Huge economic losses are being sustained due to large-scale unauthorised downloading, generated by widespread confusion about copyright law in the online world. This UK report examines online consumer behaviour in the UK and its potential impact on business and government policy. It is the first piece of research to look at evidence from across the...

This paper sets out an argument that behavioural biases and heuristics can make it difficult for small and medium‐sized firms to adopt best practice innovation processes that are necessary for competitive advantage. It further argues that innovation services provided by creative businesses can help address these behavioural failures to improve the innovation performance of firms...

Next generation resilience relies on citizens and communities, not the institutions of state... Over 80 per cent of Britons live in urban areas relying on dense networks of public and private sector organisations to provide them with essential services. But their everyday lives and the national infrastructure work in a fragile union, vulnerable to even...

This paper explores what is meant by sustainable development, considering the different definitions which have been proposed for the term and the debate around the concept as it has evolved. It then considers some of the approaches that have been taken to measuring sustainability using composite indicators and sets of indicators. Finally it sets out...

Drawing on the PISA 2006 study conducted across OECD countries, this report presents information on the sources of students' awareness of environmental science, their attitudes towards the environment and how these attitudes interrelate with their performance in environmental science. {C}