Innovate the Hunter - Hunter Valley Research Foundation Final Report

Innovation in Engineering-Based Manufacturers in the Hunter Region: 2005 - Abridged Executive Summary

HunterNet surveys…

A telephone survey of 157 engineering-based manufacturing companies in the Hunter Region was undertaken by the Hunter Valley Research Foundation (HVRF) on behalf of HunterNet Co-operative Ltd in November 2005. The dual aims of the survey were to assist in evaluating progress of HunterNet’s broadly based Model for Action program, and its more focused offshoot the Innovate the Hunter program, designed to promote and develop innovation in engineering-based manufacturers (EBMs) in the Hunter. The survey response rate was 87 per cent of all eligible respondents contacted. Results were compared with those from a more detailed survey conducted by the HVRF in 2001, prior to implementation of the Model for Action, to provide some ‘baseline’ data for understanding and quantifying the state of innovation in Hunter EBMs.

Innovation in the Hunter 2005-abridged summary.pdf (23.20 KB)

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