The Australian Government's Innovation Report

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Summary of Australia’s innovation performance against each category Knowledge Creation Public Sector R&D Figure 5 shows that Australia ranked 6 th and was significantly (23%) above the OECD average for public expenditure on R&D. This high ranking reflects the continued growth of expenditure in Australia on R&D in the higher education and government sectors. Expenditure was 0.78% of GDP in the 2006 scorecard, compared to 0.77% in the 2004 scorecard and 0.76% in the 2002 scorecard. FIGURE 5: Public expenditure on R&D as a percentage of DGP compared to the OECD average Percentage difference from the OECD average 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 -20 -40 -60 -80 Iceland Finland Source: OECD, ABS. Data from 2004 or latest available year. Scientific and Technical Articles Sweden Canada Denmark Australia France Netherlands Germany Norway Japan Switzerland Austria United States New Zealand Korea United Kingdom Belgium Italy Spain Hungary Turkey Czech Republic Greece Portugal Ireland Poland Mexico Slovak Republic Luxembourg The number of scientific and technical articles published per million of the population is a measure of a nation’s ability to generate new knowledge, and provides an indication of the potential for the development of innovative products, services and technologies. In the 2006 scorecard Australia registered 1279 scientific and technical articles per million of the population (an increase on the 1154 articles in the 2004 scorecard). Figure 6 shows that Australia ranked 10 th in the OECD and was substantially (67%) above the OECD average. Chapter 4 - Australian innovation scorecard 131
FIGURE 6: Number of scientific and technical articles per million population compared to the OECD average 200 Percentage difference from the OECD average 150 100 50 0 -50 -100 Switzerland Sweden Denmark Finland Netherlands Iceland Norway Canada New Zealand Australia United Kingdom Italy Belgium Austria United States Ireland Germany France Spain Greece Japan Czech Republic Portugal Korea Hungary Slovak Republic Luxembourg Poland Turkey Mexico Source: Thompson ISI. Data from 2005. US Patents The number of US patents registered in the United States per million of the population provides an indication of the intention of researchers and firms to develop their knowledge into new products. The measure is used extensively internationally, mainly because the US is the largest market in the world and registering a patent there indicates that the invention is capable of competing with the world’s best. Nevertheless, not all of these patents will be commercialised so the measure has limited scope as an indicator of the commercial potential of an innovation. Also, the US and Japan exhibit a higher propensity to patent in the US than other countries, thereby distorting the average and resulting in 25 of the 30 member countries being below the OECD average. Australia registered 51 patents per million of population in the 2006 scorecard, a slight decrease from the 2004 scorecard level of 52 patents per million of population but this occurred in a time when US patent registration were declining for the entire OECD. In fact, Australia improved its OECD ranking by one place. Figure 7 shows that Australia is significantly (60%) below the average but its ranking of 17 th in the OECD for US patent registration puts it in the middle group of countries. FIGURE 7: Number of US patents per million population as a percentage difference from the OECD average 150 Percentage difference from the OECD average 100 50 0 -50 -100 -150 United States Japan Switzerland Finland Sweden Germany Luxembourg Canada Korea Denmark Iceland Netherlands Austria United Kingdom Belgium Norway Australia France Ireland New Zealand Italy Spain Hungary Czech Republic Greece Portugal Mexico Poland Turkey Slovak Republic Source: US Patent and Trademark Office. Data from 2005. 132 Backing Australia’s Ability
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2006 07 The Australian Government
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ISBN: 0 642 77 675x ISBN: 0 642 77
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Enhancing industrial R&D 44 R&D Tax
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PRIORITY 3 - FRONTIER TECHNOLOGIES
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The year also saw significant outco
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The Australian Innovation Scorecard
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Table 1: Australian Government supp
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In 2005-06, Geoscience Australia st
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The majority of research-related pu
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The successful proposals represent
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Food Innovation Grants Programme As
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Most facilities provide training pr
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Improving research quality and acce
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PART 2 - Accelerating the commercia
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Pooled Development Funds The Pooled
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In 2005-06, $12.83 million was inve
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Building on ICT strengths Advanced
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Building links to facilitate commer
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Taking a closer look at stem cells
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Biotechnology Australia Public Awar
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