This paper explores patterns of firm birth, growth and death, for cohorts of New Zealand firms born between 2002 and 2015, and examines the role of selection for explaining those patterns.

Based on insights from roundtable participants and research by the authors, this report provides analysis and makes recommendations for the IRS and tax agencies around the world to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve customer service and education, compliance and enforcement, and risk management—and to do so while mitigating risk and building trust through the...

This report from the Centre for Future Work shows that, in reality, self-employment is not growing inexorably — in fact, in most countries (including Australia) it is declining.

This report looks at the barriers Australian businesses face when engaging with research entities to develop and commercialise innovative ideas.

This paper presents findings from a scoping study into the potential for policy interventions that can both boost small business productivity and contribute to net-zero. The paper looks at the evidence on the case for supporting small-medium enterprises (SMEs) to take action on net zero, the challenges for policy interventions, and the role for experimentation.