Reports and Studies 

This area contains reports, papers, and studies relevent to innovation and innovation policy.

The Australian Government's 10-year innovation agenda

• Powering Ideas 

Reports and studies concerning the Research and Development Tax Concession program

• Absorbing Innovation by Australia Enterprises: The Role of Absorptive Capacity  
  A 2007 report investigating the concept of 'absorptive capacity' and assessing its importance to the National Innovation System.
• A Study of Government Expenditure by Sector and Technology
  A 2000 study examining how R&D and innovation support is deployed across industries; research fields and technologies; and across socio-economic objectives, and the implications for emerging areas of economic activity.
• High Variation in R&D Expenditure by Australian Firms 
  A 2007 study of companies who had a continuous 10 year history of registering for the R&D Tax Concession, looking at company R&D expenditure patterns over the the period the R&D Tax Concession was claimed.
• How Research and Development assistance influences company behaviour 
  A 2007 survey investigating behavioural additionality effects of the R&D Tax Concession program.
• Research and Development evidence from firm intervews
  A 2005 study into changing Research and Development  trends in Australia.
• Research and Development Tax Concession impact on the firm 
  A 2005 study on the impact that the R&D Tax Concession had on individual firms.
• Research and Development Tax Concession new elements evaluation
  A 2007 evaluation of the R&D Tax Concession, focused on the features of the R&D Tax Concession that were introduced in 2001.

Other reports and studies

• Australian Innovation System Report 
  An annual series of reports on the performance of Australia’s national innovation system
• Business Angel Survey  
  A 2006 survey on business angel investors and business angel networks in Australia.
• Collaboration and Innovation Novelty
  A 2006 paper presenting the results of an econometric investigation into innovation novelty, collaboration and related characteristics in Australian business.
• Embracing Change: Case Studies on how Australian Firms use Incremental Innovation to Support Growth  
  A 2003 report focused on gradual (incremental) business change and improvement by examining how Australian firms innovate in ways that are not related to R&D and barriers to these forms of innovation.
• Evaluation of the COMET Program  
  A 2008, ACIL Tasman independent report on the evaluation of the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program.
• Innovation Policy Report
  A report highlighting departmental, national, and international developments in the innovation policy area.
• Intellectual Property Scorecard 
  The Scorecard provides intellectual property data obtained from IP Australia, the US Patent and trademark Office, and the European Patent Office, reconciled to allow international comparisons to be made.
• Key innovation and R&D indicators datacard 
  The datacard provides key information about BERD, GERD and other innovation indicators.
• Knowledge Intensive Services: the role of the COMET program 
  Information on this 2005 study to determine the impact that the Commercialising Emerging Technologies (COMET) program has on participating firms in terms of developing knowledge-based skills and innovation capability.
• National Survey of Research Commercialisation 
  A survey of research commercialisation inputs, activity and output indicators for Australian publicly funded research organisations (Universities, Publicly Funded Research Agencies and a range of Medical Research Institutes).
• Review of the National Innovation System 
  The 2008 report of the Review of the national innovation system, plus additional information.
• The Role of Intermediaries in Support of Innovation  
  A 2007 study undertaken to assess the role of and benefits created by intermediaries in the Australian innovation system.
• SMEs Taking Innovation to the Global Market 
  A 2005 the study of 25 firms participating in the Australian Government’s R&D Start and Biotechnology Innovation Fund programs.
• The department made a submission [PDF 524K] to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Raising the Level of Productivity Growth in the Australian Economy in September 2009.
• Mesoblast: a story of Australian innovation 
  A case study on stem cell technology company Mesoblast highlighting an Australian innovation success story.                                                                                          .