Professor Stephen Roper

Journal Articles

• Sena, V., et al.. "Gender, borrowing patterns and self-employment : some evidence for England"
  Small Business Economics 38 (2012): 467-480.
• Roper, S. "From Knowledge to Added Value: A Comparative, Panel-Data Analysis of the Innovation Value Chain in Irish and Swiss Manufacturing Firms"
  Research Policy 41 (2012): 1093-1106.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N. and Roper, S.. "Creating advantage in peripheral regions : the role of publicly funded R&D centres"
  Research Policy 40 (2011): 832-841.
• Roper, S. "Knowledge, Openness, Innovation and Growth in UK Business Services"
  Research Policy 40 (2011): 1438-1452.
• Mole, K,, Hart, M., Roper, S. and Saal, D. S.. "Broader or Deeper? Exploring the Most Effective Intervention Profile for Public Small Business Support"
  Environment And Planning A 43 (2011): 87-105.
• Love, J. H., Roper, S. and Hewitt-Dundas, N.. "Service innovation, embeddedness and business performance: evidence from Northern Ireland"
  Regional Studies 44 (2010): 983-1004.
• Roper, S., Youtie, J., Shapira, P. and Fernandez-Ribas, A.. "Knowledge, capabilities and manufacturing innovation: a US-Europe comparison"
  Regional Studies 44 (2010): 253-279.
• Woerter, M. and Roper, S.. "Openness and innovation—home and export demand effects on manufacturing innovation: panel data evidence for Ireland and Switzerland"
  Research Policy 39 (2010): 155-164.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N. and Roper, S.. "Output additionality of public support for innovation: evidence for Irish manufacturing plants"
  European Planning Studies 18 (2010): 107-122.
• Tianjiao, X. and Roper, S.. "Worlds apart? A comparison of the new product development strategies of biopharmaceutical firms in Europe and the USA"
  Industry and Innovation 16 (2009): 593-612.
• Mole, K. F., Hart, M., Roper, S. and Saal, D. S.. "Assessing the effectiveness of business support services in England: evidence from a theory based evaluation"
  International Small Business Journal 27 (2009): 557-582.
• Love, J. H. and Roper, S.. "Organizing the innovation process: complementarities in innovation networking"
  Industry and Innovation 16 (2009): 273-290.
• Love, J. H., Roper, S. and Du, J.. "Innovation, ownership and profitability"
  International Journal of Industrial Organization 27 (2009): 424-434.
• Roper, S. and Scott, J. M.. "Perceived financial barriers and the start-up decision: an econometric analysis of gender differences using GEM data"
  International Small Business Journal 27 (2009): 149-171.
• Love, J. H. and Roper, S.. "Organizing innovation: complementarities between cross-functional teams"
  Technovation 29 (2009): 192-203.
• Xia, T. and Roper, S.. "From capability to connectivity—absorptive capacity and exploratory alliances in biopharmaceutical firms: a US–Europe comparison"
  Technovation 28 (2008): 776-785.
• Young, B., Hewitt-Dundas, N. and Roper, S.. "Intellectual Property management in publicly funded R&D centres—a comparison of university-based and company-based research centres"
  Technovation 28 (2008): 473-484.
• Roper, S., Du, J. and Love, J. H.. "Modelling the innovation value chain"
  Research Policy 37 (2008): 961-977.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N. and Roper, S.. "Ireland’s innovation performance: 1991-2005"
  Quarterly Economic Commentary (ESRI) (2008): 46-68.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N., Roper, S. and Love, J.. "Higher Education research and development and knowledge transfer in Northern Ireland"
  Labour Market Bulletin 21 (2008): 127-132.
• Roper, S. and Hewitt-Dundas, N.. "Innovation persistence: survey and case-study evidence"
  Research Policy 37 (2008): 149-162.
• Mole, K., Hart, M., Roper, S. and Saal, D.. "Differential gains from Business Link support and advice: a treatment effects approach"
  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 26 (2008): 315-334.
• Roper, S and Scott, J. "Gender differentials in access to finance for business start-up in the UK – an econometric analysis of GEM data"
  International Small Business Journal (2008)
• Martin, L. M., Warren-Smith, I., Scott, J. M. and Roper, S.. "Boards of directors and gender diversity in UK companies"
  Gender in Management 23 (2008): 194-208.
• Du, J, Love, J H and Roper, S. "The Innovation Decision"
  Technovation 27 (2007): 744-765.
• Roper, S. "Cross-Border and Local Co-operation on the island of Ireland: An Economic Perspective"
  Political Geography 26 (2007): 554-574.
• Roper, S, Love, J H and Anon-Higon, D. "The Determinants of Export Performance: Evidence for Manufacturing Plants in Ireland and Northern Ireland"
  Scottish Journal Of Political Economy 53 (2006): 586-615.
• Roper, S and Hewitt-Dundas, N. "International Innovation Comparisons: Insight or Illusion?"
  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 24 (2006): 385-401.
• Roper, S and Love, J H. "Innovation and regional absorptive capacity: the labour market dimension"
  Annals of Regional Science 40 (2006): 437-447.
• Roper S. "Developing An Evaluative Framework For Industrial Policy In Ireland: Fulfilling The Audit Trail Or An Aid To Policy Development?"
  Quarterly Economic Commentary (ESRI) Summer (2005): 69-86.
• Roper, S and Grimes, S. "Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island - Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the ICT Global Production Network"
  Geoforum 36 (2005): 297-313.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N, Andreosso-O'Callaghan, B, Crone, M and Roper, S. "Selling Global, Buying Local?"
  Regional Studies 39 (2005): 225-239.
• Love, J H and Roper, S. "Economists Perceptions versus Managers Decisions:"
  Cambridge Journal Of Economics 29 (2005): 19-36.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N, Andreosso-O'Callaghan, B, Crone, M and Roper, S. "Knowledge Transfers from Multi-national Plants in Ireland - A Cross-border Comparison of Supply Chain Linkages"
  European Urban And Regional Studies 12 (2005): 23-43.
• Roper, S. "Job Creation and Destruction in Northern Ireland: 1973-93"
  Economic And Social Review 35 (2004): 183-201.
• Roper, S, Hewitt-Dundas, N and Love, J H. "An Ex Ante Evaluation Framework for the Regional Benefits of Publicly Supported R&D Projects"
  Research Policy 33 (2004): 487-509.
• Love, J H and Roper, S. "The Organisation of Innovation: Collaboration, Co-operation and Multifunctional Groups in UK and German Manufacturing"
  Cambridge Journal Of Economics 28 (2004): 379-395.
• Cooke, P, Roper, S and Wylie, P. "The Golden Thread of Innovation and Northern Irelands Evolving Regional Innovation System"
  Regional Studies 37 (2003): 365-380.
• Roper, S, North, D, Smallbone, D and Vickers, I. "Innovation and the use of technology in manufacturing plants and SMEs: an inter-regional comparison"
  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 21 (2003): 37-52.
• Crone, M and Roper, S. "Knowledge Complementarity and Co-Ordination in the Local Supply Chain: Some Empirical Evidence"
  British Journal of Management 14 (2003): 339-357.
• Shefer, D, Frenkel, A and Roper, S. "Public Policy, Locational Choice and the Innovation Capability of High Tech Firms: A Comparison Between Israel and Ireland"
  Papers in Regional Science 82 (2003): 203-221.
• Love, J H and Roper, S. "Innovation and Export Performance: Evidence from UK and German Manufacturing Plants"
  Research Policy 31 (2002): 1087-1102.
• Roper, S and Love, J H. "Internal versus External R&D: a Study of R&D Cost among Innovating Plants"
  International Journal of the Economics of Business 9 (2002): 239-255.
• Roper, S. "Innovation, Networks and Plant Location; Evidence for Ireland"
  Regional Studies 35 (2001): 215-228.
• Crone, M and Roper, S. "Local Learning and the Supply Chain: Knowledge Transfers from Multi-national Plants"
  Regional Studies 35 (2001): 535-548.
• Roper, S and Hewitt-Dundas, N. "Grant Assistance and Small Firm Development in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland"
  Scottish Journal Of Political Economy 48 (2001): 99-117.
• Love, J H and Roper, S. "Networking and Innovation Success: A Comparison of UK, German and Irish Companies"
  Research Policy 30 (2001): 643-661.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N and Roper, S. "Strategic Re-Engineering - Small Firms Tactics In A Mature Industry"
  Small Business and Enterprise Development 8 (2001): 275-336.
• Love, J H and Roper, S. "Outsourcing in the Innovation Process: Locational and Strategic Determinants"
  Papers in Regional Science 80 (2001): 317-336.
• Roper, S and Frenkel, A. "Different Paths to Success? The Electronics Industry in Israel and Ireland"
  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 18 (2000): 651-665.
• Roper, S, Love, J H, Ashcroft, B and Dunlop, S. "Industry and Location Effects on UK Plants Innovation Propensity"
  Annals of Regional Science 34 (2000): 489-502.
• Roper, S. "Grant Deadweight and Profitability: The Case of Northern Ireland"
  Applied Economics 28 (1999): 499-508.
• Roper, S. "Israels Technology Incubators -Repeatable Success or Costly Failure?"
  Regional Studies 33 (1999): 175-180.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N and Roper, S. "Overcoming Customer Dependency - A Case Study of Small Consumer Food Producers in Northern Ireland"
  International Small Business Journal 17 (1999): 49-65.
• Love, J H and Roper, S. "R&D, Technology Transfer and Networking Effects on Innovation Intensity"
  Review Of Industrial Organization 15 (1999): 43-64.
• Roper, S. "Under-Reporting of R&D in Small Firms: The Impact on International R&D Comparisons"
  Small Business Economics 12 (1999): 131-135.
• Roper, S. "Modelling Small Business Growth and Profitability"
  Small Business Economics 13 (1999): 235-252.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N and Roper, S. "Benchmarking Company Profitability and Growth: Some Measurement Issues for Small Firms in Ireland"
  Economic And Social Review 29 (1998): 201-208.
• Roper, S. "Plant Size and Industry-mix Effects on UK Regional Productivity, Wage Costs and Operating surplus"
  Regional Studies 34 (1998): 295-299.
• Roper, S. "Public Support for Near-Market R&D: The Northern Ireland Experience"
  Regional Studies 32 (1998): 295-299.
• Roper, S. "The Principles of the New Competition: An Empirical Assessment of Irelands Position"
  Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 16 (1998): 363-372.
• Roper, S. "Strategic Choice and Small Business Performance - An Exploratory Analysis"
  Small Business Economics 11 (1998): 11-24.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N, McFerran, B and Roper, S. "Competitor Knowledge Amongst Small Firms"
  International Small Business Journal 15 (1997): 76-83.
• Hewitt-Dundas, N, McFerran, B and Roper, S. "Disparities In Quality Perceptions Between Small Firms and their Customers"
  International Small Business Journal 15 (1997): 64-80.
• Roper, S. "Strategic Initiatives and Small Business Performance: An Exploratory Analysis of Irish Companies"
  Entrepreneurship & Regional Development 9 (1997): 353-364.
• Roper, S. "Product Innovation and Small Business Growth; A Comparison of the Strategies of German, UK and Irish Companies"
  Small Business Economics 9 (1997): 1-17.
• Roper, S. "Manufacturing Productivity in Northern Ireland: A Re-examination"
  Economic And Social Review 26 (1995): 307-314.
• Roper, S and Thanki, R. "Innovation 2000 - Northern Irelands RTD Strategy"
  Regional Studies 29 (1995): 81-86.
• Roper, S, S. Roper and Thanki, R. "Research and Technological Development in Northern Ireland"
  Local Economy 9 (1995): 368-374.
• Roper, S and O'Shea, G. "The Effect of Labour Subsidies in Northern Ireland: 1966-79"
  Scottish Journal Of Political Economy 38 (1991): 273-292.
• Roper S. "Price Quantity Adjustments in the Regional Market for New Housing: The Case of Northern Ireland"
  Papers in Regional Science 69 (1990): 133-152.
• Roper, S and Maguire, M. "Training Policy in Northern Ireland: 1945 1987"
  Administration 37 (1989): 51-64.
• Roper, S. "The Economics of Job Vacancies"
  British Review of Economic Issues 11 (1989): 49-74.
• Roper, S. "Recruitment Methods and Vacancy Duration"
  Scottish Journal Of Political Economy 35 (1988): 51-64.
• Jackman, R and Roper, S. "Structural Unemployment"
  Oxford Bulletin Of Economics And Statistics 49 (1987): 9-36.

Books

• Roper, S. "Entrepreneurship - a global perspective"
  (2012)

Book Chapters

• Grimes, S. and Roper, S.. "Knowledge based competition: implications for sustainable development in rural Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland"
  A living countryside?: the politics of sustainable development in rural Ireland (2009)11: 207-218.
• O'Malley, E., Hewitt-Dundas, N. and Roper, S.. "High growth and innovation with low R&D: Ireland"
  Small country innovation systems: globalization, change and policy in Asia and Europe (2008)5: 196-193.
• Roper S. "Innovation, productivity and growth: an analysis of Irish data"
  Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and the Global Economy (2007): 31-45.
• Roper S. "Innovation Policy: An Effective Way of Reducing Spatial Disparities in Small Nations?"
  Regional Disparities in Small Countries (2005)17: 297-312.
• Roper S. "Research and development centres in less favoured regions : towards an Ex Ante impact assessment"
  Irish Regional Development: A New Agenda (2004)6: 97-124.
• Roper S. "Innovation Policy in Israel, Ireland and the UK: Evolution and Success"
  Public Investment and Regional Economic Development (2001)6: 75-91.
• Roper S. "Innovation and Plant Characteristics of High-Technology Firms in Israel and Ireland"
  Public Investment and Regional Economic Development (2001)8: 109-134.
• Roper S. "Economic Conditions and People's Concerns and Priorities"
  Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The Second Report, 1991-1992 (1992)1
• Roper S. "Some Problems in the Modelling of Small Regions’"
  Advances in Regional Modelling (1990)
• Roper S. "Vocational Training and Young People: A Comparison of the Youth Training Programme and the Youth Training Scheme"
  Public Policy in Northern Ireland: Adoption or Adaption (1990)