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Evaluations Online is a publicly accessible collection of evaluation and research reports from Scottish Enterprise. The reports cover all aspects of Scottish Enterprise's economic development activities and are available for download at no cost.
Latest reports
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Megatrends impacting Scottish tourism to 2025: opportunities for Scotland
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. It looks at current tourism infrastructure, the industry’s potential and the challenges it faces. It identifies the most pertinent ‘megatrends’ (long-term changes in behaviours or attitudes with global impacts across multiple industries). -
Scottish Technology Industry Survey 2018: analysis of questions on innovation systems and the gender gap
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. The 2018 survey also included an analysis of the types of innovation undertaken in Scotland, levels of awareness of different parts of the innovation ecosystem, and the parts that companies have actually used or would consider using in the future. It also looked at what companies are doing to address the gender gap, and the impact of these actions. This paper provides further analysis of the survey results in relation to innovation systems and gender issues. It includes commentary highlighting key insights and puts the results into a broader cross-industry and international perspective. -
Research into the commercial flower growing sector in Scotland
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. It also considers how to capitalise on the opportunities for growth identified through the research. -
Acquisitions in Scotland 2003-17
This report updates the previous research into the acquisitions market in Scotland, extending the period of data analysis from 2003 to 2017. The research had two aims: to provide comprehensive and thorough data on Scotland’s acquisitions market, to help ensure policy is made based on robust evidence; and to look at acquisition as a tool for economic growth. -
Scotland’s trade position and performance
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). It covers the key strengths and weaknesses that affect trade in Scotland along with some of the most important issues and opportunities to be faced in the future. It also considers the role of Scottish Development International (SDI) in shaping Scotland’s export performance.