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Research & Knowledge

The Australian Business Foundation offers a programme of Research Fellowships to support scholarship and investigation into key emerging issues that are likely to impact on Australia's business capabilities, global competitiveness and sustained prosperity.  Read more ...

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Research in Progress

  • Trade and Productivity Study
    A study led by Professor Christopher Findlay and colleagues of the University of Adelaide. This study explores the participation of Australian firms in international trade and innovation behaviour and their links with business productivity.
  • Australia's Future Cities
    George Bougias, Economist; Dr Anand Kulkarni, Economist
    This study will explore the contribution of cities to economic growth, quality of life and prosperity in 21st Century Australia.
  • Green Chrysalis: Innovation Towards Australia’s New Economy

    Research on the processes driving innovative business activity in response to the new operating conditions and opportunities of the ‘green economy’. This study is being undertaken by the UTS Institute for Sustainable Futures and led by Professor Stuart White.

Recently Published Research

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    Urban Informatics
    Mar 2012 | Associate Professor Marcus Foth, Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation , Queensland University of Technology

    The inaugural research fellowship was sponsored by the Aurora Foundation.

    The fellowship paper explores the concept of urban informatics, which covers how knowledge is used and shared across the urban landscape via digital technologies. Urban informatics focuses on the intersection of people, places and technology, and the resulting implications for creativity, innovation and engagement.

    The paper looks at findings from this field and how cultural and creative institutions (such as galleries, libraries, archives and museums) can leverage these new developments to create greater opportunities for knowledge democratisation, individual and community engagement, and innovation for creative industries and practices.

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    Business Model Innovation
    Jan 2012 | Don Scott-Kemmis
    A study by Don Scott-Kemmis at Australian Centre for Innovation, University of Sydney examining the characteristics of business model innovation illustrated by Australian business case studies.