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Issue No. 42 - AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2008

The Surprising North

by Professor Richard Blandy

In economic terms, the City of Playford is doing well....
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Issue No. 41 - JUNE/JULY 2008

Theoretical ideas about innovation go back at least to Adam Smith’s view (Smith, 1776) that increased productivity was associated with specialisation and the division of labour, implying technological advances in processes and organisation....
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Issue No. 40 - April / May 2008

Leaning the way for SA

by Professor Peter Hines

Heavily diversified suppliers are undisturbed....
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Issue No. 39 - February/March 2008

Micro Maturity

by Professor Richard Blandy

Small businesses are those that employ less than 20 people and nearly 96% of Australian businesses - about 1.9 million - fall into that category.1 Micro-businesses are those that employ between one and four people....
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Issue No. 38 - December/January 07/08

Optimistic Fast Movers pick up pace

by Pamela Brombal

This is the third year we have questioned business owners....
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Skills Crunch

by Professor Richard Blandy

To meet demand for skilled workers, trained managers and small business entrepreneurs of the future, South Australia must heed the ‘Year 12 imperative’....
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Issue No. 35 - June/July 2007

Prepare to Prosper

by Professor Richard Blandy

As predicted in my article on the economic outlook in South Australia ‘in-business’ last October, the 2006 drought has cut a bit less than one percentage point off the national economic growth rate, and a bit under two percentage points off the South Australian growth rate....
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Issue No. 34 - April/May 2007

Small Business [The Untold Story]

by Professor Richard Blandy

Introduction

How many houses, townhouses, terrace houses, flats, apartments, units and other dwellings are in your street? If there are more than ten dwellings, the chances are that you have at least one small business operating in your street....
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Issue No. 33 - February/March 2007

The Climate Change Debate

Implications for business and government policies

by Professor Richard Blandy

The issue of global warming poses an immense problem for the people of the world, and especially the people of the advanced industrial countries like Australia....
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Issue No. 32 - December/January