I am an approved ONS researcher and is currently working at the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC) at Warwick Business School. Prior to joining WBS in February 2026, I worked as a Research Fellow at Aston Business School, Birmingham. I have over 12 years of research experience and a strong interest in policy-oriented research related to innovation, firm growth, and the effectiveness of business support policies in capability accumulation of firms.

At Aston, I worked on projects examining business dynamism in the UK using the Business Structure Database (BSD), patent collaboration among firms in green and digital technologies, and the role of regional knowledge and skills in attracting Foreign Direct Investment to the UK. For my PhD thesis, which is nearing completion at Maastricht University, the Netherlands, I employed econometric methods, advanced causal inference techniques, and machine learning approaches to study innovation and firm growth dynamics.

In my previous roles, I have contributed to several research projects, including the Comprehensive Innovation for Sustainable Development (CI4SD) project at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, which focused on firms’ green and digital capabilities and their resilience to shocks, and the Kerala and World Economy project at the Centre for Development Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, which examined the impact of technology adoption on firms’ export behaviour. I have also tutored courses on the Economics of Innovation and Advanced Methods for Policy-Relevant Research at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University.

I am very passionate about applying data science tools to economics and social science research using Python, R, and Stata. If you need help organising your project with an efficient data management structure — from raw data files to clean outputs, including scripts, cleaned datasets, documentation, and README files — please feel free to get in touch by filling out the contact form or sending an email toGeorge.P.Paily@wbs.ac.uk.