Hartlepool Economic Assessment: consultation and report. (2011)
Report
Stone, I., & Braidford, P. (2011). Hartlepool Economic Assessment: consultation and report. [No known commissioning body]

Business Support for Social Enterprises: Findings from a Longitudinal Study (2011)
Report
Allinson, G., Braidford, P., Houston, M., Robinson, F., & Stone, I. (2011). Business Support for Social Enterprises: Findings from a Longitudinal Study. [No known commissioning body]

Social Enterprises (SEs) operate in almost every industry in the UK, from health and social care to renewable energy, from retail to recycling, from employment to sport, from housing to education. Amongst the most well known examples are Traidcraft,... Read More about Business Support for Social Enterprises: Findings from a Longitudinal Study.

International approaches to high performance working (2011)
Report
Stone, I. (2011). International approaches to high performance working. UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Business Base, Employment and Entrepreneurship Profile in County Durham. Report for Business & Enterprise Working Group, County Durham. (2010)
Report
Braidford, P., Houston, M., & Stone, I. (2010). Business Base, Employment and Entrepreneurship Profile in County Durham. Report for Business & Enterprise Working Group, County Durham. [No known commissioning body]

Solutions for Business Cross-product Monitoring Survey. Report for BIS. (2010)
Report
Braidford, P., & Stone, I. (2010). Solutions for Business Cross-product Monitoring Survey. Report for BIS. Department for Business Innovation & Skills

Encouraging small firms to invest in training: learning from overseas (2010)
Report
Stone, I. (2010). Encouraging small firms to invest in training: learning from overseas. [No known commissioning body]

This edition of Praxis raises a number of questions. For example, can the way in which policy levers, used overseas to encourage small frms to invest in training, be assessed in terms of their suitability in a UK context?

Early stage assessment of the impact of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) on recipient firms (2009)
Report
Allinson, G., Stone, I., Braidford, P., & Houston, M. (2009). Early stage assessment of the impact of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) on recipient firms. Department for Business Innovation & Skills

Report on research giving an early stage assessment of the impact of the EFG, associated with recipient businesses being able to access finance that otherwise would have not been available. It found high levels of satisfaction with EFG, which improve... Read More about Early stage assessment of the impact of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee (EFG) on recipient firms.

The Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme: Early Assessment of Impact. Report for BIS. (2009)
Report
Allinson, G., Braidford, P., Houston, M., & Stone, I. (2009). The Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme: Early Assessment of Impact. Report for BIS. [No known commissioning body]

Review of Women’s Enterprise Support Policies. Report or BIS and English Regional Agencies. (2009)
Report
Braidford, P., Allinson, G., Houston., M., & Stone, I. (2009). Review of Women’s Enterprise Support Policies. Report or BIS and English Regional Agencies. [No known commissioning body]

Review of Employer Collective Measures: Final Report (2009)
Report
Stanfield, C., Sloan, J., Cox, A., & Stone, I. (2009). Review of Employer Collective Measures: Final Report. UK Commission for Employment and Skills

Scoping Report for the Development of a Third Sector Research Centre, for the UK Cabinet Office. (2008)
Report
Stone, I., Allinson, G., Braidford., P., & Robinson., F. (2008). Scoping Report for the Development of a Third Sector Research Centre, for the UK Cabinet Office. [No known commissioning body]

Street Trading and Pedlary in Great Britain: A report of research into the application and perception of local authority controls and pedlar legislation (2008)
Report
Allinson, G., Braidford, P., Houston, M., Smith, K., & Stone, I. (2008). Street Trading and Pedlary in Great Britain: A report of research into the application and perception of local authority controls and pedlar legislation. Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Stimulating New Business Formation amongst individuals with latent high entrepreneurial potential. Report for One North East. (2008)
Report
Stone, I., Drummond, I., Braidford, P., & Houston, M. (2008). Stimulating New Business Formation amongst individuals with latent high entrepreneurial potential. Report for One North East. [No known commissioning body]

Engaging small employers in continuing training : an international review of policies and initiatives (2008)
Report
Stone, I., & Braidford, P. (2008). Engaging small employers in continuing training : an international review of policies and initiatives. Sector Skills Development Agency

Buying and selling small firms – Does the Market Fail? Report for DTI (SBS), Welsh Assembly, Scottish Assembly and NI Executive. (2007)
Report
Braidford, P., Allinson, G., & Stone, I. (2007). Buying and selling small firms – Does the Market Fail? Report for DTI (SBS), Welsh Assembly, Scottish Assembly and NI Executive. [No known commissioning body]

Firm Size, Firm Growth and Use of IT by Small Businesses. Report for Microsoft plc. (2007)
Report
Snaith, B., & Stone, I. (2007). Firm Size, Firm Growth and Use of IT by Small Businesses. Report for Microsoft plc. [No known commissioning body]

The institution that wasn’t: the British National Health Service University (2007)
Report
Taylor, S., Bell, E., Grugulis, I., & Storey, J. (2007). The institution that wasn’t: the British National Health Service University. [No known commissioning body]

This report presents a detailed account of a major educational initiative in the British health service, the organisation with the largest workforce in Europe. The initiative was to set up a ‘university for the National Health Service’, an aspiration... Read More about The institution that wasn’t: the British National Health Service University.

Myths surrounding growing a business: a focus group based study on behalf of the Small Business Service (2006)
Report
Allinson, G., Houston, M., Braidford, P., & Stone, I. (2006). Myths surrounding growing a business: a focus group based study on behalf of the Small Business Service. [No known commissioning body]

This study was undertaken by Durham Business School, on behalf of the Small Business Service (SBS), between February and July 2006. The research team previously explored ideas and perceptions associated with starting a business (Allinson et al., 2005... Read More about Myths surrounding growing a business: a focus group based study on behalf of the Small Business Service.

IT Capability and Business Performance: Does IT matter in medium-sized firms? Report for Microsoft Inc. (2006)
Report
Snaith, B., & Stone, I. (2006). IT Capability and Business Performance: Does IT matter in medium-sized firms? Report for Microsoft Inc. [No known commissioning body]

Myths associated with Growing a Business. Report for DTI Small Business Service. (2006)
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Braidford, P., Allinson, G., Houston, M., & Stone, I. (2006). Myths associated with Growing a Business. Report for DTI Small Business Service. [No known commissioning body]