BEIS is striving to create fairer, inclusive and flexible workplaces so that everyone has the change to succeed, whilst balancing home and work life. We will unlock enterprise and cut burdens to help businesses start and grow, while reforming corporate governance and improving boardroom diversity. To that end, BEIS needs research to better understand the following:
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Our Management and Expectations Survey (MES), cited in the ESRC call, arose from a partnership between the ONS and ESCoE: it is the largest ever survey of UK management capabilities, executed on a population of 25,000 fi...
Funded by: UKRI
Lead research organisation: King's College London
The project directly addresses the question by investigating management practices and their impact on productivity, including the diffusion and implementation of technology and best practices.
Despite their pivotal role to the economy, most SMEs suffer from low productivity. This problem is more pronounced in the manufacturing sector, where production tends to be more capital intensive and returns on the scale...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
The project partially addresses the question by focusing on improving management systems in SMEs to boost productivity, but does not specifically address the adoption of technologies or measuring diffusion.
"Productivity improvement is difficult because it's the net result of lots of complex (and busy) people interacting with organisations that have their own systems, processes and pressures. Most organisations lack th...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: ROCKPOOL LIMITED
The project partially addresses the question by proposing a platform to improve productivity, but does not specifically focus on management practices or the adoption of technologies.