50 researchers were welcomed for a day packed with eight presentations of early-stage, ongoing and completed randomised controlled trials (RCTs).
By Geoff Mulgan & Albert Bravo-Biosca on Monday, 16 May 2016.
Ahead of our #IGL16 conference on 24-26 May, Geoff Mulgan and Albert Bravo-Biosca explore the growing movement of experimental innovation policy.
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By Triin Edovald on Monday, 4 April 2016.
As more and more governments attempt to base their policies on sound evidence, randomised controlled trials - the 'gold standard' in evaluation - are gaining a stronger role in determining which policies work. But are they really the best way to tell us which policies should be used? This blogpost explores how to improve our ability to learn and better design things that work.
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By Teo Firpo and Thomas Beevers on Friday, 11 March 2016.
Our estimates for the spending on business support across the European Union, based on our research for the UK, indicate that as much as €152 billion were spent in 2014. In this blog, we explore what this means for Europe, and what could be done better.
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By Teo Firpo and Thomas Beevers on Sunday, 15 November 2015.
Our research on suggests the British government spent £9.8 billion in 2013-2014 supporting its businesses. But has this spending worked? In this blogpost, we call for more evaluation and experimentation in business support programmes.
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