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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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Water efficiency technologies research
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. It also provides a list of available national and international innovation funds which could be used as an example to develop a similar concept in Scotland to support both industrial water users and technology providers. This will promote innovation and adoption of water efficiency technologies within the industry. -
An update of the Global Entrepreneurship Development Index for Scotland
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. -
Mid-sized businesses in Scotland 2010-17
Mid-sized businesses (MSBs) are commonly defined as businesses with a turnover of between £25m and £500m. These businesses have been shown to be more productive, and have performed better in recent years than both small and large businesses. This research note provides an overview of Scotland’s mid-sized market and highlights trends in the market since 2010. -
Growth companies in Scotland
This research was designed to identify the nature and extent of growth across the business base in Scotland. It sought to identify the locations in which companies achieve intermittent and sustained growth, what size these companies grow to, and what sectors they are in. It forms part of a series of research projects in support of the Development and Scaling portfolios. -
High growth firms in Scotland
This paper summarises new data on high growth firms (HGFs) in Scotland, and compares performance to other UK regions in high growth performance. The analysis considered the proportion of the business base that achieves high growth, characteristics of HGFs in terms of size and productivity, and the pattern of high growth across local authority areas.