Successful retailers place the consumer at the centre of their retail strategy in order to enhance the customer experience and provide greater speed and convenience of service. A content-rich customer experience has become the norm in online retailing; expectations are that this will transcend into the physical retail environment, creating a future where m-commerce, e-commerce […]
Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
Venture Capital and Entrepreneurial Skills – DIISRTE December 2012
Government can play this funding role in the translation process in a number of ways. Supporting venture capital is one way of doing this which has a number of benefits over more direct forms of assistance, including the ability to leverage broader technical and business experience and attract private sector capital. These advantages could explain […]
Silicon Beach – Australian Startup Ecosystem – Deloitte Nov 2012
This first Australian Startup Ecosystem Report ‘Silicon Beach’ is a vital contribution to further the awareness of why technology entrepreneurship is important to Australia and where it has room for improvement. It provides much needed perspective as technology entrepreneurship is evolving to become a new fundamental to the Australian economy. The public interest will be […]
Australian Private Equity Statistics – AVCAL 2012 Fundraising Yearbook – Nov 2012
Fundraising Yearbook 2012 saw an increase in total funds raised by venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) managers, although this amount was distributed among a relatively small number of GPs. Investment and divestment activity remained cautious in light of the continued global economic uncertainty, and challenging M&A and IPO market conditions. Fundraising in FY2012 […]
Telework – Working Smarter – AIGroup November 2012
“Work is a thing you do and not a place you go”. Telework – Working smarter. It makes sense then that companies consider new ways to structure when, where and how their employees need to work to be the most effective. Flexible work arrangements allow employees and their employers more scope to choose the location, […]
Business Angels Markets and Policies of EU Member States – CSES Oct 2012
Business Angels play an important role in the economy, and in many countries constitute the largest source of external funding, after family and friends, in newly established ventures. Business Angels provide both financing and managerial experience, which increase the likelihood of the survival of start-up enterprises. But the fundamental nature of the Business Angel market […]
Australia in the Asian Century White Paper – Australian Government Oct 2012
The Asian century is an Australian opportunity. As the global centre of gravity shifts to our region, the tyranny of distance is being replaced by the prospects of proximity. Australia is located in the right place at the right time — in the Asian region in the Asian century. For several decades, Australian businesses, exporters […]
DIISR Innovation Annual Report 2011-2012 – DIISR Oct 2012
The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education has prepared this report according to the Requirements for annual reports for departments, executive agencies and FMA Act bodies, approved by the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit in June 2012. The department reported against three outcomes and associated programs for the 2011–12 financial […]
NSW Professional Services Industry Taskforce Action Plan – NSW T&I September 2012
Emerging economies are improving their skills and capabilities and, coupled with their lower cost base, are increasing their competitive position in the professional services industry. If NSW wants to continue to compete with these and other established competitors, we will need to address some of the challenges facing the industry and pursue the opportunities that […]
Imagining Australia in the Asian Century – BCG Sept 2012
Asian century has arrived. Asia is the world’s largest and fastest-growing regional economy. By 2030, its real GDP is expected to more than double to US$67 trillion, outstripping GDP projections for Europe and the Americas combined. Its growth stems from three phenomena. First, Asian economies have sustained high investment in infrastructure, housing, industry, and human […]