Business Development

Report for stakeholders on the activities of the RDA Barossa and Barossa region. Report Locationhttp://www.barossa.org.au/assets/Uploads/Publications--Reports/Annual-Report-2013/FINAL-Annual-Report-email-no-front-cover-SMALL-CW-stake-holder-reporting.pdf ....

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 ....

Annual report of the RDA Limestone Coast. Update on the Regional Roadmap plan on economic development, infrastructure, population growth, skills, leadership development, tourism, lifestyle, promotion, and community wellbeing. Update of key performance indicators for state and local government target outcomes. Overview of strategiec actions and sm ....

The RDA Mid North Coast Regional Plan 2013-3016 incorporates the regional priorities of a very diverse list of stakeholders. It reflects the region’s long term 20 year vision that:  The people of the Mid North Coast will live and work in a place of innovation, opportunity and inclusion which makes the region a leader in social, envir ....

With a growing population the RDA Moreton Bay busniess strategy aims to help businesses build resilience and sustainability. This project was designed to deliver a Sustainable Business Strategy through a process of auditing current levels of sustainable business practice, consulting with key stakeholders, preparing a Moreton Bay Sustainable Busin ....

With a growing population the RDA Moreton Bay busniess strategy aims to help businesses build resilience and sustainability. This project was designed to deliver a Sustainable Business Strategy through a process of auditing current levels of sustainable business practice, consulting with key stakeholders, preparing a Moreton Bay Sustainable Busin ....

The RDA Riverina Regional Plan is a road map for the future development of the Riverina region. Through discussions and consultations with various stakeholders across the region and the review of existing planning documents a footprint for action has been developed. The key emerging priorities and issues are:  Infrastructure development- ....

Australian farmers operate in a volatile business environment, subject to the vagaries of the Australian climate and fully exposed to capricious international agricultural commodity markets. Periodically, a combination of climate and market factors create particularly challenging periods for farm businesses, during which time there are inevitable ....

Over the past ten years the concept of regional clustering has gained much popularity in business, government and the academic world. In general, geographically concentrated cooperation is viewed as an organisational survival strategy in today’s intensely competitive business environment. Some authors even suggest that regional clustering is pa ....

Australia’s regions are vital to the national economy, cultural identity and environmental amenity. They produce the bulk of our exports and are home to roughly a third of our population. Importantly, the economies of our regions and cities are co-dependent and linked through economic, cultural and social ties. Therefore, the performance of a s ....

There are several characteristics of this regional economic development plan: To develop it, a whole-of-government approach wasadopted, drawing on economic development programs, initiatives and actions being undertaken in Tasmania and, in particular, in the southern region, by the three levels of government. The Plan acknowledg ....

Porter's Industrial Cluster Theory (ICT) is a theoretical framework that achieved prominence in Australian economic policy development. Despite its widespread adoption, however, Australia has remained significantly below the OECD average in terms of its industrial clusters' contributions to real wealth creation. In order to understand the positiv ....

What are the reasons for the concentrated and divergent nature of growth among regions? Enterprising human capital, the ability of regional residents to have an entrepreneurial capacity for knowledge activation, is identified as a key determinant of regional outcomes. This paper explains how enterprising human capital can be activa ....

Increasing globalization, if properly exploited, can provide interesting opportunities for regional economies. Nevertheless, when they are not managed with a far-sighted approach, regions, and particularly those at an intermediate level of development, can lose their comparative advantages compared with regions of developing countries. Innovation ....