Designing a National Innovation System to allow the Creative Industries to add value

• Main Author: Lelia Green
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: The Pointers
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.467.7103; http://www.cci.edu.au/sites/default/files/alawrence/green_Designing_National_Innovation.pdf

Acknowledging and celebrating new energy around critiques of Australia’s National Innovation System, this paper explores the design of an innovation system that would harness energy from the Creative Industries. The notion that the Creative Industries are an important element of Australia’s innovation system has not, it seems, been self-evident. Indeed, while the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (DIISR) identifies four areas under ‘Specific industries and sectors for Innovation’, these areas are Biotechnology, Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), Nanotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. The entries under the ‘Programs and services for Innovation ’ are likewise Creative Industries-free (although comparatively heavy on Science, Technology and Pharmaceuticals), while the pointers to ‘Consultative forums for Innovation ’ exclude, for example, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCII). A majority of the sites and resources referred to, however, reflect the priorities of the Howard Government and address initiatives from that era.