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Working Papers

2014

1. The Deindustrial Revolution: The Rise & Fall of UK Manufacturing, 1870-2010
   Working Papers, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge View citations (6)

2012

2. Pathways to Impact and the Strategic Role of Universities
   Working Papers, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge View citations (38)

2009

3. Functional Polycentrism and Urban Network Development in the Greater South East UK: Evidence from Commuting Patterns, 1981-2001
   ERIM Report Series Research in Management, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam View citations (1)

2001

4. Markets, Competition, Cooperation and Innovation
   Working Papers, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge View citations (1)

1993

5. Industry Dynamics and Small Firm Development in the European Printing Industry, Case Studies of Britain, the Netherlands and Danmark
   Working Papers, NEUHUYS - RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM
6. The Dollar-Pound Forward Exchange Rate 1919-1939
   Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

1992

7. Quarterly National Income Accounts for Interwar Germany, 1925, 1938
   Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
8. The Move to Autarky: The Political Economy of Nazi Trade Policy
   Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge View citations (2)

1990

9. BILATERALISM IN THE INTER-WAR WORLD ECONOMY
   Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge
   See also Journal Article Bilateralism in the Interwar World Economy, Bulletin of Economic Research, Wiley Blackwell (1995) View citations (1) (1995)

1988

10. THE MACROECONOMICS OF PROTECTIONISM: A CASE STUDY OF BRITAIN IN THE 1930S
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge

Journal Articles

2025

1. Global forces and local impacts: megatrends in regional development
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2025, 18, (1), 1-16

2023

2. Understanding the post-COVID state and its geographies
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2023, 16, (1), 1-18 View citations (2)

2019

3. Citizens of somewhere: Examining the geography of foreign and native-born academics’ engagement with external actors
   Research Policy, 2019, 48, (3), 759-774 View citations (11)

2018

4. The shrinking state? Understanding the assault on the public sector
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2018, 11, (3), 389-408 View citations (18)

2013

5. Academic engagement and commercialisation: A review of the literature on university–industry relations
   Research Policy, 2013, 42, (2), 423-442 View citations (557)

2012

6. Making the same mistake again--or is this time different?
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2012, 36, (1), 1-15 View citations (7)
7. Pathways to impact and the strategic role of universities: new evidence on the breadth and depth of university knowledge exchange in the UK and the factors constraining its development
   Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2012, 36, (3), 723-750 View citations (40)

2011

8. The geographies of austerity
   Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2011, 4, (3), 289-302 View citations (17)

2010

9. Functional Polycentrism and Urban Network Development in the Greater South East, United Kingdom: Evidence from Commuting Patterns, 1981-2001
   Regional Studies, 2010, 44, (9), 1149-1170 View citations (44)

2009

10. Spatial circuits of global finance
    Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2009, 2, (2), 143-148

2008

11. Innovation, networks and knowledge exchange
    Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2008, 1, (2), 165-173 View citations (3)
12. Policies to enhance the ‘hidden innovation’ in services: evidence and lessons from the UK
    The Service Industries Journal, 2008, 30, (1), 99-118 View citations (7)

2007

13. The Third Way and the third sector: New Labour's economic policy and the social economy
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2007, 31, (6), 973-994 View citations (18)
14. The economics of New Labour: policy and performance
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2007, 31, (6), 805-816 View citations (4)

2005

15. Economics for the future
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2005, 29, (6), 827-835 View citations (4)
16. Policy Debates
    Regional Studies, 2005, 39, (7), 987-1001
17. Social capital, economic growth and regional development
    Regional Studies, 2005, 39, (8), 1015-1040 View citations (78)

2004

18. Regional Competitiveness: An Elusive yet Key Concept?
    Regional Studies, 2004, 38, (9), 991-999 View citations (147)

2000

19. Labour Markets, Social Justice and Economic Efficiency
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2000, 24, (6), 631-41 View citations (4)

1997

20. Does Manufacturing Matter?
    International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1997, 4, (1), 71-95 View citations (2)
21. The Fiscal and Distributional Implications of Job Generation
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1997, 21, (1), 103-20 View citations (2)

1996

22. Britain's Industrial Performance since 1960: Underinvestment and Relative Decline
    Economic Journal, 1996, 106, (434), 196-212 View citations (4)
23. Creating jobs fast A million jobs could be created quickly and without excessive cost
    New Economy, 1996, 3, (3), 133-137
24. Reviews
    Local Economy, 1996, 11, (3), 282-288

1995

25. Bilateralism in the Interwar World Economy
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1995, 47, (3), 197-219 View citations (1)
    See also Working Paper BILATERALISM IN THE INTER-WAR WORLD ECONOMY, Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (1990) (1990)

1991

26. Effective protection and economic recovery in the United Kingdom during the 1930s
    Economic History Review, 1991, 44, (2), 328-338 View citations (7)
27. Trade Policy and the Regionalization of Imports in Interwar Britain
    Bulletin of Economic Research, 1991, 43, (2), 151-68 View citations (2)

1989

28. The Macroeconomics of Protectionism: The Case of Britain in the 1930s
    Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1989, 13, (1), 155-69

1987

29. Geographical Variations in Transport Costs of Manufacturing Firms in Great Britain
    Urban Studies, 1987, 24, (1), 61-73 View citations (3)

Books

2008

1. Protectionism and Economic Revival
   Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press View citations (1)
   Also in Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press (1990) View citations (23)

Chapters

2005

1. Measuring Capitalism: Output, Growth and Economic Policy
   Palgrave Macmillan View citations (1)

2003

2. Slump and Recovery: The UK Experience
   Palgrave Macmillan

2001

3. Fifty Years of Measurement: A Cambridge View
   Palgrave Macmillan

Editor

1. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
   Cambridge Political Economy Society