Posts tagged "innovation"

Competition Minister Andrew Leigh will today use the 30th anniversary of the landmark Hilmer reforms to make his case for comprehensive competition reform in Australia.

The federal government is looking to introduce a new loan program for young entrepreneurs wanting to get their business ideas off the ground.

Australia must significantly boost its skilled migrant intake and streamline the application system if the nation plans to prioritise its tech startups, the Tech Council of Australia says.

Businesses have been quick to adopt new ways of working and employees want access to innovative tools that increase the speed at which they make decisions, share resources and communicate from anywhere in the world, at any time. With this in mind, businesses need to be able to provide their workers with the tools they need to achieve that productivity.  

With barely a fortnight until the Jobs and Skills Summit, immigration, innovation, and industrial relations have become major agenda items.

Here are six broad approaches to stimulating local innovation that have been used over the past century, each with strengths and weaknesses.

Eight experts explain why innovation is an iterative process that relies on trial and error, requiring a pragmatic, adaptable and ego-free mindset that keeps chipping away.

From using AI to traditional human interaction, customer experience is a rapidly evolving arena offering great opportunities for businesses.

Outgoing ACCC chair Rod Sims' competition policy recommendations are similar to reforms tabled in the US, but the views of his successor are not yet known.

In the face of COVID-19, innovation has stalled and the products and brands that have dominated supermarket shelves have been gifted a grace period, writes the founder of Good to you.