Tag: OECD
A tech start-up has secured over $900,000 in investment to put every employee at...
Tech start-up PlanDo, a new career management platform which encourages individuals to ‘self-direct’ their careers, has secured an investment of $916,000
Governments world over are finally walking the talk when it comes to supporting start-ups
Start-ups and SMEs in general have many enviable characteristics, among them being passion, ambition, risk taking and forward thinking.
Unfortunately, healthy cash flow has never...
Growth beyond our shores: Are you are beating the odds by “e-Exporting”?
According to the OECD, Australian exports rose from 18 per cent of GDP to 21 per cent from 2004 to 2010, with a 23...
Australia ranks high on innovation but low on the environment, says OECD report
Australia’s bid to foster innovation and measure its progress is a laudable one. Its candour even more so, because rare is the government that shines a light on its darker areas. The Australian Innovation System Report – the second since the nation officially hitched its bandwagon to the one thing that is most likely to make a difference in how we live – is short on data, especially latest international numbers to compare progress. But what it lacks in numbers, it makes up with honesty on at least two critical areas of shortfall.
Australia an entrepreneurship paradise, according to OECD report
Entrepreneurship at a Glance 2011 takes a look at OECD countries entrepreneurial activity and finds that the number of startups in Australia is returning to its 2007 levels.
