Innovation Reports
IBM - Melbourne Institute Innovation Index
- IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry 2010 (pdf - 2.26 MB)
IBM Australia and the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research published the fourth edition of the IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry on the 9th December 2010. This report reveals growth in Innovative activity in Australia between 2007 and 2008.
- IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry 2009 (pdf - 2.09 MB)
IBM is proud to present the third IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry. We continue to track Australia's innovation effort over time, using a multi-indicator methodology to measure innovation effort across 13 industries. - IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry 2008 (pdf - 2.66 MB)
The IBM-Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry is a comprehensive, inter-industry, multi-indicator approach to measuring the rate of innovative activity in Australia. It embraces six different dimensions of innovation adjusting the measure for the level of economic activity. Accordingly, the Innovation Index is a measure of the proportion of total activity that is taken up with innovative endeavours in Australia. - IBM - Melbourne Institute Innovation Index of Australian Industry 2007 (pdf - 1.3 MB).
The IBM - Melbourne Institute 'Innovation Index of Australian Industry' tracks patterns in the rate of innovative activity among Australian businesses (including government trading enterprises but not the non-trading government sector such as education) since 1990. It includes the intensity of innovations in relation to goods and services, technical operations, and organisational, managerial and marketing functions.
Australian Trade Mark Applications Scoreboard
This publication provides an informative analysis of the trade marks landscape in Australia. It provides an overview of the number of trade mark applications in Australia (and whether these applications originate in Australia or overseas); trade mark applications by class; and trade mark applications filed by attorney firms. Trade mark applicants and attorneys as well as academics, students and policy makers will all find different parts of the data useful and fascinating.
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Australian Patent Applications Scoreboard
The Australian Patent Applications Scoreboard is a comprehensive collection of data about the number of patent applications made in Australia each year. It provides a useful reference across a number of disciplines and industries. The Scoreboard is a useful tool for enterprises that facilitate the commercialisation of research projects. For example, it allows users to see at a glance the areas of technology where patent activity is highest in 2007, and activity going back ten years.
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