George A. Tanewski and Andrew Conway and James Kavourakis
July 19, 2021
Australia’s long run of economic growth from the early 1990s to early 2020 inspired much boasting by incumbent politicians.
But behind the hubris and headlines lies a less flattering story about Australia riding a wave of dumb luck, with exports to China and relatively high levels of immigration masking mundane economic performance.
The most obvious expression of this is investment by Australia’s private sector overwhelmingly made up of small-to-medium size enterprises in innovation.
The sector’s expenditure on research & development measured as a percentage of GDP is middling at best. After increasing to match the OECD average of about 2.2% in 2008, it slipped to less than 1.8% in 2017. This compares with more than 4% for the two top-ranking nations, Israel and South Korea, and more than 3% for Taiwan, Sweden, Japan and Germany.
Investegate |Strategic Minerals Announcements | Strategic Minerals: Results for the Year Ended 31 December 2020
investegate.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from investegate.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Unboxing $100 million patent scheme
internationallawoffice.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from internationallawoffice.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.