The balance between basic and applied research isn’t everything

In Features this morning Amanda-Jane George (CQU) suggests there is a third approach – non R&D innovation, “simple or incremental innovation, like changing delivery methods or shifting on-line.”

There’s a bit of it about. She points to research finding that business responses to COVID-19 last year led to five-years progress made in digital adoption in eight weeks.

“Non-R&D innovation must be better integrated in the policy narrative, with a greater systems-thinking focus, incorporating targeted measures,” she suggests.