Investment in WA start-up businesses halved since mining boom, report says

[1] Based on Positioned for an Ideas Boom? Productivity and Innovation in Australia report, Australian businesses are having a difficult time with funding.

[2] The lack of access to funding is an innovation barrier.

[3] According to Bankwest’s Curtin Economics Centre director Alan Duncan, offering incentives for new business ventures is highly essential to Australia’s productivity and innovation.

[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Investment in WA start-up businesses halved since mining boom, report says