The growth and productivity of rural businesses and the barriers to these are an important area of research for NICRE. This strand is examining how business growth varies in areas and in different sectors across the UK.
Based on the Business Structure Database and Longitudinal Small Business Survey, this research will provide detailed data on firms’ growth by local area and lay the foundations of much of the future work of NICRE.
I am a Research Fellow at NICRE and a postdoctoral fellow at the Enterprise Research Centre at Warwick Business School. I hold a PhD in Economics and Innovation Management. My interdisciplinary research seeks to address real-world challenges through policy-relevant economic analysis, by examining the impact of innovation, in particular Environmental Innovations, on firm growth and competitiveness for manufacturing and agricultural enterprises. I use applied economic and econometric methods to understand how businesses and regions can become more sustainable. Latest work explores the institutional, demand and supply-side factors, and organisational dynamics, that drive conventional and environmental innovations, as well as firm performance. I am also currently working on a BBSRC Global Challenges Research project on Valuing Orchard and Integrated Crop Ecosystem Services.
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