This report presents a detailed statistical update on Australia's information and communication technology trade over the decade to 2001-02. It explores the composition and direction of equipment, content and services trade and discusses trends in the balance of trade in ICTs. It also examines the impact of the recent 'dot.com' crash and subsequent downturn on...

Information and Communication Technology industries are large and rapidly growing, but it is the enabling impact of ICTs across the economy that promises most. This report, written by Professor John Houghton for the Australian Computer Socviety, attempts to quantify the impact of ICTs in Australia.

This report has been prepared for the Coalition for Innovation in Scholarly Communication by Professor John Houghton of the the Centre for Strategic Economics Studies at Victoria University, Melbourne.

This primer is intended as a brief guide to the Knowledge Economy for people in business and government who need a succinct summary of its major features and implications. It has been prepared by Professors John Houghton and Peter Sheehan of Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Economic Research (CSES), who have drawn on research undertaken...