Economic organisation
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Research problems linked to this topic
- How do we ensure a sustainable economic recovery post COVID-19 with environmental outcomes built in; and what is the potential for rural communities and businesses to contribute?
- How much does UK businesses’ ability to offer financing options for their products affect their likelihood of exporting and competitiveness?
- Where ODA intervention outcomes cannot be monetised, can they be quantified?
- What new data could be collected to estimate rates of return on international R&I?
- How are approaches to delivery differing across regions in the UK and are different approaches needed to aid later delivery?
- What does the evidence show are the factors that create the greatest potential to build agglomeration economies that benefit local areas and residents in question? And what are the key elements that bring agglomeration benefits– housing, transport, local skills, R&D and business dynamics? Are there costs to agglomeration that that worsen outcomes for residents and neighbouring areas?
- Which methods best evaluate of a country’s regions and sectors of dynamic comparative advantage?
- How can we effectively measure levels of ‘servitisation’ and ‘servicification’? [footnote 1]
- What are the longer-term impacts and consequences on the labour market and on productivity of policies introduced to address the challenges of COVID-19?
- How can we ensure appropriate availability and uptake of insurance to achieve better outcomes?
- How do businesses adapt their delivery of services between the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) 4 Modes of Supply? To what extent are the four GATS 4 Modes of Supply compliments or substitutes?
- How does the UK compare to other digital economies and how can we robustly measure this?
- How can we best evaluate economic impact of including sectoral annexes to chapters in trade agreements?
- To what extent would future market consolidation affect the different actors within the market and the performance of the market as a whole?
- What factors in the market increase the likelihood of future market consolidation and what barriers exist that decrease this likelihood? Why would an actor in the market pursue integration of another firm’s network and why would they not?
- To what extent is overbuild an issue within the market and what characteristics make it a more or less favourable delivery decision for suppliers?
- To what extent are the decisions being made by network suppliers in where to build equitable both at the beginning of and during delivery (specifically considering the impact of descoping premises from delivery)?
- How can restrictions on trade in services be effectively measured across sectors, given data limitations?
- How can we best evaluate the barriers to trade in services and their impact on trade flows?
- To what extent is the market and actors within it able to withstand economic shocks?
- To what extent are network providers effectively planning their networks to ensure delays and additional cost are avoided?
- Financial sustainability of research: What impact would various changes to the long-standing approaches to research funding have on research sustainability?
- Using regional and local studies, what is the impact of export finance services on localised markets? How does export finance services support regional growth and development?
- What incentivises and supports sharing of knowledge to promote sector-wide best practice in a competitive market place?
- What are the economic trade-offs of achieving capacity improvements in mobile networks over the coming decade? How does achieving this exclusively through increased use of spectrum compare to network densification? In comparing strengths and weaknesses, what might be an optimal combination of both?
- What is international best practice to define and measure trade in services? This may include digital trade, e-commerce and cross-border data flows.