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- What impact is increasing consolidation in the local and national press sectors having on press plurality, and to what extent is consolidation necessary to secure financial sustainability of the sector?
- How can restrictions on trade in services be effectively measured across sectors, given data limitations?
- How can we isolate the impact of export finance on trade in specific goods and services?
- What are the global trends developments in the variety and scale of export finance products and services?
- To what extent has COVID-19 and cost of living crisis impacted on the drivers for private giving and cultural organisations’ approach to donations?
- How much does UK businesses’ ability to offer financing options for their products affect their likelihood of exporting and competitiveness?
- What impact are podcasts having on the UK radio market? What is the scale and reach of the UK podcast market, in terms of the number of providers, usage of different platforms, market share of providers and platforms, demographics and other factors including financial dynamics?
- How can the categorisation and measurement of trade in services by the modes of supply be developed and optimised?
- What are the economic costs faced by businesses across different sectors, in relation to conformity assessment?
- What are implications of advances in communications technologies for trade in services?
- How do delays in obtaining finance affect international buyers’ confidence in UK exporters?
- To what extent can the private sector deliver investment promotion together with DIT?
- Are creative businesses obtaining the finance they need for investments in growth?
- What are the best practices for the design and evaluation of export finance products and services?
- How can we best measure the impact of large exporters at a sub-regional level (for example, agglomeration effects, supply chain effects)? How can we measure the structure and interactions in the supply chain in exporting sectors?
- How do UK businesses compare with non-UK businesses in their use of trade finance and credit insurance?
- What barriers exist to building sustainable business models in the press sector and what action is required to remove these?
- What impact do non-bank financial institutions providing export finance have on national financial markets?
- What is the relative value of light touch, digital or automated support services in foreign investment support versus intensive face-to-face services?
- What further data sources could help us build a more complete picture of the investor journey, including who is involved?
- What are the best ways to measure business perceptions of risk in relation to exporting post COVID-19?
- What affects willingness to pay for news online? What types of content are different audience groups willing to pay for? In what ways are different audiences willing to pay (e.g. regular subscription, donation)? How does this change over time and what influences that change?
- To what extent can investment promotion optimise UK export markets? What are the limits to intervention under specific conditions of market failure?
- How does export finance help in developing an integrated supply chain?
- What is international best practice to define and measure trade in services? This may include digital trade, e-commerce and cross-border data flows.
- How can we effectively evaluate countries’ relative technology readiness levels (TRL), by technical area, sector and overall strategy? To what extent does the commercial, regulatory and legal environment impact on TRLs? To what extent can market access restrictions to some sectors have wider impacts on trade within other sectors?
- What factors make countries and regions attractive as destinations for investment in high potential, early stage, technology-based entrepreneurs?
- How are emerging digital services and technologies likely to affect the future of exports and supply chains across sectors?
- How does protection of intellectual property by patents, trademarks or design rights affect trade flows in across industries and business sizes?
- What are the sub-regional implications of future trade agreements and trade policy more broadly
- Where non-tariff measures behave as fixed costs to trade, how can these be most effectively incorporated in trade modelling?
- Evidence on the determinants of foreign investment on UK start-ups.
- How can we effectively measure levels of ‘servitisation’ and ‘servicification’? [footnote 1]
- What factors have historically been important to identify large businesses which are high value or volume exporters? To what extent are these factors sector specific?
- Which methods and modelling approaches can best be used to inform trade dispute cases? How can the harm caused by incompliant measures and associated retaliation rights best be estimated?
- How can we quantify the impact of good regulatory practice?
- What effect does COVID-19 have on business models and supply chain structure? How does the renewed focus on shortening or regionalisation vary by sector?
- What is the potential of ledger technology for the measurement of financial services trade?
- What are the wider impacts associated with exporting, beyond firms directly affected? How does this vary by business size, export experience and sector?