Where Does Innovation Come From?

• Sacred Cows and Silver Bullets: is big R&D attraction a misguided policy? (Opinion)
  Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
  As R&D investment by major companies overseas becomes increasingly globally "footloose", David Forman argues that the current emphasis on attracting R&D in Australia may be misguided.
• The view from the R&D coalface (Opinion)
  Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
  Before the boffins and propeller heads can enjoy the pleasure and the purity of discovering new knowledge, they have to cope with the grubby business of scraping together some funding. Some personal insights into how the giant corporate labs work, and some alternatives.
• Biotech: big business for Australia? (Opinion)
  Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
  In the US and parts of Europe, the biotech revolution has been taking place for some years. But what could it mean for the lives of ordinary Australians?
• The beginning of breakthroughs: do breakthroughs come from large or small business? (Opinion)
  Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
  We know monopolies are motivated by money, and sometines that money gets spent on the pursuit of new knowledge. The question is, are the big guys better at breakthroughs than the small start-ups?