All Items on the topic Knowledge Economy

1. Decade of Discovery Dinner (Presentation)
   Thu Nov 15 2007 | Professor Michael Enright, Director, Enright, Scott & Associates and Professor of Business Administration, University of Hong Kong
   Uniquely positioned to contrast business in the East and West, Professor Enright treated the audience to insights into the future of business in Asia, and where Australia may fit into the jigsaw puzzle.
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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.

3. Innovation in Traditional Industries (Presentation)
   Tue May 09 2006 | Professor Keith Smith, Chair in Innovation, School of Management, University of Tasmania
   The extent of innovation in traditional industries surprises business leaders and policy makers alike.
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   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. 

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   Commercialising Australian Biotechnology (Research)
   May 2004 | Professor Michael Vitale, Australian Graduate School of Management

   Australian Business Foundation commissioned this research to uncover some of the reasons why there were so few success stories in commercialising biotechnology research despite the depth of research in the field and the government policies in place to encourage the development of a viable and globally competitive industry sector. 

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   Knowledge Economy Opportunities for Australian Firms in the Asia Pacific Region (Research)
   Feb 2004 | Dr Lyndal Thorburn, Viria Pty Ltd; Dr John Langdale, Macquarie University

   This briefing paper was produced for the Australian Business Foundation to stimulate debate and to explore options for engagement in the Asia-Pacific region.  Through a series of industry case studies, this paper demonstrates that there are untapped opportunities for Australian business in high growth knowledge intensive industries in the Asia Pacific region.  Although traditional commodity industries have contributed significantly to exports, the future lies in competing on superior knowledge and skills.  Within these industries there are hidden strengths that could be capitalised on, ie, adding valuable services to traditional products to provide customised solutions and adopting more sophisticated sales and marketing techniques.

   With a few exceptions, SMEs are lagging behind their competitors in adopting knowledge management approaches to capture their share of the export dollar in this rapidly growing regional economy.  These businesses would be better served by government policy which supports the potential for Australian businesses to tap into global production chains through better knowledge management processes and capabilities, rather than focusing on information and communications technology hardware and infrastructure. 

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   Knowledge Management in the New Business Environment (Research)
   Jul 2003 | Dr Richard Hall, Australian Centre for Industrial Relations Research & Training (ACIRRT) of the University of Sydney

   Managing knowledge is a key tool of trade for every business no matter how small or large.  But how do organisations use knowledge to gain a competitive advantage, and how canknowledge be managed anyway?  Through case studies, this report identified a number of ways that successful organisations are managing knowledge, not merely through the use of IT systems, but through building stronger relationships and knowledge flows among key staff and between ket staff and suppliers, customers and other clients. 

   Effective knowledge management is predicated on a workplace culture that fosters knowledge sharing and problem solving, a high degree of trust and mutual support and a commitment to individual and organisational learning.

8. The Bob McMullan interview (Interview)
   Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
   In the first of a series, David Forman interviews Federal Shadow Minister Bob McMullan on his views about the "knowledge nation".
9. The information election: Labor stakes out its ground (Discussion)
   Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
   According to David Forman, you can expect to hear a lot about the "knowledge nation" from the Labor Party over the next year. It's the successor to the "clever country" slogan of the past decade. How will the information economy affect the next election? Will the Internet be recognised as a platform for economic and social wellbeing?
10. Australia's place in the new information economy (Opinion)
    Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
    Australia has the potential to be the world's ideas factory - if only it would tool up.