Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 9 February 2011.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Background
International comparisons
Our inquiry
2 The UK innovation landscape
UK public-private funded research centres
Recent Government sponsored interventions
Existing centres in the UK
Coordination of existing UK capabilities
3 The role of a Technology and Innovation Centre
Managing expectations
Technology push versus market pull
Articulating a clear vision
The regional agenda
The hub and spoke model
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Identifying candidate areas
4 Funding model
Adopting the Fraunhofer funding model
The first third: core public funding
The need for permanent public support
The second third: competitive public-private sector funding
UK funding
European funding
The third third: private sector contracts
Engaging small businesses
5 Operational model
Governance
Oversight
Management board
Leadership
The business model
Managing intellectual property
6 Assessing success
Progress towards the three thirds funding model
Additional measures of success
7 What's in a name?
8 Conclusions
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1: Technology Readiness Levels
Annex 2: RDA and Devolved Administration Science and Innovation Priorities supporting National Priorities as at February 2010
Annex 3: Examples of British inventors
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament Oral and Written Evidence 15 December 201020 December 201012 January 2011 Written Evidence
