Regulatory sandboxes – demand-driven business environment reform
Regulatory sandboxes let regulators test innovation safely while adapting rules. This article explores sandbox models, design lessons and business environment reform.
Innovation and Ecosystems
Simon White | Specialist is public policies and programs that support innovation and local entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Circular economy innovation: organic pork in Vietnam
Simon White | Circular economy innovation. Governments can learn from private innovators and work with them to create a business environment that sets the market signals for a sustainable, circular economy.
Strengthening regional innovation systems
In early March 2018, the Western Australian Government launched its New Industries Fund to ‘support venture creation and accelerate business growth to diversify the Western Australian (WA) economy and create new jobs’. A part of this fund is allocated to regional communities.
I have been commissioned to assist in working
Growing WA through Innovation – A Response
Growing WA through Innovation is a report of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly. Released on 30 June 2016, it presents the Committee’s findings of its inquiry into the ways technological and service innovation can be fostered to expand and diversify the Western Australian economy.
What Innovation Looks Like
Innovation certainly is the thing these days. Seems like everyone’s talking about it, we all want it and we all think it’s a good thing for our economy to do and our government to support.
Last week I attended an engaging session on innovation run by Deloitte. It
The Value of the Micro-Business Sector
Small business is often touted as the engine of growth. But what of the smaller segment of this sector, the micro-business sector?
A recent publication of the RSA caught my eye. Entitled ‘The Second Age of Small’ this report by Benedict Dellot (June 2015) considers the economic impact of
Startup communities
Simon White | Brief article on what makes a start-up community.