Operation Innovation: How to make society richer, healthier and happier

The effect of accumulated innovations has transformed the world at a pace that would have been unimaginable to our not-so-distant ancestors. Thanks to the contributions of just a few thousand innovators, society is now far richer, and better equipped to tackle pressing problems – from climate change or pandemics.

This new essay collection outlines some of the fundamental building blocks to achieving an innovative economy – including how to effectively fund research, how to properly regulate emerging industries, how to make it easier to start and scale businesses, and how to raise the status of innovating.

Access All Areas: Markets

Businesses which engage in international trade are generally more productive and innovative. Yet evidence suggests Britain is not fulfilling its trade potential, and entrepreneurs tell us of barriers that prevent them from exporting.

In Access All Areas: Markets we examine the ways in which importing and exporting can help SMEs succeed, assess the recent trends in international trade, and provide a series of recommendations for what the government could do to ensure Britain’s small firms have the best conditions possible to flourish on the international stage.