AIC White Papers
Commercialising Sustainability
2008: When talented entrepreneurs walk into the AIC’s offices to see how we might help them take their inventions to market, it’s sometimes hard to keep up a brave face.
Where to now for Innovation?
2008: In case you’d missed it, one of the hundreds of reviews the new Australian government is currently undertaking is a review into the national innovation system, chaired by Dr. Terry Cutler.
The importance of being collaborative
2008: Perhaps you’ve seen “The Importance of Being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde, a farcical play in which two young gentlemen living in 1890s England both use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") on the sly.
Has the wind gone out of the sails of research commercialisation?
2008: Perhaps the wind started to die early last year, when the Productivity Commission released its research report into Public Support for Science and Innovation.
Thinking Big at the Smaller End
2008: Innovation has been identified by organisations as a key strategy for growth and sustainability in the turbulent and highly competitive global arena.
Defining and Optimising Value from CRC Knowledge - CRCA White Paper
2008: The AIC has been tasked by a number of governments to provide advice on how Cooperative Research Centres (CRCs) create value, and to identify the challenges experienced by CRCs in optimising the value from the knowledge they generate.
Environmental Scanning
2008: Environmental scanning for commercialisation involves looking at all the factors that might affect the entry of a new technology or product into the marketplace and the assessment of these influencing factors for use in business planning.
Australia's Mixed Commercialisation Report Card
2007: Australia's Mixed Commercialisation Report Card
Hidden Gold - Valuing and Managing IP
2007: Valuation of IP
Overcoming the Industry - Research Sector Divide
2006: Some anecdotal observations derived from the TechFast program
