Innovation 

Contact list for managers in the Innovation Division

A study of the impact of the Australian Government's R&D tax Concession on 116 firms that are current or past participants in the program.

Information on the Innovation Investment Fund

A report of a study undertaken to assess the role of and benefits created by intermediaries in the Australian innovation system.

This paper, released in April 2006, builds on previous innovation analysis by the Department and the ABS. It presents the results of an econometric investigation into innovation novelty, collaboration and related characteristics in Australian business.

A survey investigating behavioural additionality effects of the R&D Tax Concession program.

The Department collaborated with the ABS to produce a detailed, policy relevant analysis of the data collected in the 2003 Innovation Survey.

Part of a series of occasional papers to encourage debate on issues relating to emerging industries and technologies.

A survey of business angel investors and networks in Australia

Describes the work of the National Nanotechnology Strategy Taskforce in developing options for a coordinated national nanotechnology strategy.

Links to websites within the Department and to other federal and state and territory government agencies involved in innovation policy.

A summary of the 2005 report on the impact that the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program has on participating firms in terms of developing knowledge-based skills and innovation capability.

A study, released in February 2005, of a small number of selected participants in the R&D Start and Biotechnology Innovation Fund programs.

the 2008 evaluation of the COMET program

A study of R&D expenditure variation based on longitudinal data from R&D Tax Concession firms that performed R&D continuously for more than ten years.

The Research & Development Tax Concession (R&D Tax Concession) is the Australian Government's main incentive to increase industry research and development (R&D). It is an ongoing program that is broad based, market-driven and non industry specific.

An evaluation of the two new elements of the R&D Tax Concession after three years of operation.

This 2007 study investigates the concept of Absorptive Capacity and assesses its importance to the National Innovation System.

The Australian Government's innovation ten year innovation agenda

Information on the project to advance innovation within and by the public sector

Innovation is a major driver of commercial and economic growth and Intellectual Property (IP) protection is an essential requirement for pharmaceutical companies to be able to fund investment in research and development.

The National Survey of Research Commercialisation is a survey of Australian publicly funded research organisations designed to record activity levels against a range of direct and indirect indicators of commercialisation undertakings and outcomes.

This 2008 paper reviews a major research project conducted within the European Union's PILOT (Policy and Innovation in Low Tech) framework. It gives an overview of the structure, content, and results of the PILOT project, and its implications for Australia.

This page provides information about the MAC Project's use of Twitter.

Information n the Commercialisation Australia initiative

Report on the factors contributing to changes in Australia's R&D effort. Report released in 2005

The aim of this project was to fill gaps in our knowledge of how Australian firms innovate in ways that are not generally related to R&D, and what barriers might exist that hinder these forms of innovation.

The most recent data available on a range of Australian innovation performance indicators

Commonwealth State and Territory Advisory Council on Innovation (CSTACI)

Framework of Principles for Innovation Initiatives

Corodination Committee on Innovation

The Innovation Metrics Framework provides government officers with consistent guidelines for innovation measurement, programme data collection and analysis that are relevant to Australia’s needs and that reflect current best practice.

The Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research made a submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Raising the Level of Productivity Growth in the Australian Economy in September 2009.

Innovation is essential to productivity growth. Innovation does not just happen. It will involve decisions made in both private sector and government sectors to invest time, effort and money in exploring new ideas.

It is important to recognise that innovation and productivity improvements are primarily about change in individual businesses and government enterprises.

Results from multi-country macroeconomic studies on the economic effects of R&D on productivity.

Economic research has established that R&D is one of the key drivers of long run increases in productivity.

The large number of small and medium enterprises in the economy makes it vital that Australia has highly innovative small firms and economic systems that facilitate productivity improvements.

Several studies have shown the importance of strong economic fundamentals in fostering productivity and economic growth in Australia over recent decades.

If Australia is to improve its productivity, the nation needs to perform more proactive innovation to overcome challenges relating to our industry structure and isolation.

2009–10 Budget and other measures to support productivity through innovation

This report is the Australian Government’s first in a new annual series on the performance of Australia’s national innovation system