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Australian R&D and Intellectual Property Scoreboard
by Capital Technic Group
The 2008 Australian R&D and Intellectual Property Scoreboard has been released today. This landmark report benchmarks Australian companies based on their innovation performance.
In summary, the scoreboard shows Australian Business Research and Development spending at 1.3% of GDP, still well below the OECD average of 1.6%; but gaining ground.
In 2009 Capital Technic Group (CTG) assumed responsibility for the publication of the Scoreboard in order to ensure it remained available to guide all stakeholders planning, investing in and reviewing innovation activity in Australia. CTG has produced the Scoreboard with the cooperation of IPRIA, IBIS World, The Melbourne Institute and the University of Melbourne.
In January 2010 CTG published the 2007 Scoreboard. This has now been followed in April 2010 by the public release of the 2008 Scoreboard. The 2009 Scoreboard is now in preparation.
The top five performers in the 2008 Innovation Index were GM Holden Ltd, CSL Limited, Ford Motor Company of Australia Limited, BHP Billiton Limited and Aristocrat Leisure Limited. More details on innovation and patenting intensity are available on in the full report.
Capital Technic Group (CTG) is an independent, Australian-owned corporate advisory and investment firm specialising in the technology sector, since 1983. CTG provides an innovation and investment framework that spans technology search, business incubation, outsourced solutions for product innovation, international market access and advice on high growth investment to address early and growth stage capital funding.
