Posts tagged "research and development"

Scott Morrison’s $100 million Business Growth Fund offers no reassurance for Australia’s startups, and little benefit for most established small businesses.

The Federal Government has opened its consultation for amendments to the R&D tax incentive, as it prepares to implement changes announced earlier this year.

“When would I use behavioural economics in my business?” Bri Williams outlines the four points at which businesses are triggered to seek behavioural economics solutions and the benefits they can offer.

In 2015, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull welcomed us to the “ideas boom” and launched a National Innovation and Science Agenda. But in 2018, we're still only part way there.

The R&D Tax Incentive is Australia’s largest source of Government funding provided to ensure that we can stay competitive in the globa…

Disruption and digitisation may often go hand-in-hand, however for businesses seeking to stay ahead of the curve it is important to draw a d…

San Francisco-based but Adelaide-founded startup HappyCo has completed a $US10.8 million ($14 million) Series A funding round led by Australian investors, as the proptech startup looks to bring its research and development efforts back to Adelaide.

Research has revealed the increasing difficulty with generating ideas and declining research productivity amid the rising cost and scale of innovation.

Small businesses are warned to be wary of consultants and advisers who claim they can get them a great deal on the R&D tax incentive, after a Queensland business was fined more than $4 million this for encouraging clients to lodge overstated or ineligible claims. 

The Australian Taxation Office will make chasing those who misuse the research and development tax incentive as a top priority, after a tax …

By Andrew Dempster, UNSW

The first Australian-built satellites to be launched in 15 years recently took off from Cape Canaveral in Flori…

Despite being home to Silicon Valley, California is not the most startup-friendly state in US, according to an “innovation index” devised by…