Tag: John Howard

SERD and the RDTI: A match that still needs work

Posted on   |  by Kris Gale
Earlier this month, InnovationAus published an excellent article by Dr John H. Howard entitled, SERD’s unanswered questions on business incentives. The article looked at three areas of concern regarding...

Strong on research, weak on innovation: Assessing SERD

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
The Terms of Reference for the Strategic Examination of R&D sought an examination of Australia’s “research and development system.” However the report, Ambitious Australia, presents itself as a reform...

How Joe Hockey sold a tech wreck to Cabinet

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Before Joe Hockey’s access card project spectacularly blew up he was able to convince Cabinet colleagues with a promise to deliver the Howard government its services white whale. Cabinet...

Atoms and algorithms: Building our innovation infrastructure

Posted on   |  by Dr John Howard and Prof Cori Stewart
For decades, Australian innovation policy discourse has been organised around the valley of death, the gap where good ideas fail to become commercial products. This model, born in an...

Sydney’s innovation network: Coordinating precincts

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
As innovation assumes centre stage in national economic strategy, the governance of knowledge-intensive ecosystems has emerged as a critical policy challenge. This is particularly the case with Sydney’s Tech...

The Productivity Commission is wrong, again

Posted on   |  by Dr John H Howard
In application, industrial policy reflects a complex interplay between national economic policy, international competitiveness policy and international competition policy. Industrial policy cannot be dismissed with glib assertions about the...