The report identifies that the strongest performance results are achieved by businesses that innovate repeatedly. They outperform other businesses in terms of sales, value added, employment and profit growth. Compared with non-innovative businesses, innovative businesses have reported: 3 times more jobs/positions 1.4 times more income from sales of goods and services 1.4 times higher profitability...

The Global Innovation Strategy will improve Australia’s international innovation and science collaboration by aligning existing and new initiatives with the desired outcomes under the National Innovation and Science Agenda. The strategy addresses known vulnerabilities and challenges through international collaboration and startup support and shifts engagement towards multi-partner collaborative projects. The strategy leverages and builds on...

The Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre project entitled 'Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for flood-prone buildings' (BNHCRC, 2016) is examining opportunities for reducing the vulnerability of new and existing Australian residential buildings.

The Internet has transformed our lives, from the way we work to the way we access entertainment. In many countries, it has become almost ubiquitous and soon a majority of the world’s population will be connected. Along with Australia’s free trade agreements, the Internet has broken down barriers to entry, making it easier than ever...

Organisational capital refers broadly to internal practices, processes and systems that enable firms to generate value. This paper presents an updated experimental estimate of organisational capital in the Australian market sector, derived using the standard expenditure approach for measuring intangible capital. We find that business investment in organisational capital in Australia is significant and fast...