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CRIEFF
Centre for Research into Industry, Enterprise, Finance and the Firm
Founder/ Director of CRIEFF:
Professor Gavin C. Reid
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Outreach on Scottish high-tech enterprises
Professor Gavin Reid (Director, CRIEFF) explains ”High Tech”.
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Aims and Objectives of CRIEFF
Aims
The aim of CRIEFF is to foster rigorous
research in the economics of industry in its broadest sense. The methods used can be theoretical, quantitative
or qualitative. The research agenda
includes mainstream industrial organization, R & D and technological
diffusion, the organizational theory of the firm, the economics of
entrepreneurship and the small firm, multinational firms, the economics of the
single European market, venture capital investment, patenting, high technology clusters, pension reform, tax
progressivity, income inequality, firm dynamics, speculative bubbles, financial
reporting.
Objectives
The prime objective of CRIEFF is to stimulate
high quality research output, of international quality. It does so by building on the existing
strengths of the School of Economics and Finance, and linking these together in
a synergistic fashion. To this end,
CRIEFF produces a discussion paper series, and acts as host to research
visitors and collaborators.
Research Agenda
The research
agenda includes mainstream industrial organisation, R&D and technological
diffusion, the organisational theory of the firm, the economics of the household,
health economics, the environmental consequences of firms' activities,
micro-modelling of the firm for macroeconomic purposes, multinational firms, the economics of the single European market, marketisation and privatisation. Recent research projects
being conducted within CRIEFF have included a CIMA funded project on risk
appraisal in high technology ventures, a
Work conducted in CRIEFF
Work conducted within CRIEFF has included projects on venture capital, quality of patenting, quality of working life, speculative bubbles, entrepreneurship; a Leverhulme funded project on life cycle effects in new small firms; CIMA funded projects on management information systems in SMEs and risk appraisal by investors in high technology new ventures; a British Academy funded project on small firm flexibility, a Carnegie Trust funded project on risk management in high technology firms; and an Enterprise Ireland funded project on strategies for performance in long lived small firms. Other areas of interest have included parties, voting and the selection of tax policies, pension reform, tax progressivity, income inequality, high technology clusters.
Collaborative Activities
CRIEFF encourages collaborative activities with other research organisations and provides facilities for academic visitors and co-workers in industrial economics. Past visitors to CRIEFF have included Ian Wooton, Duncan Reekie, Leonard Mirman, Duncan Foley, Partha Sen, Fernando Vega-Redondo, David De Jong, Curtis Eberwein, Zoltan Acs, Michael Funke, Paul Oslington, Jonathan Thomas, Bruno Versael, James Jordan, Julia Smith, Anna Paterson, Scott Vande Linde, Bernadette Power, Kornelius Kraft, Atanas Christex, Harmut Lehman, Mike Nolan, Andrew Burke, Ingrid Verhuel. Those desiring to be visitors should contact the Director of CRIEFF, Gavin Reid.
St
Andrews Castle viewed from CRIEFF
Post-graduate students affiliated to CRIEFF
Full
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Suwanee Arunsawodiwong |
Productivity advance in manufactures in Thailand |
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Walailuck Chavanasporn |
Financial Mathematics |
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Environmental crisis in the Aral Sea area |
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Benjamin Kelly |
Experimental games |
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Jing Liang |
Exchange rate volatility |
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What determines country by country variations in IPO underpricing? |
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Economic effects of Intellectual Property Rights |
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Adnan Seric |
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in South East European countries (SEEC). |
Part
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Andreas Humpe
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Relation between IPO activity and business conditions |
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Bernadette Power |
Performance of long lived small firms |
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Francisco Rosique |
Corporate model of sales and performance |
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Zhibin Xu |
High performance small firms in China |
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CRIEFF |
Phone: 01334 462438 |
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