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Research & Knowledge

The Australian Business Foundation offers a programme of Research Fellowships to support scholarship and investigation into key emerging issues that are likely to impact on Australia's business capabilities, global competitiveness and sustained prosperity.  Read more ...

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Research in Progress

  • Trade and Productivity Study
    A study led by Professor Christopher Findlay and colleagues of the University of Adelaide. This study explores the participation of Australian firms in international trade and innovation behaviour and their links with business productivity.
  • Australia's Future Cities
    George Bougias, Economist; Dr Anand Kulkarni, Economist
    This study will explore the contribution of cities to economic growth, quality of life and prosperity in 21st Century Australia.
  • Business Model Innovation
    Don Scott-Kemmis, ANU National Graduate School of Management
    A study by Don Scott-Kemmis at Australian Centre for Innovation, University of Sydney examining the characteristics of business model innovation illustrated by Australian business case studies.
  • Green Chrysalis: Innovation Towards Australia’s New Economy

    Research on the processes driving innovative business activity in response to the new operating conditions and opportunities of the ‘green economy’. This study is being undertaken by the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures and led by Professor Stuart White.

Recently Published Research

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    Strategic Serendipity
    Sep 2011

    What drives successful industry clustering in Australia, and specifically the northern Sydney region? 

    This project undertaken by Macquarie Graduate School of Management, University of Technology Sydney and Bugseye in collaboration with The Department of State and Regional Development (now part of Industry & Investment NSW) and the Australian Business Foundation.

    The results are intended to contribute to Australian government planning and policy by providing an account of the attractors for businesses to a region, and of the opportunities for growth and the sustainable development of regions through clustering activities.

  • The BERD in the hand: supporting Business Investment in Research and Development cover
    The BERD in the hand: supporting Business Investment in Research and Development
    May 2011 | Dr Nicholas Gruen, Lateral Economics
    The Australian Business Foundation is pleased to present an insightful study of the new proposed legislation for Research and Development tax concessions by Dr Nicholas Gruen, CEO of Lateral Economics.