Canada’s innovation problem stems from an outdated research and development model. It is time to redesign the research department to include more social scientists and fewer technocrats.
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To improve firm performance and promote fiscal economic growth, corporations should strengthen and implement an innovation strategy.
If post-secondary institutions want to continue to play a key role in innovation and entrepreneurship, they must transform for the better.
Innovation is all the rage, but it require real reform to promote. Here are five things we could do to improve innovation in Australia.
In the lead up to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s much anticipated innovation statement, Anthony Arundel highlights the need for the business sector to widen its perspective on innovation.
Research in the humanities, arts and social sciences is often driven by philosophies of social justice and public benefit, which don’t always sit comfortably with commercialisation.
Some large multinational firms have been very successful in positioning themselves at strategic points in global markets that enable them to capture the profits from the innovation of others.
A collaboration between research and industry has produced a promising new drug that could transform many childrens’ lives. It’s also a case study in innovation done right.
Publicly-funded research should contribute to society in some way. But we need to think carefully about how we create a system that allows us to measure the impact of research.
Innovation precincts are great, but what Australia really needs is a creative space that brings thinkers and doers together to help spark start-ups.
More than 60 Australian government reports have identified direction, planning and leadership as keys to creating an innovative nation. Here’s five things other countries have done to lead the way.
Innovation is a core objective of China’s next Five-Year Plan, so will Australia follow suit and put innovation rhetoric into innovative action?
Since becoming prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull has been talking about the importance of innovation. This is what he’s referring to.
Through creating entrepreneurs and boosting global collaboration, science has the potential to drive economic growth and innovation – if only the government would properly fund it.
An emphasis on innovation is great, but we need genuine reforms to universities and tax incentives if we’re to promote collaboration between research and industry.
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Emeritus Professor & UTS innovation adviser, University of Technology Sydney
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Academic Director, Murdoch University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Adjunct Professor, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Human (Clinical) Genetics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Innovation, Australian Innovation Research Centre, University of Tasmania
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Senior Research Fellow, Australian Innovation Research Centre, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Professor in Biotechnology, Monash University
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Executive Manager, Planning & Performance, CSIRO
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Adjunct research fellow, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Business and Management & Assistant Dean, Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Business Development, Monash University
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Professor, Director, Griffith Inclusive Futures, Griffith University, Griffith University
