Business in Brisbane is most competitive as compared to other parts of Australia. Brisbane is the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. It is the third largest city of the country of Australia. The business of Brisbane is highly developed. It is a major business hub of the country. All major companies of Australia have their outlets in the city. The economy of Brisbane can be divided into two types of industries. Business in Brisbane is formed by the blue collar and white collar industries.
White Collar industries of Brisbane include higher education, financial services, information technology and public sector administration. Information Technology or IT deals with the different aspects of computer software. The main aim of IT is to convert, store, transmit, process, protect and retrieve information. Financial Services means the services provided by the financial industry. It includes organizations such as credit card companies, consumer finance companies, government sponsored organizations, merchant banks and stock broking enterprises. The place also earns money from its higher educational institutes which include universities, community colleges, vocational universities, technical colleges, career colleges and liberal arts colleges.
On the other hand, blue collar industries of Brisbane includes railway workshop, petroleum refining, paper milling, stevedoring, metalworking and railway workshops. Tourism is also an important revenue earner for the city. People from all over the world visit this place. Some important places of interest of Brisbane are the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium, the Brisbane Botanic Gardens, the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens, the Mount Coot-tha state forest, Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane Forest Park, the "Tsuki-yama-chisen" Japanese Garden, the Story Bridge at Kangaroo Point, Portside Wharf and many others.
Business of Brisbane also includes electronics industry. Through business the people and the government of Brisbane earns revenue. Some major companies located in the city which are in the business of electronics are Samsung, Panasonic, LG and many more. Samsung Group is one of the leading companies in the electronics field which have set up stores in Brisbane. It is a South Korean company. Another major company which has its distribution centers at Brisbane are Panasonic and LG. Panasoni is a Japanese Company which manufactures electronics goods such as laptop computers, DVD recorders and players, plasma and LCD display panels, microwave ovens, digital cameras, projectors, digital cameras, telephones and many other goods.
The business in Brisbane is also generated by several homegrown companies such as Sun Super, Flight Centre, Orrcon, Suncorp-Metway Limited, Credit Union Australia, Wotif.com, Krome Studios, Donut King, Web Central, PIPE Networks, Mincom Limited and Virgin Blue. All these companies have their head quarters in Brisbane.
Other companies which have distribution centers at Brisbane are IBM, Boeing, Alcan and Red Hat. The retail business in Brisbane is also well developed. The shopping centers include Broadway on the Mall, Queens Plaza, Brisbane Arcade, Wintergarden and The Myer Center. The four major shopping centers in Brisbane are located in the suburbs of Indooroopilly, Chermside, Carindale and Mt Gravatt.
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