Research, evaluation and insight

UK and Scottish Government policy recognises that the strong supply of early stage risk equity capital is important for national and regional economies due to the catalytic role that it plays in the entrepreneurial process.

The aim of the paper is to consider the practical steps used by Scottish Enterprise/Scottish Development International (SE/SDI) to increase the number of exporters and, more widely, the number of international businesses.

This report provides an overview of existing research regarding the creation of age-friendly places across urban and rural Scotland, with a particular focus on housing.

The Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) and the Scottish Venture Fund (SVF) were set up in 2003 and 2006 as pan-Scotland funds to be managed by the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB).

The purpose of this study was to investigate how three regions have developed and implemented biorefining, identifying critical success factors, and what useful lessons can be learned from these regions and implemented in Scotland.

The study explored the nature of constrained renewables in Scotland, including constraints and curtailment levels around the country.

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.