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Exporting and benefiting from education

Tuesday, 10 October 2006 04:30

The export of Australian education services is an excellent example of the increasing commercialisation of services. Today's Australian Financial Review (AFR) contains a number of reports with good news on trends in the export of Australian education services. The OECD recognises Australia is among the world leaders in cross-border education.

Book Review: "Are we our own worst enemy?"

Thursday, 05 October 2006 10:00

Earlier this year the Federal Government asked the Productivity Commission to undertake a research study on public support for science and innovation. Over 100 submissions can be read here. The Commission's work has progressed, and includes a 585 page staff working paper titled Econometric Modelling of R&D and Australia's Productivity.

The benefits of free and open source software

Wednesday, 04 October 2006 03:35

From a historical perspective, users of IT first paid largely for hardware, then software, and today services. Today hardware is inexpensive relative to its historical cost. Today the real cost of software continues to be well beyond what you pay up front for the licence. Hence the focus is more and more on services applied to the hardware and software. In this opportunity open source software is growing at an exponential rate.

"I'd like to thank my lawyer"

Wednesday, 04 October 2006 23:16

This is one of my favourite expressions at each year's Academy Awards. We all like to give and receive thanks. This post is the story of how I convinced a client to not invest in a tax-driven commercialisation venture and how in appreciation he introduced me to the glory of Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz.

Learning from the wine world of Max Schubert

Wednesday, 04 October 2006 02:24

"All winemakers should possess a good fertile imagination if they are to be successful in their craft." So said Max Schubert, legendary Australian winemaker and the man responsible for Penfolds Grange , Australia's most famous wine. Robert Parker, perhaps the world's most respected wine critic, has gone so far to say that Grange "has replaced Bordeaux's Pétrus as the world's most exotic and concentrated wine."

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