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November 2005

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  • Annual General Meeting Forum: Is Australia Prosperous? (Report)
    Wed Nov 23 2005 | Dr Matthew Steen, Senior Policy Adviser , Leader of the Opposition, Hon Tony Abbott MP
  • National Innovation Systems: Finland, Sweden & Australia Compared (Research)
    Nov 2005 | Professor Göran Roos, Chairman, VTT International; Intellectual Capital Services Ltd
    Nations need national innovation systems to foster an infrastructure of linkages or networks among firms, universties and governments to gain competitive advantage.  By understanding the strides taken in Finland and Sweden, two showcases for development of national innovation systems, Australian firms and governments can identify what lessons might be applied in improving Australia's national innovation system.   
  • Success Factors in Australian Industries: Levers for Fostering & Sustaining Growth Industries (Research)
    Nov 2005 | Australian Stock Exchange Ltd; Colin Ramsay, The Australian Stock Exchange; Robert Bladier, The Australian Stock Exchange

    In 2005, the Australian Business Foundation and Australian Stock Exchange Limited teamed up to revisit earlier research into three critical industries - wine, mining and listed property trusts.  These industries were selected because each had transformed from being modestly successful and domestically based, to being world class, globally competitive and export based. 

    The aim of this study, conducted by Robert Bladier and Colin Ramsay, was to develop a synthesis of the earlier learnings to formulate some necessary ingredients that must be present or steps that must be taken for successful industry development. Understanding these critical levers that can transform an industry enables investors and investment markets to properly assess the characteristics of the industry which will attract capital investment. 

  • De-Mystifying Innovation - Key Point Summary (Resource)
    Thu Nov 03 2005 | Dr Matthew Steen, Senior Policy Adviser , Leader of the Opposition, Hon Tony Abbott MP
    Innovation is a non-linear, collaborative and uncertain process; it is not merely the commercialization of science and technology.  Innovation is evident in low-tech industries, as well as in the high-tech, frontier industries.