Spotlights

1. Conversations on innovation members only
   Apr 2010

   What are your thoughts on open innovation and the role that social media may - or may not - play in making it a more pervasive aspect of successful business innovation?

2. Australian Innovation System Report 2010
   Apr 2010

   The first in a series of new annual reports takes a hard look at how Australia’s national innovation system is performing.
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3. Conversations on Regional Economic Development members only
   Jan 2010
   Together, the Foundation and our members examine the spatial issues of innovation and economic development, delving deeper into the benefits and burdens of cities and mega regions.
4. Diaspora and the Global Economy members only
   Sep 2009

   How can Australia better leveraging our vast reservoir of ideas, insights, contacts and connections?
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5. Innovation in our city members only
   Sep 2009

   This Spotlight looks at the important and much neglected area of analysis concerning the systems of innovation operating in our major cities and their good governance.
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6. What does sustainability really mean anyway? members only
   Jun 2009

   Richard Bawden takes the spotlight to provide his perspective on this leading edge issue.
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7. Come again? I’d like to buy some competitive advantage members only
   Jun 2009

   John Steen takes the spotlight to provide his perspective on this complex business issue.
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8. Where the Bolly hell are you? members only
   Jun 2009

   Tim Harcourt takes the spotlight to provide the perspective of ‘The Airport Economist’ on the complexities of Indian tourism and Australia.
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9. Are Australian businesses embracing or resisting innovation? members only
   Jun 2009

   John Steen takes the spotlight to provide his perspective on the prevailing mindset which sees innovation as a cost rather than an investment.
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10. The Mystique of Franchising members only
    May 2009

    Tanya van der Wall takes the spotlight to give her perspective on the rise of franchising.
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11. Take a quick peek inside our report on business with China
    May 2009

    This spotlight offers an exclusive preview of the initial findings from the Foundation’s forthcoming research, The China Equation – Australian businesses engaging with China.
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12. The workplace, as well as the laboratory, is a vital innovator
    Apr 2009

    Amid the pre-Budget clamour for increased funding for university research, it is worth pointing out that – from a productivity point of view – Australia does not necessarily need more research.  This is because productivity cannot and does not emerge fully-fledged from the laboratory.

    No amount of R&D spending will, alone, create it - that's the message from Stephen Mills, Chairman of the Australian Business Foundation.