The paper reports preliminary findings from research into Australia's design infrastructure. Design infrastructure … aspect of the innovation and knowledge processes central to national and local economic and social development. …The research indicated that there exist significant weaknesses in Australia's design infrastructure. By implication and …

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study is concerned with change in the factors that drive and support innovation, focusing on the … framework that recognises both the strongly systemic nature of innovation and the inexorable processes of transformation in an … increasingly international competitive context. It brings together sectoral innovation system approaches and frameworks for …

. The BRITE Survey was undertaken in 2004 and it is the largest construction innovation survey ever conducted in Australia …The dominant economic paradigm currently guiding industry policy making in Australia and much of the rest of the world … is the neoclassical approach. Although neoclassical theories acknowledge that growth is driven by innovation, such …

Sydney's ITT sector: Northern Sydney as 'Australia's silicon valley'?', Australian Geographer, Vol. 36, pp.145-169) that … critically examines the claim that the Northern Sydney region is Australia's Silicon Valley. Examination of this industry … creativity and innovation are revealed. …

This paper examines the integration of the human and technological aspects of innovation management by modelling the … innovation stimulus – innovation capacity relationship in determining innovation performance. The research framework developed in … between innovation stimulus and innovation capacity and between innovation capacity and innovation performance are significant …

In pursuing sustainable competitive advantage, firms undertake a range of strategic initiatives such as innovation … interaction of two or more strategies. This study explores the interaction between two strategies, innovation and market … orientation, and identifies key components of the market orientation construct as antecedent factors of the innovation performance …

As the dynamics of innovation systems vary greatly between industries, policy-makers need to find specific critical … illustrate how a policy-relevant analytical template can both analyze innovation and suggest areas for effective innovation … deconstructs a highly complex system to show its capacity to be a driver in innovation in a wide variety of industrial and service …

contrasted the factors in ten Distribution Centres in Australia and in Singapore that affected the use of continuous innovation …This study explores the concept and practical implementation of continuous innovation in logistics services …, particularly Distribution Centres. Continuous innovation is a concept that requires a methodical, programmed, incremental and …

resource and information limitations by becoming a part of a knowledge network. This paper seeks to examine innovation networks … businesses to learn, adapt to technological change, and innovate. Design/methodology/approach ? To study the innovation networks … analysis of the extent of innovation linkages within the biotech clusters in Sydney and ICT cluster within Melbourne. Research …