All Items on the topics Innovation & Public Policy Imperatives
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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 TasmaniaIn 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.
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National Innovation Systems: Finland, Sweden & Australia Compared (Research)
Nov 2005 | Professor Göran Roos, Chairman, VTT International; Intellectual Capital Services LtdNations 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 ExchangeIn 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.