Innovation is key to boosting Australia’s productivity and inclusiveness. This paper examines the policies that create … good conditions for innovation, not only in science and technology but also wider forms, such as business-model innovation …’s numerous innovation-related SME support schemes are uncertain. Federal and state governments are taking a positive approach to …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …

This paper looks at how digitalisation is transforming innovation, and the consequent need for innovation policies to … change innovation dynamics. Data have become a core input for innovation. Other changes include more opportunities for … versioning; an acceleration in innovation, more experimentation and collaboration; servitisation; and higher risk associated with …