Information Industry and Technology Updates

The information industries form an increasingly important cluster of industries in most developed economies. Technological change, market and industry growth are rapid. To track developments and understand the information industries it is essential to have a framework for ordering thoughts and data, and a solid empirical base.

The ICT Map is used by researchers at CSES as the framework for analysis. It is a development of the IT Map published in Houghton, J.W., Pucar, M. and Knox, C. 1996, Mapping the Information Industries, Productivity Commission, Canberra, July 1996, and elsewhere.

Using it as the framework for our analysis we are developing a series of statistical updates on important aspects of information industries and technologies.

Latest Updates

• Australian ICT Trade Update 2007, John Houghton, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, March 2007.
• Australian ICT Industries Update 2003, John Houghton, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies, Victoria University, Melbourne, March 2003.

Australian ICT Trade Update 2007

By John Houghton, March 2007
Sponsored by the Australian Computer Society

Australian ICT Trade Update 2007 provides a comprehensive review of the latest Information and Communication Technology (ICT) trade statistics. It is the latest in a series of Information Industries and Technologies reports from the Centre for Strategic Economic Studies.

Australian ICT Trade Update 2007 presents a detailed analysis of the evolution of Australia's Information and Communication Technology trade over the decade 1996 to 2006. This year's report presents a more detailed exploration of ICT services and software trade than previous editions. It tracks and analyses:

• The composition of Australia's ICT related services imports and exports (1996 to 2006);
• Australia's balance of trade in ICT related services (1996 to 2006);
• The major markets for Australia's ICT related services exports, and sources of our imports (2000 to 2005);
• Australia's software trade trends (1996 to 2006);
• The composition of Australia's ICT equipment imports and exports (1996 to 2006);
• Australia's balance of trade in ICT equipment (1996 to 2006);
• The major markets for Australia's ICT equipment exports, and sources of our imports (1996 to 2006); and
• State-by-State breakdown of ICT trade, including analyses of ICT equipment and services imports and exports for all the States and Territories.

Major trends and developments are highlighted, and issues discussed. The report concludes by discussing the challenge of offshoring and suggests possible policy directions.

Executive Summary

Click here for the Australian Computer Society press release on the launch of this publication.

Australian ICT Trade Update 2007
Published March 2007 ISSN 1447-6576 (Print) 1447-6665 (Online)
$A29.00 (includes 86 pages plus summary, 31 data tables and 69 figures and charts)
This publication is available in hardcopy or pdf format. See order form for details.

About the Author

Professor John Houghton of Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) has had many 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 research projects for a wide range of national and international organizations.

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.

Executive Summary

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)
This publication is available in hardcopy or pdf format. See order form for details.

About the Author

Professor John Houghton of Victoria University's Centre for Strategic Economic Studies (CSES) has had many 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.