Kevin Mulligan
@kmulligans
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Lecturer in Strategy at Queens University Belfast. Interested in business innovation and performance, and evaluating government R&D policy
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined November 2015
How should policymakers best support firm-level innovation in so-called ‘weaker’ regions? My new paper in Regional Studies, Regional Science @RSRS_OA examines this issue. @QUBBusiness #QBSResearch
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Great to see our @zew_en Discussion paper out: We unravel the characteristics of firms developing Climate Action Response Plans. Joint work with @PerezAlaniz and Christian Rammer @Economics_UL @BusinessATUL @UL_Research @Researchirel
https://t.co/2e13XhrETX
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Our new report with London Economics shows that UK higher education and research contributes a massive £265 BILLION to the economy.🌟 #UniversityImpact
@LE_Education Find out more: https://t.co/W8d5vxiXDx
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Do universities anchor innovation or just organise it? #Innovation
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V good @FT @timleunig piece, with hard truths about UK economy & what needs to be done about it, relevant to both parties This para is striking - small firms are lionised, but it's big firms that drive productivity & R&D, & we don't have enough of them https://t.co/PMCVXB6Mrs
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🆕 New research just published today in the journal Industry and Innovation, check it out in the tweet below 👇👇👇
Does the sequence in which firms receive R&D grants and tax credits matter? New paper from our @scienceirel funded project. Joint work with @kmulligans @PerezalanizM & Christian Rammer. https://t.co/8ltmCKtdDF.
@BusinessAtUL @UL_Research @QUBBusiness @zew_en @industry_innova
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Does the sequence in which firms receive R&D grants and tax credits matter? New paper from our @scienceirel funded project. Joint work with @kmulligans @PerezalanizM & Christian Rammer. https://t.co/8ltmCKtdDF.
@BusinessAtUL @UL_Research @QUBBusiness @zew_en @industry_innova
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There has been a great deal of discussion about *what* our industrial policy should fund — but far less about *how* to fund it. That needs to change, because the status quo — industrial-policy-by-tax credit — is rife with problems. My latest: https://t.co/cGNPEeNFhb
americanaffairsjournal.org
Since late 2021, the Biden administration has set aside more than $1.6 trillion in infrastructure spending. Almost three years later, it’s very hard to know where most of that money has gone. The...
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There is huge potential to improve government by securely linking and analysing data held across many different parts of it. We need robust political leadership to make this the rule, not the exception, writes our Chair Sir Robert Chote⬇️ https://t.co/5XjVc2dJ3X
theguardian.com
By linking, analysing and communicating statistics, state departments can unlock their power for the public good
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Great to be quoted by @TheEconomist in a piece that highlights @NovaSBE ability to attract international students/faculty, while fostering Portugal's progress in attracting and integrating skilled talent: "Portugal is something of a model in this respect."
economist.com
There is growing competition for the best and the brightest migrants
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We are pleased to introduce the DISCERN 2.0 dataset, which links patents and scientific publications to U.S. publicly listed firms. Joint work with @SharonBelenzon @ProfAroraAshish @LarisaCioaca and @Lia_Sheer. #econtwitter #StrategyTwitter
zenodo.org
The DISCERN dataset was developed to support academic research on corporate innovation by linking data on U.S. publicly listed firms from Standard & Poor’s Compustat database to their patents and...
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📣New publication in JPIM @JournalPIM ➡Fueling innovation management research: Future directions and five forward-looking paths 👉liquid innovation 👉artificial intelligence 👉business model innovation 👉public value innovation 👉responsible innovation 🔗 https://t.co/VrV0aJU6Vm
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Can public R&I support address firms' financial and non-financial obstacles to innovation? Check our recent @scienceirel funded research paper: https://t.co/6GssPrcpYp. Joint work with @HelenaLenihan, @justin_doran and @SteveRop. @BusinessAtUL @Economics_UL @UL_Research
tandfonline.com
Financial, knowledge and market obstacles can restrict firm-level research and innovation (R&I). Public financial support for R&I can clearly help firms that face financial obstacles to invest in R...
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How attractive is your region? The @OECD_local Directorate of the @OECD has developed an amazing tool to help policymakers understand how the places they govern can better attract talent, investors and visitors. Discover more here: https://t.co/atlHJ4yInV
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Three Reasons we should place a higher value on Meta-Research #MetaResearch
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The long term sources of growth are ideas, R&D, technology and its adoption argues @danielsusskind (which implies a rather central role for @SciTechgovuk) https://t.co/MEYPDPtLh9
ft.com
Causes of the policy panacea remain mysterious but we do know that it is going to require bold ideas
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Another great hope of the UK's tech industry falls into foreign ownership. Not sure what to think of this - clearly Graphcore needs backers with deep pockets to realise its potential, but what stops UK capital markets playing that role? Ownership = control, and that matters.
Exciting news: Graphcore joins @SoftBank_Group to build next generation of AI compute. https://t.co/DcEMoa1xSh
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The next EU R&I Framework Programme (#FP10) should strengthen synergies between funding instruments and programmes at European and national levels. 🇪🇺 Read more about this and other recommendations in EUA's vision: https://t.co/OXnQkhUPEz
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