Australian ICT Industries Update 2003

By John Houghton, April 2003
Sponsored by the Australian Computer Society

Australian ICT Industries Update 2003 provides a comprehensive review of the latest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) trade statistics. It is the sixth in a series of Information Industries and Technologies reports from the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies.

Australian ICT Industries Update 2003 presents a detailed analysis of Australia's Information and Communication Technology Industries. It tracks and analyses:

• Employment in the ICT industries (1993 to 2001);
• Number and size of businesses (1993 to 2001);
• ICT industry income and expenditures (1993 to 2001);
• The level of foreign ownership (1998-99);
• State-by-State breakdown of ICT industry activity;
• In-depth analysis of R&D activity by sector, object and location (2000-01);
• International comparisons of the contribution of the ICT industry to the local economy; and
• An estimation of ICT market size by sector (2000-01).

Major trends and developments are highlighted, and issues discussed.

Australian ICT Industries Update 2003
Published April 2003 ISSN 1447-9028 (Print) 1447-9036 (Online)
$A29.00 (Includes 69 pages plus summary, 29 data tables and 44 figures and charts)
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About the Author

Professor John Houghton of Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) has had m any years experience in information technology policy, more general industry policy and related economic research. He has spoken and published widely on information technology, industry, science and technology policy issues, and undertaken projects for a wide range on national and international clients.

Career highlights include: Senior Research Fellow at CIRCIT and leader and coordinator of the Centre's Software and Services Research Program; Principal Economist at the Bureau of Industry Economics, leading a research program focussing on ICT policy issues and participating in the Bureau's infrastructure services benchmarking program; Adviser, Information Industries Policy at the Australian Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Tourism where he w as involved in the Information Industries Taskforce; and Principal Adviser, Victorian Department of State Development where he took a lead role in directing the policy research agenda.

About the Sponsor

Australian ICT Industries Update 2003 has been sponsored by The Australian Computer Society, through its Computer Systems and Software Engineering Board. The Australian Computer Society exercised no editorial control over its content.