Research, evaluation and insight

The Tradescape Evidence Pack summarises the key findings from the Tradescape 2025 project, which took place February to October 2017.

This paper details the additional analysis undertaken by Scottish Enterprise (SE) following completion of the main evaluation report by SQW (‘Strategic evaluation of SDI international activities’), published separately.

This report presents the findings of a qualitative assessment of the Destination Leadership Programme (DLP).

This guidance aims to assist port operators, waste management operators and the oil and gas industry understand the waste regulations and the consenting requirements in Scotland associated with the decommissioning of offshore oil and gas installations, wells, pipelines and other subsea infrastructure on the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).

The following research was commissioned by the Energy Savings Trust, in partnership with Scottish Enterprise, the Scottish Government and Zero Waste Scotland.

This report presents a detailed and comprehensive analysis of the early stage risk capital market in Scotland for 2016.

The study examined freight flows in the Grangemouth Investment Zone (GIZ).

This report presents the findings of an interim evaluation of the delivery and impact of Scotland Food & Drink’s (SF&D) industry leadership activities.

The research aimed to analyse the productivity of the Scottish textiles sector and the challenges to productivity improvement.

This report presents an assessment of Scotland's international competitiveness in the energy systems sector.

This report assesses energy system technology activity in Scotland and compares the capabilities of Scottish companies with the rest of the UK and other relevant developed and developing countries.

The Digital Scotland Business Excellence Partnership (DSBEP) was created by the Scottish Government as a mechanism to assist the implementation of its digital strategy and to address specific perceived weaknesses in the adoption of digital technologies by firms in Scotland.

The report focuses on the key performance indicators (KPIs) currently used by the Scottish construction sector.

The report presents the main findings from a review of the International Technology and Renewable Energy Zone (ITREZ) project.

The aim of the evaluation was to assess the extent to which the Scottish Co-Investment Fund (SCF) has influenced the early stage risk capital market in Scotland and to demonstrate the effects investment through the fund has had on the invested businesses.

The study was to update previous research conducted in 2009 which estimated that golf tourism was worth around £220 million in visitor expenditure.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish construction sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish food supply chain and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.

The aim of the research was to provide Scottish Enterprise with recommended measures to benchmark Scottish pharma services against comparative/best in class regions in Europe.

The aim of the report was to provide an evaluation of Scotland’s competitive standings in the life and chemical sciences sectors, through a comparison of research and intellectual property indicators of strengths with competing countries or regions.

Scottish Enterprise (SE) commissioned this report to better understand the required actions in developing a roadmap towards a carbon dioxide (CO2) utilisation strategy for Scotland.

The study focused on entrepreneurial leadership, its presence in Scottish Enterprise (SE) account managed firms and its impact on business performance and growth.

The aim of the research was to develop a better understanding of fast-growth companies in Scotland, in order to contribute to Scottish Enterprise’s (SE’s) evidence base on their contribution to productivity performance.

Existing evidence suggests that despite the provision of a high volume of free or low-cost support for entrepreneurs, the performance of Scottish high growth firms (HGFs) continues to lag behind that of other areas in the UK in terms of competiveness.

The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the current level of adoption of automation in the Scottish/UK financial and business services (F&BS) sector and identify how this might change over the period to 2025.