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24th July 2024

COVID-19’s impact on sectoral productivity: short-term fixes or long-term changes?

This blog discusses the impact of the 2008 financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic on global productivity growth, emphasising short-term declines and subsequent recovery. Drawing on the UK Innovation Report 2024, it examines the role of knowledge-intensive services and the manufacturing sector in driving recovery across five countries and questions the sustainability of these trends.

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8th July 2024

Five reasons why Mexico needs an industrial innovation strategy now

3rd July 2024

Becoming a technology superpower: is the UK producing enough scientists?

4th June 2024

Firing on just a few cylinders: recent performance of the UK machinery and equipment manufacturing sector

28th May 2024

Navigating the path to Net Zero: a closer look at the UK’s low-carbon and renewable energy economy

7th May 2024

Moving differently: why the transport we use matters for reducing carbon emissions

17th April 2024

China’s emerging industrial vision: the significance and impact of ‘New Quality Productive Forces’

26th March 2024

Understanding industrial Scope 3 emissions: what, why, how

5th March 2024

CIIP study for UK government examines impact of Made Smarter Adoption programme

4th March 2024

Brazil’s new industrial policy plan: three sources of optimism and three words of caution

21st February 2024

Rising above challenges: the resilience and innovation of UK aerospace manufacturing

15th January 2024

The new era of industrial strategies: tackling grand challenges through public-private collaboration