Innovation Science and Technology

Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) in rural areas promise improved health care for many underserved populations. However, implementation in rural areas faces many challenges. One of the most rural states in the United States is in the process of creating a second comprehensive health information network and offers an ....

In this dissertation, I develop a definition and regional measure of entrepreneurship that will aid entrepreneurship research and economic development policy. My new indicators represent an improvement over current measures of entrepreneurship. The chief contribution of these new indicators is that they incorporate innovation, which oth ....

The Queensland Government has set a clear, ambitious target to double Queensland’s agricultural production by 2040. The purpose of this research, development and extension (RD&E) plan is to describe how the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s (DAFF) agricultural RD&E program will contribute to achieving th ....

Advances in information technology and telecommunications may offer many potential benefits to Australia's under-served communities [1]. Communication and information technologies can reduce the barriers of distance and space that disadvantage rural areas, where the health status of residents is often worse than that of their urban ....

The Department of Rural Health at the University of Melbourne has developed a framework for conducting research in partnership with Indigenous communities. This article provides an overview of the framework which addresses past inappropriate research practices, incorporates cultural understandings, and outlines culturally appropria ....

This paper discusses the potentially looming 'digital participation gap' in Australia, if concerted efforts are not commenced soon to make certain that poor, remote and vulnerable communities in Australia are not actively included in the fast internet roll-out. The paper: examines the NBN Co roll-out timing and assumptions; asks the question ....

In order to sustain the rural education community, access to high quality professional development opportunities must become a priority. Teachers in rural areas face many challenges in order to access professional learning equitable to their city counterparts. In the current climate, the Federal government of Australia is committed ....

Research is reported in this article which examines the factors that contribute to an innovative culture in local government organisations. The entrepreneurial economic activities adopted by the Richmond River Shire Council, NSW in order to take responsibility for the future viability of the community are presented as a case study ....

The fourth case study reports technology transfer performance as a widespread and major concern for research, development and extension managers and their clients. The principal aim of this project was to apply contemporary best practice in agricultural extension systems to research, development and extension focused on the complex ....

This study considers the extent and nature of professional isolation in rural and remote regions of Australia (specifically Queensland and Western Australia) and examines professionals' use of the internet to support their professional development needs. It draws upon survey and interview data from 10 professions, and makes conclusions and recomm ....

This project on health related telecommunications (telehealth) in Western Australia aimed to address the lack of a suitable, economically costed communications infrastructure to support telehealth in rural and remote areas. The project used participatory action research techniques and involved extensive community consultation. This ....

New information and communications technologies increasingly allow a wide range of business services to be delivered electronically from distant offices, a practice known as eWork. Noting that the increasing use of eWork in a globalising economy may have significant implications for employment in regional and rural Australia as exi ....

The purpose of this digital economy strategy is to provide a guiding document for the Far West NSW region to maximise use of high speed broadband and to enable the community to embrace the future digital economy with confidence. The document outlines our overall approach, followed by sections outlining how high speed broadband will benefit the ....

The relationship between city and country is one of the great themes of Australian history, yet it has recieved surprisingly little sustained attention by historians. Current academic debates about the cause and cure of the 'rural crisis' are also conducted within a foreshortened historical framework. Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.a ....