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Generating jobs in regional Tasmania: a social capital approach: final report

  • Year: 2002
  • Author: Kilpatrick, S; Loechel, B; Thomas, S; Woinarski, Z
  • Publisher: Centre for Research and Learning in Regional Australia, University of Tasmania
  • Published Location: Launceston, Tas
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

The Generating Jobs in Regional Tasmania project investigated how small businesses, training providers (including schools) and other organisations can best work together to improve the match between the skills available in small rural communities and the needs of employers, particularly small businesses. The two rural communities t ....

Greater Capital Region Strategy: Part 2 skills and training gaps strategy

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Acill Allen Consulting
  • Publisher: RDA ACT

ACIL Allen Consulting (ACIL Allen) was commissioned by Regional Development Australia (RDA) ACT to develop a skills and training gaps strategy for the Greater Capital Region based on the results of several skills audit reports. ACIL Allen has synthesised the findings of the separate skills audits in order to develop a comprehensive profile of sk ....

Growing Local Businesses – How?

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Thompson, David
  • Publisher: RDA Northern Inland NSW
  • Country: Australia, United States

Business diversification is seen as a method to reduce the dependency on 'commodities' in regional areas. While this is easy to say, it has proved difficult to do. Government policy in the regional development space appears to be chasing the diversification objective with a heavy emphasis on a 'silver bullet solution' from outside the region. Th ....

Growing Your Regions Economy with Small Business and Entrepreneurs

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: National Association of Development Organizations Research Foundation
  • Publisher: National Association of Development Organizations
  • Country: United States

Encompassing half of all private sector employment, small businesses are a vital part of the United States economy. Encouraging their continued growth and increasing their ability to survive is especially crucial during an economic downturn. Many regional development organizations (RDOs) manage publicly funded programs that provide small business ....

House Financial Services Committee Hearing: Perspectives on the Livable Communities Act of 2010[3]

  • Year: 2010
  • Journal Name: Congressional Documents and Publications
  • Publisher: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc.
  • Published Location: Lanham, United States
  • Country: United States

The City of St. Paul has helped develop a broader vision for the corridor, and 10 community development organizations - including LISC - have created a new collaborative--the Frogtown/Rondo Action Network--to implement priority strategies related to housing preservation, small business support, neighborhood jobs and minority contracting ....

Indicators of Community Strength

  • Year: Various
  • Author: Department of Planning and Community Development
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

The Indicators of Community Strength measure Victorian’s perception of their local area amenity, ability to get help when needed, participation and select social attitudes. The following reports provide the framework and evidence that underpin the indicators, 2008 local government area data and an examination of some indicators by select popula ....

Internet Usage in Small Businesses in Regional South Australia: Service Learning Opportunities for a Local University

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Evans, Nina; Sawyer, Janet
  • Journal Name: Education in Rural Australia
  • Journal Number: Vol. 19, No. 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

The Internet offers opportunities for electronic trading in the global marketplace and as such it can provide substantial benefits to a business. Despite this, the rate of adoption of ecommerce by small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia has been slower than anticipated and these benefits are not being realised (Pease ....

Internet Usage in Small Businesses in Regional South Australia: Service Learning Opportunities for a Local University

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Nina Evans and Janet Sawyer
  • Journal Name: Education in Rural Australia
  • Journal Number: Volume 19 Issue 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

The Internet offers opportunities for electronic trading in the global marketplace and as such it can provide substantial benefits to a business. Despite this, the rate of adoption of ecommerce by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Australia has been slower than anticipated and these benefits are not being realised. Research was underta ....

Northern Rivers Regional Profile 2013

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: RDA Northern Rivers
  • Published Location: Lismore, NSW
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

The Northern Rivers Regional Profile 2013 supports the Northern Rivers Regional Plan 2013-2016. It presents a myriad data on our population, income, employment, housing, health, transport, business and industry, the regional economy, energy, infrastructure, the environment and our natural and cultural heritage. Many of the tables and charts compa ....

Our Region Our Future: Securing an economic future for Gippsland and Latrobe Valley

  • Year: 2016
  • Publisher: Committee for Gippsland
  • State/Region: Gippsland and Latrobe Valley

In December 2015, the Committee for Gippsland initiated a project to inform and drive a recommended approach to industry transitioning in the Latrobe Valley. The project established a number of methods of data gathering to inform this report's findings and recommendations. These included a business survey that went out to 2,000 small to medium bu ....

Perceptions of Innovation from Australian SMEs: A regional perspective

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Vitartas, P. & Kinnear, S.
  • Editors: Kinnear, S., Charters, K. & Vitartas, P. (eds)
  • Journal Name: Regional Advantage and Innovation: Achieving National Outcomes
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag
  • Published Location: Heidelberg
  • Country: Australia

This chapter describes the results of an Australian national survey undertaken in late 2011, with the specific focus of innovation in regional areas. The data reflects information from over 500 respondents from small and medium sized business across the full range of industry categories. The key themes were that innovation is well understood by r ....

Prospects and Challenges for the Hunter: A strategic economic study

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Deloitte Access Economics
  • Publisher: RDA Hunter
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: New South Wales

The Hunter is Australia’s largest regional area, encompassing 11 Local Government Areas and the nation’s seventh largest city, Newcastle. In many ways, the Hunter can be considered as a microcosm of the national economy, with significant exposure to resources, agriculture, energy production, defence and service industry bases, and a large urb ....

RDA Far North 2012-13 Annual Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: Regional Development Australia Far North
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: South Australia

RDA Far North Annual Report 2012-13 update on business and economic development in the region. Report Locationhttp://www.rdafn.com.au/_literature_149132/Annual_Report_2012-2013 ....

RDA Goldfields Esperance Regional Plan

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: RDA Goldfields Esperance
  • Published Location: Western Australia
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Western Australia

The Goldfields Esperance Regional Plan sets out the strategic framework for RDA Goldfields Esperance to contribute to the regional vision. Its priorities are: Attracting and retaining population Increasing access to affordable, adaptable and secure housing Enhancing industry resilience and innovation Ensuring a healthy and valued environme ....

Small business and networks: aspects of social capital in a small rural town

  • Year: 2000
  • Author: Bell, R; Kilpatrick, S
  • Publisher: Centre for Research and Learning in Regional Australia, University of Tasmania
  • Published Location: Launceston, Tas
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

This paper explores through empirical research, what contributions small business people make to the community of Scottsdale (a small country town in north eastern Tasmania), over and above their economic contribution within the sphere of normal business activity. It is the notion of networks and productive interactions between peo ....

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