All Items on the topic Innovation

1. Innovation Beyond New Inventions (Presentation)
   Tue May 27 2008 | Dr James Bradfield Moody, General Manager, International Development, CSIRO
2. Innovation in Winning Organisations in Australia: Myths and Realities (Report)
   Tue Mar 04 2008 | Professor Graham Hubbard, Professor of Strategic Management, Adelaide University School of Business
   This paper is part of the forthcoming Australian Business Foundation book addressing the human dimension of innovation.
3. New Tools to Map and Manage Innovation Networks (Report)
   Mon Mar 03 2008 | Dr John Steen, Senior Lecturer (Strategy), University of Queensland Business School; Mr Sam Macaulay, PhD Student, University of Queensland & the Australian Research Council Centre for Complex Systems; Mr Tim Kastelle, Lecturer in Innovation Management, University of Queensland Business School
   This paper is part of the forthcoming Australian Business Foundation book addressing the human dimension of innovation.
4. Born To Be Global: A closer look at the international venturing of Australian born global firms (Research)
   Sun Dec 16 2007 | Professor Peter Liesch, Professor of International Business and Leader of the Enterprise and International Business Cluster, University of Queensland Business School; Dr Matthew Steen, Policy Adviser - Tax & competitiveness, NSW Business Chamber; Dr Stuart Middleton, University of Queensland Business School; Dr Jay Weerawardena, University of Queensland Business School

   This report focused on charting the experiences of 18 'born global' firms which ventured overseas shortly after their birth.  In examining their successes and setbacks, the researchers were able to identify some key factors relevant to identifying and satisfying new global opportunities more adeptly, including agility, persistency and the ability to manage a range of business functions and risks simultaneously.

   In analysing the business case studies, certain patterns were discerned about the character and further development of born global firms. While these insights do not constitute a template for business success, they do provide an important set of lessons for enterprises that are export ready or seeking other ways to extend their international reach.

    

5. The Contribution of Services and Other Sectors to Australian Productivity Growth 1980-2004 (Research)
   Nov 2007 | Professor Alan Hughes, Director, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK; Mr Vadim Grinevich, Junior Research Fellow, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK

   This extensive study of 49 sectors in the Australian economy identified two growth periods - a low growth period from 1980 to 1992, then a high growth period from 1992 to 2004.  The acceleration in labour productivity growth in the high growth period can be attributed to the performance of just three service sectors - financial intermediation, wholesale trade and a miscellaneous group encompassing transport, machinery and equipment hire, hotels and catering, R&D, legal, technical and advertising. 

   The productivity dividends came from business transformation  such as enhancing the use of enabling technologies, building management capabilities and capitalising on regulatory reforms, rather than as a result of greater capital investment replacing labour.  These findings, and the constraints to future growth identified by the authors, open the way for consideration of actions to initiate the next generation of productivity surges from Australia.

6. Australian Productivity - policies that work (Presentation)
   Tue May 08 2007 | Dr Ken Carlaw, Associate Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia, University of Waikato
7. Comments on the Productivity Commission's Draft Research Report on Public Support for Science and Innovation (Submission)
   Thu Dec 21 2006 | Australian Business Foundation
   This is the Australian Business Foundation's response to the draft report of the Productivity Commission's Study into Public Support for Science and Innovation
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   The Reality of Innovation Unzipped (Research)
   Nov 2006 | Deloitte; Australian Business Foundation

   This joint venture project between Australian Business Foundation and Deloitte aimed to test the appetite for innovation in middle market firms through a series of focus groups with more than 50 businesses in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 

   The key findings of this collaborative project demonstrate that these businesses have a strong appreciation that they need to continually innovate to survive, and to compete on knowledge and innovation through business transformation, rather than on cost.    

    

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   Australian Innovation in Manufacturing: Results from an international survey (Research)
   Aug 2006 | Professor Mark Dodgson, Director, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, University of Queensland; Dr Peter Innes, University of Queensland
   Professor Mark Dodgson and Dr Peter Innes of the University of Queensland Business School conducted an international comparison survey to guage the nature of innovation in small and medium sized manufacturing firms.  This paper presents the Australian experience compared to the European findings.  Although the survey found that some Australian firms adopted innovation practices for process improvement and cost reduction, overall there was a less strategic approach to innovation for longer term competitive advantage demonstrated by the Australian firms than by their European counterparts.   Australian manufacturing firms risk being unable to compete with international competitors who have transformed their businesses to take advantage of market opportunities.
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    Innovation and the Knowledge Economy in Australia (Research)
    May 2006 | Professor Keith Smith, Chair in Innovation, School of Management, University of Tasmania

    In 2004 Professor Keith Smith researched and reported on how the knowledge economy was creating value in Australian industry, and how companies were innovating to gain a competitive advantage.  His paper The Knowledge Economy in the Australian Context then paved the way for his follow up report in 2005 Promoting Innovation in Australia: Business and Policy Issues in which he looked at the opportunities and challenges facing businesses and governments in fostering innovation to generate business value.