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Steelmaking businesses need to refocus from commodities to technology and innovation in order to remain viable. Julian Smith/AAP

April 8, 2016

Arrium’s collapse shows Australia must get a lot smarter about steel

Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney and John Hamilton Howard, University of Technology Sydney

Steelmakers like Arrium need to move away from commodities and invest in steel products in growth industries.

International experience highlights five areas that present profitable lessons for Australia. Martin Fisch/Flickr

December 1, 2015

Five things about innovation Australia can learn from other countries

Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney and John Hamilton Howard, University of Technology Sydney

More than 60 Australian government reports have identified direction, planning and leadership as keys to creating an innovative nation. Here’s five things other countries have done to lead the way.

What is the best way forward for Australia’s national innovation system? Flickr/Scott Smithson

August 26, 2015

National Reform Summit: how can we ensure Australia remains an innovative nation?

Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney and John Hamilton Howard, University of Technology Sydney

Australia has many celebrated examples of world innovation, but ensuring this continues in a systematic way, has proven elusive.

To survive, Australia Post must adapt its technological strategy. AAP/Tracey Nearm

April 14, 2015

Adapt or perish: Australia Post must embrace digital disruption

John Hamilton Howard, University of Technology Sydney; Emmanuel Josserand, University of Technology Sydney, and Roy Green, University of Technology Sydney

The consequences of digital disruption on one of government’s largest and iconic enterprises, Australia Post, are impossible to ignore. Now, it’s adapt or perish.

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