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Kim Houghton, Director
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Kim set up Strategic Economic Solutions Pty Ltd in 1997 to provide services to a broad range of clients wanting to understand the economic issues affecting their communities and develop practical responses. The company specialises in local economic development and small business.
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The Company works extensively on regional labour markets in Australia, looking at where jobs have grown or declined, with a particular emphasis on building community profiles, creating employment and issues for young people. The Company has a very strong track record in helping communities across Australia, and among other things has conducted a study on home-based businesses in two states focusing on helping employment growth in these very small businesses, developed a 'small business readiness' self assessment kit and has completed a number of other projects to foster growth in the broader small business sector.
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Before founding SES, Dr Houghton completed a major study for the Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA) titled Jobs in Our Regions: Building on the Small Business Base. The book presents a comprehensive analysis of small business in regional Australia, examining the major constraints on regional small business growth and offering practical solutions.
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Kim's previous work has included Adviser in the Economic Planning Advisory Commission (EPAC) and other positions in the Commonwealth Government. He has lived and worked in Japan for many years, and was Executive Officer at the Australia-Japan Research Centre at the Australian National University for four years.
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Kim's other qualifications include a BSc Hons in Geophysics from the University of Tasmania, accreditation as a community mediator and facilitator, and a reputation as a performance poet.
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Educational Qualifications
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PhD Economics (ANU)
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Degree awarded 24 April 1996.
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Thesis title: Energy Efficiency and Energy Policy in Japan 1973-1991
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Earlier work comprised Masters of Economics units (1988) and
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Graduate Diploma in Economics (1987).
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Bachelor of Science with Honours (First Class), Geophysics
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University of Tasmania, 1983.
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Professional History
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Project Manager, Regional Small Business Focus Project, Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia (COSBOA)
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Commonwealth public service positions including:
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Senior Officer Grade (SOG) C, Economic Planning Advisory Commission (EPAC)
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Acting SOG C, Industry and Economic Section, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C)
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Administrative Services Officer (ASO) Grade 6, Industry and Economic Section, Office of Multicultural Affairs, (PM&C)
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Executive Officer, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University, working with Professors Peter Drysdale and Ross Garnaut.
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Lecturer, Economics Faculty, Kobe University, Japan
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Publications
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Jobs in Our Regions: Building the Small Business Base (1997) published through Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia, Canberra, November.
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"Building the employment base: small business issues in regional Australia" (with Robert Bastian), Proceedings, Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand 1997 Annual Conference, September 1997, pp 43-64.
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"Productive Diversity: Australia's Marketing Edge", Benchmark, No 13, November 1995, pp 21-22.
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"Energy Efficiency in Japan: Linking Technological Change, Industry Policy and Environmental Concerns", Bulletin Japanese Studies Association of Australia, Vol. 13 No. 2, Sept 1993, pp. 19-34.
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"Seduction by Numbers", Economics Insight, ANU Reporter, 13 May 1992.
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