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Making purchases with a new credit card can be a great way to shop for some. The simplicity of using the card without concern for the balance in a checking account could be a relief, and the numbers are just numbers. This is one way many have found their credit …

Institutions for teaching and research Canberra has strength in terms of location of institutions for teaching and research. They include: A strong university sector—comprising the Australian National University, the University of Canberra, the Australian Defense Force Academy, the Australian Catholic University, and the Canberra Institute of Technology. The CSIRO—Divisions of …

Innovation system capability Like most large businesses, the Australian Government is pursuing innovation strategies from an internal platform. This is being seen in ICT applications in large agencies such as the ATO, Centre link, and the Australian Customs Service. Many ICT companies have been attracted to Canberra to undertake research …

The scale of government purchasing The data points to a comparatively small manufacturing sector and the substantial employment impact of the Australian Government. Over the years the Australian Government has used reductions in staffing numbers as a strategy for meeting its fiscal targets—particularly in 1996. As can be seen in …

Innovation policy objectives To many, innovation is seen as being driven by expenditure on research and development and its commercialization in new products. However, innovation also occurs in services, new business models and new ways of responding to new and changing customer wants and expectations. The above formulation of innovation …

Introduction A framework for thinking about the enabling role of ICT in innovation that draws on the foundations of both science and art is represented in Figure 2. For simplicity, the framework does not represent the role and contribution of other enabling technologies in innovation, such as biotechnology, nanotechnology and …