The Industrial Graduation Test
Four evidence tests examine whether growth capital addresses a genuine financing gap, creates new manufacturing capability and leaves a commercially durable result.
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Usable methods to test investment, industrial structure and public-policy choices.
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Appraisal & verification
The analysis below sets out the evidence and its limits.
Decision method
The Industrial Graduation Test · appraisal and subsequent review.
Four evidence tests examine whether growth capital addresses a genuine financing gap, creates new manufacturing capability and leaves a commercially durable result.
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