by Adrian Beer | Feb 25, 2026 | Commercialisation, Innovation Policy
How to Mobilise the Missing Middle Industry Innovation and Science Australia (IISA) has just published “Mobilising Australia’s Missing Middle,” identifying medium-sized enterprises (MSEs) as the undervalued contributors to productivity and economic...
by Adrian Beer | Jan 20, 2026 | Innovation Policy
Australian Innovation Policy Ignores Australian Evidence Australian innovation policy has the ecosystem collapsing, coming off peak government enthusiasm, but starved of support Rhetoric peaked a few years ago, with a Future Made in Australia, a National...
by Adrian Beer | Dec 18, 2025 | Commercialisation, Innovation Policy
When growth capital comes via foreign ownership. International firms maintain Australian operations because our market is large and attractive. It therefore comes as no surprise when successful Australian technology companies need to find the capital to scale, they...
by theotherdimension | Oct 28, 2025 | Commercialisation, Innovation Policy
Great products fail in weak companies. Mediocre products win in strong companies. CSIRO invented the core wireless system design that is the basis of all high-speed WiFi generations. The breakthrough emerged from Australian research excellence, achieving technical...
