Research, evaluation and insight

The study aimed to help build the business case for the University of Dundee’s proposal for significant investment in the JustTech forensic science industry cluster.

The study aimed to assess the status of competitiveness and innovation in Scotland’s subsea market and how it compares to other international markets.

The study assessed the economic impact of the Dundee Cultural Strategy and Action Plan and the cultural operations and activities that are delivered within the framework.

Water Research Centre (WRc) was engaged to assist Scottish Enterprise (SE) identify the industry sectors that use Scottish water heavily and understand the challenges of adopting new innovative water/wastewater technologies.

This report presents a short literature review of academic work on entrepreneurial ecosystems since the first REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Programme) Scotland report, followed by the findings of an update of the Global Entrepreneurship Development Index (GEDI) for Scotland, originally conducted in 2012.

This research was designed to identify the nature and extent of growth across the business base in Scotland.

Mid-sized businesses (MSBs) are commonly defined as businesses with a turnover of between £25m and £500m.

This paper summarises new data on high growth firms (HGFs) in Scotland, and compares performance to other UK regions in high growth performance.

This report presents the findings of an option appraisal study commissioned by Scottish Enterprise (SE), in partnership with Creative Scotland (CS) and the Scottish Government (SG), into the development of a new film and TV production facility in Scotland.

This report provides an update to a previous market assessment developed as part of the Options Appraisal for a film and TV production studio in Scotland in 2014.

This report analyses the future of the Scottish tourism industry from a global perspective, in order to provide a robust evidence base to support strategic decision-making by Scottish Enterprise (SE), partners and industry in the medium- to long-term.

The Scottish Technology Industry Survey is an annual measure of the digital technologies industry’s health and performance during the last year, and its expected development during the current year.

This short review and scoping report was commissioned by the Scottish Enterprise (SE) Rural Team to provide an initial assessment of the opportunity for growth in the commercial flower growing sector in Scotland.

This report updates the previous research into the acquisitions market in Scotland, extending the period of data analysis from 2003 to 2017.

This paper provides a summary of Scotland’s trade position and performance using recently available data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Scottish Government (SG).

The report provides an assessment of the total potential market demand for Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) for 2025 and 2040 in Scotland, and explores the related potential economic development impacts and infrastructure issues.

The purpose of the study was to assist Scottish Enterprise (SE) deepen their understanding of Industry 4.

This capability statement outlines Scotland’s geographic and technical strengths in oil and gas decommissioning.

This report presents the findings of an assessment that aimed to identify key sub sectors and areas of opportunity in alternative markets for the diversification of the Scottish oil and gas supply chain.

The collaborative economy involves connecting individuals or communities via online platforms that enable the sharing or provision of goods and services, assets and resources without the need for ownership.

This report presents the findings of the research carried out by Social Value Lab and the Yunus Centre on the support arrangements for social enterprises in Scotland, building on the findings from the 2017 Social Enterprise Census and additional consultation.

In February 2015, Scottish Enterprise, Falkirk Council, Chemical Sciences Scotland and Grangemouth’s key chemicals businesses adopted the 'Future Grangemouth Vision 2025’.

This discussion document presents the results of a study to review the innovation landscape in Scotland for the Food & Drink industry and supply chain as it stands today and to establish if there are any gaps in current innovation infrastructure provision.

Cybersecurity is a key strength of Abertay University.

CeeD is a cross-sector peer-to-peer community and co-operative problem solving and learning network, originally operating within the engineering sector but now operating across many key public and private sector organisation.

Prestwick Aerospace is one of three main aerospace hubs in the UK, and has the potential to become the location of the first spaceport in western Europe.

The Tradescape Evidence Pack summarises the key findings from the Tradescape 2025 project, which took place February to October 2017.

This paper details the additional analysis undertaken by Scottish Enterprise (SE) following completion of the main evaluation report by SQW (‘Strategic evaluation of SDI international activities’), published separately.

This report presents the findings of a qualitative assessment of the Destination Leadership Programme (DLP).

This guidance aims to assist port operators, waste management operators and the oil and gas industry understand the waste regulations and the consenting requirements in Scotland associated with the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations, wells, pipelines and other subsea infrastructure on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

The following research was commissioned by the Energy Savings Trust, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland.

This report presents a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for 2016.

The study examined freight flows in the Grangemouth Investment Zone (GIZ).

This report presents the findings of an interim evaluation of the delivery and impact of Scotland Food & Drink’s (SF&D) industry leadership activities.

The research aimed to analyse the productivity of the Scottish textiles sector and the challenges to productivity improvement.

This report presents an assessment of Scotland's international competitiveness in the energy systems sector.

This report assesses energy system technology activity in Scotland and compares the capabilities of Scottish companies with the rest of the UK and other relevant developed and developing countries.

The Digital Scotland Business Excellence Partnership (DSBEP) was created by the Scottish Government as a mechanism to assist the implementation of its digital strategy and to address specific perceived weaknesses in the adoption of digital technologies by firms in Scotland.

The report focuses on the key performance indicators (KPIs) currently used by the Scottish construction sector.

The report presents the main findings from a review of the International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) project.

The aim of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) has influenced the early stage risk capital market in Scotland and to demonstrate the effects investment through the fund has had on the invested businesses.

The study was to update previous research conducted in 2009 which estimated that golf tourism was worth around £220 million in visitor expenditure.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish construction sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish food supply chain and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The aim of the research was to provide Scottish Enterprise with recommended measures to benchmark Scottish pharma services against comparative/best in class regions in Europe.

The aim of the report was to provide an evaluation of Scotland’s competitive standings in the life and chemical sciences sectors, through a comparison of research and intellectual property indicators of strengths with competing countries or regions.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) commissioned this report to better understand the required actions in developing a roadmap towards a carbon dioxide (CO2) utilisation strategy for Scotland.

The study focused on entrepreneurial leadership, its presence in Scottish Enterprise (SE) account managed firms and its impact on business performance and growth.

The aim of the research was to develop a better understanding of fast-growth companies in Scotland, in order to contribute to Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) evidence base on their contribution to productivity performance.

Existing evidence suggests that despite the provision of a high volume of free or low-cost support for entrepreneurs, the performance of Scottish high growth firms (HGFs) continues to lag behind that of other areas in the UK in terms of competiveness.