This report focuses on the relationship between the management of new technology and productivity, in particular, the extent of education and training in the West Midlands that might support managers in the region to better lever the potential productivity gains of this new technology.

By any measure, the housing market is a major sector within the Australian economy. This report finds that across the whole of government, and different orders of government, there needs to be an integrated housing market strategy to deliver more Australian homes and more sustainable house price appreciation.

The new small and medium sized businesses that are a by-product of this corporate restructuring use spatial networks instead of hierarchy (e.g. vertical and horizontal integration) to address agency problems and reduce transaction costs.