Electronic release only.
This release presents summary business characteristics data for a selection of topics including nature of business ownership, cooperative/franchising arrangements, performance measures, barriers, government financial assistance, finance sought, markets and competition. These data will be cross classified, where possible, by innovator status; business size (based on employment); industry; and state/territory. Where possible, more detailed data will be included in data cubes released with this issue or over the 3-4 weeks following release.
This publication supplements 'Summary of IT Use and Innovation in Australian Business', 2005-06, (8166.0) released in November 2007 and 'Business Use of IT' (8129.0) released in December 2007