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• The Inner West Business Enterprise Centre is located within the Digital Precinct. It provides advice for small businesses to assist with start up businesses and general business advice and networking opportunities. • The Digital Precinct Authority was established as a subsidiary of Council to assist with property development, partnerships between business and the coordination of initiatives. • The new library for the Digital Precinct will be the IT flagship for the Charles Sturt Council’s library service. This nontraditional library will have a strong business focus using modern information technology resources. Physical Infrastructure and Resources • Thebarton uses its natural environment to its benefit marketing itself, taking the established buildings and modifying them to provide an attractive and functional facility. • Thebarton seems to have a well-defined market and their product is tailored to suit this market, i.e. small, cozy, ‘cool’ surroundings with a variety of spaces to meet many niches. • Interestingly, Thebarton has been self-funded since its inception. • The Charles Sturt Council utilized vacant buildings and a substantial landholding in the Hindmarsh area to develop the Digital Precinct. • Currently there are over 25 businesses located in the Digital Precinct, many in buildings that the Council has refurbished and converted to tenancies. • The Technology School of the Future (TSOF) is an ideal anchor faculty for the Digital Precinct. TSOF is South Australia’s (SA) major center for teacher development in learning technologies and is a unique facility when compared internationally. It is part of the Education Development Centre. Barriers/Obstacles • Many of the start-up companies at Thebarton are life style oriented. There is no reason why a business cannot have this type of growth goal, but in terms of the larger economic development picture, it is somewhat limiting. • A major barrier to expanding the BIG Program is not just lack of funds for promotion or support of successful candidates but rather, gaining enough potential applicants of a standard to warrant expanding the numbers. • The primary barrier for the PES Program will be whether the Premier's Department and the University wish to continue the Premier's Enterprise Scholarship beyond 2002. The original commitment was only for three years. • New small companies in both precincts have limited access to networking opportunities in larger markets (such as US trade shows). • These companies also find it hard to acquire the early stage funding needed to start building their businesses. Even government grants are problematic and can require large amounts of documentation. • Insufficient accommodation within the Digital Precinct to handle business growth • Businesses within the Digital Precinct are still working isolated from each other Quotes Notable quotes included: • ‘We must continue to work on developing the culture among young graduates of seeing self-employment as a career path and a risk worth taking.’ COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE 116
TRANSPORTATION STUDY PORTS CORP AND AAL By Stephen Long, Adrienne Hughto, and Eddy Trevino Introduction This report is broken into two sections. The first is Ports Corp and the second is Adelaide Airport Ltd. (AAL). The session was held at Ports Corp by hosts Wayne Parnham and Phil Baker on Wednesday July 11, 2001. The Adelaide Knowledge Hub Project members included Joseph Tuma from Business Vision 2010 as well as Stephen Long, Adrienne Hughto, and Eddy Trevino from the University of Texas. PORTS CORP Strengths Can import and export both bulk and container shipments Ports have available capacity Control systems are in place Well-developed corporate strategy Labor stability Designated routes for trucks that lead directly to port and rail to silos Proximity to manufacturing facilities Strategic alliances with trucking industry Intermodal facilities with container terminal, rail and road system for the efficient transfer of cargo. Environmental Management System implemented to deal with environmental concerns and certified to ISO 14001. Weakness Materials management systems are untested for peak loading. Minor delays take placed in peak loading. Poor Country Brand because of prior problems. Adelaide not known internationally Potential container shortage for exports with increase demand IT system not completely institutionalized Opportunities Market expansion because of available capacity. Exploit container market segments. Tourism market segment expansion. Warehouse industry. Increase import business. Threats Rail line threat for containers Governmental support of rail line at time when terminal is becoming privatized Regional competition from Sydney and Melbourne Containers deficiency for exports. Residential growth in surrounding areas will require port to relocate operations. Branding because military used to be able to dock for free and now have to pay for opportunity to dock COMMERCIAL IN CONFIDENCE 117
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Introduction and Overview Adelaide
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