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Tilting at windmills: Seeking competitive advantage in turbines
Dr John H Howard , 3 May 2024, First published in InnovationAus.com , 2 May 2024 Australia’s leaders would like Australia to be a...

Dr John H Howard
May 3, 20247 min read
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To the Inaugural Chair of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission
Congratulations! You have exquisitely complex and sensitive role. The Accord is but a limited overture; you must score the entire symphony.
Dr Craig Fowler
May 1, 20247 min read
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Why business investment in R&D is faltering
Faltering business expenditure on R&D is a major factor in Australia’s poor innovation performance. Today in our editorial series –...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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Why Business R&D Has Been Faltering
John H. Howard, edited by Peter Roberts, 22 April 2024 Between 1981 and 1995, Australian businesses made steady progress in increasing...
Peter Roberts
Apr 30, 20245 min read
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Rhetoric and reality in technology visions
Technology visions serve as critical drivers of innovation and progress, but they are fraught with complexities, ethical dilemmas

Dr John H Howard
Apr 29, 20245 min read
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Towards 3% R&D – Boosting industry and research collaboration
Our Business Expenditure on R&D has always lagged behind where we should be as an advanced economy. Governments can help in several ways.

Dr John H Howard
Apr 24, 20244 min read
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Towards 3% R&D – the role of industry policy
Emeritus Professor Roy Green, 24 April 2024 Today in AuManufacturing's editorial series – Towards 3% R&D – Turbocharging Australia’s...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 24, 20247 min read
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The Productivity Commission is well past its sell-by date Â
It is high time to trash the tired old trope that ‘governments can’t pick winners’ and look to what governments can do and achieve
Professor Mark Dodgson
Apr 23, 20245 min read
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Towards 3%: Turbocharging Australia's Innovation Effort: The Statistics Do Not Lie
In 1981, Australia spent 0.90% of its GDP on R&D—the lowest among its major trading partners (Japan, Korea, the UK, USA, China, and Taiwan).

Dr John H Howard
Apr 22, 20246 min read
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Building Greater Sustainability & Inclusion in Developing Economy Innovation Systems
Innovation support is a growing component of the programs of international development agencies and foundations. The paper Transforming...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 19, 20243 min read
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There’s nothing wrong with picking winners—just not too many losers
Dr John H Howard April 16, 2024* Global corporations and new technology investors pick winners all the time. But the ones who are good...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 15, 20245 min read
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Calling all bridge-builders
Narelle Kennedy, The Kennedy Company April 12, 2024 Australia's industry policy is at a tipping point. From decades of minimalist...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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Industry policy can’t wait for Productivity Commission revamp
7 April, 2014 Sandy Plunkett, Realpolitech It is just five weeks until federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivers his third budget in what...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 12, 20247 min read
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Towards 3% R&D – why is Australia’s national R&D effort falling?
Peter Roberts, 11 April 2024 Today in @AuManufacturing's editorial series – Towards 3% – turbocharging our national innovation effort –...
Peter Roberts
Apr 11, 20244 min read
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Towards 3% R&D – the statistics tell us national innovation is faltering
Peter Roberts, 10 April 2024 Launching @AuManufacturing news's new editorial series - Towards 3% - turbocharging our national innovation...
Peter Roberts
Apr 10, 20244 min read
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Australia’s national R&D effort is faltering – call for contributions from readers for our new editorial series
By Peter Roberts 10 April 2024 @AuManufacturing News and Media is one of many voices concerned at a precipitous fall in national R&D...
Peter Roberts
Apr 10, 20242 min read
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Innovation ecosystems require "systems integrators"
John Howard, April 10, 2024 There is strong policy interest in nurturing and growing innovation ecosystems as “sets of interacting...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 10, 20243 min read
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From Transformation to Disruption in the Higher Education Industry
4 April 2024 The Australian Universities Accord is a welcome contribution to the development of policy in higher education teaching and...

Dr John H Howard
Apr 4, 20244 min read
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Technical skills are not enough for sustained innovation
30 November 2022 Technology-oriented businesses, be they startups, high-growth, or mature, require a mix of skills to succeed and...

Dr John H Howard
Mar 27, 20244 min read
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Australia’s frontier economy culture threatens opportunity and growth
November 22, 2022 John Menadue has written two insightful articles on the $530 billion infrastructure scandal . The documented account...

Dr John H Howard
Mar 27, 20245 min read
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