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More debt to buy more Chinese-made plasma TVs won't tackle the underlying causes of the Global Financial Crisis. The ABC's Quentin Dempster reports AIRC Director Jonathan West's comments at the NSW Jobs Summit.

Developing An Innovation Strategy for Tasmania

Rationale and key phases in developing an innovation strategy for Tasmania.

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FTC Announces First in Series of Hearings on Evolving Intellectual Property Marketplace

Climate Change and Technology Challenges

Promoting radical innovation in conditions of lock-in.

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AIRC Submission to Federal Government's Review of National Innovation System.

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2020 Summit

AIRC Director Jonathan West attended the Summit and was asked to contribute one 'big idea' in 100 words; he offered four in 700.

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Designing a Policy Agenda for the The Bioeconomy to 2030

Publication of the OECD's final report on the two-year project is anticipated in mid-2008.

Innovation Reform in Australia - A Framework for Analysis

AIRC paper to the National Innovation Agenda, January 2007

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Review of Australia's Innovation System

The review panel will report by the end of July 2008.

Innovation policy and sectoral innovation systems

Developing innovation policy using a sectoral innovation systems approach Read More...

Australia's Innovation Challenges; the key policy issues

Submission to the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Keith Smith & Jonathan West, 2005.

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Two Views of Innovation, Colliding in Washington

US Congress reshaping the contours of innovation and entrepreneurshi.

New Direction for Innovation, Competitiveness and Productivity

ALP Policy - New Directions paper.

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NSW Government Statement on Innovation

New direction for NSW.

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A Strategy to Accelerate Innovation in NSW by Professor Jonathan West

Professor West's outline for Policy Development.

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Toward an innovation strategy for Tasmania

The AIRC is undertaking a major project to design an innovation strategy for Tasmania. Please contact the centre to discuss opportunities for information sharing, dialogue and partnering.

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Research

Tasmanian Innovation Census 2010

The AIRC is conducting a second innovation survey of Tasmanian businesses. The study explores how Tasmanian firms innovate and invest in new technologies. The survey began on September 3 and is expected to be completed by early December 2010. Download File

Innovation in Burnie

The latest report arising from the Tasmanian Innovation Census data - "Structure, Business Demographics and Innovation in Burnie" - is now available. Download File

Structure, Business Demographics and Innovation in Tasmanian Manufacturing

Firm-level data from the Tasmanian Innovation Census is applied to the Tasmanian manufacturing sector. Download File

Technical and Methodological Issues in the Tasmanian Innovation Census

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Results from the Tasmanian Innovation Census

First results from an Innovation Census of all Tasmanian Firms with 5 or more employees

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UK Innovation Survey

Persistence and change in UK innovation 2002-2006 Read More...

Neglected innovators

How do firms that do not perform R&D innovate?
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Innovation Growth and Policy in Low/Med Tech Industries

A review of recent research (as at 2007).

A regional economy: A case study of Tasmania

Productivity is mentioned 385 times in a 334 page report by BITRE.

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Innovation and Public Policy: The Challenge of an Emerging Paradigm

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Pragmatist and neo-classical policy paradigms in public service: which is the better template for program design?

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Dilemmas of Policy Innovation in the Public Sector: A Case Study of the National Innovation Summit

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Regional Innovation Assessment in "Mid-Michigan"

Influence of innovation assets, networks and culture on performance in 13 counties in Michigan. Read More...

Are Australian jobs becoming more skill-intensive?

Early results of a longer term study of Household Income and Labour Dynamics Australia data. Download File

Promoting regions in a globalised economy - case studies from Sweden

Presentation on studies of the Robot Valley and Triple Steelix cases, by Prof Staffan Laestadius. Download File

Non-R&D intensive innovation

The PILOT project completed in 2006 studied the contribution of non-R&D intensive innovation to industries in eleven countries Read More...

Innovation and local economic and social development

AIRC presentation to Northern Tasmanian councils Download File

Transformers

How local areas innovate to address changing social needs

Social Innovation Exchange (SIX)

A global network of networks, resources and ideas for social innovation Read More...

Are middle managers innovation bottlenecks?

McKinsey research finds that, in some organizations, managers who are most frequently sought out for advice on new concepts often have the most negative attitudes towards innovation—partly because they have difficulty balancing new ideas with current priorities. Read More...

Biotechnology and the Global Financial Crisis

Can biotechnology save us from the economic crisis? Hear US analyst Juan Enriquez outline a possible future.

Innovative Hotel

How hotels are getting their potential customers to help design an innovative hotel.

Leadership and innovation in the book trade

Ray Tilley's contribution to innovation in the local, national and international book trade.

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Innovation and persistence

It took over 20 years to achieve the International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) system. Birchalls was also the first 'self-service' book store in Australia.

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The impact of venture capital

The economic importance of venture capital backed companies to the U.S. economy.

Innovative Hotel Design

Starwood Hotels are due to launch their real life aloft hotel brand this year (2008) following their virtual existence online over the last couple of years.

Tasmania Island of Innovation

Check out the latest from the small island with BIG IDEAS.

Understanding Regional Start-up Success: A Lily Not Yet Gilded

An evolutionary process that is consistent with the primary domains of evolutionary theorising, namely ecology and biology.

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The Entrepreneur's Way of Life: Footprints that Talk

Hic et nunc learning framework.

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Enterprise Skill Development in University Graduates

How might enterprise skills be developed in Higher Education?