Pursuing the right opportunities: the actor-opportunity nexus and new venture performance. This project's purpose is to explain how new business ventures can be made more successful. Based on a longitudinal study of new business ventures in Australia's mining industry, the research will develop a model that captures how characteristics of entrepreneurs, opportunities and the fit between them influence entrepreneurial actions and success.
Disability entrepreneurship in Australia. Disability entrepreneurship in Australia. This project aims to study disability entrepreneurs who run private enterprises in Australia, their experiences, the contributions they make and the barriers they face. Private and social entrepreneurship is an innovative response to the considerable economic and social exclusion people with disability face in Australia. People with disability have a relatively high rate of entrepreneurship but research on disabi ....Disability entrepreneurship in Australia. Disability entrepreneurship in Australia. This project aims to study disability entrepreneurs who run private enterprises in Australia, their experiences, the contributions they make and the barriers they face. Private and social entrepreneurship is an innovative response to the considerable economic and social exclusion people with disability face in Australia. People with disability have a relatively high rate of entrepreneurship but research on disability entrepreneurship in Australia is almost non-existent. The introduction of the NDIS will create new opportunities for disability entrepreneurship. This project is expected to develop new policy initiatives, including a pilot program for new disability entrepreneurs in Sydney.Read moreRead less
Humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises. The project aims to provide, for the first time, a detailed understanding of the experiences of male and female humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises in urban and regional Australia, and critically evaluate how these entrepreneurs help redress the settlement problems and socio-economic disadvantage of humanitarian immigrants and contribute to economic growth and social cohesion in Australia. ....Humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises. The project aims to provide, for the first time, a detailed understanding of the experiences of male and female humanitarian immigrant entrepreneurs in private and social enterprises in urban and regional Australia, and critically evaluate how these entrepreneurs help redress the settlement problems and socio-economic disadvantage of humanitarian immigrants and contribute to economic growth and social cohesion in Australia. One key aim will be to further develop the theory of Diasporic entrepreneurship. The benefits are expected to include an evaluation of effective strategies and policies to improve existing humanitarian immigrant enterprises and to stimulate the creation of new humanitarian immigrant enterprises.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE170100344
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$328,000.00
Summary
Impact investing and the global diffusion of social stock exchanges. This project aims to examine the establishment and global diffusion of social stock exchanges and assess how such a platform may assist the nascent Australian market for impact investing. Investors and social enterprises struggle to connect, communicate and agree on measures of return. This project will examine the social systems needed to organise and sustain markets. This approach is expected to inform the development of Aust ....Impact investing and the global diffusion of social stock exchanges. This project aims to examine the establishment and global diffusion of social stock exchanges and assess how such a platform may assist the nascent Australian market for impact investing. Investors and social enterprises struggle to connect, communicate and agree on measures of return. This project will examine the social systems needed to organise and sustain markets. This approach is expected to inform the development of Australia’s potential $32 billion market in providing finance to solve social problems.Read moreRead less
Indigenous women and entrepreneurship in NSW. This research will provide an understanding of the experiences of Aboriginal women in Indigenous enterprises (private and social) in urban, regional and rural New South Wales and investigate the economic and social contributions that they and their enterprises make to Aboriginal communities and Australian society.