All Items on the topic 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 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.

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   National Innovation Systems: Finland, Sweden & Australia Compared (Research)
   Nov 2005 | Professor Göran Roos, Founder, Intellectual Capital Services Ltd; Intellectual Capital Services Ltd
   Nations 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.   
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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. 

5. Bandwidth: an industry policy issue (Opinion)
   Mon Jan 01 2001 | David Forman
   How long before Australia's lack of broad bandwidth becomes a big enough issue for Government intervention?
6. 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".
7. 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?
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   The High Road or the Low Road: Alternatives for Australia's Future (Research)
   Aug 1997 | Professor Jane Marceau; Derek Sicklen; Dr Karen Manley, Australian Expert Group on Industry Studies, University of Western Sydney