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0000-0003-4682-4868
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University of Queensland
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ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Innovation and Technology Management | Research, Science And Technology Policy | Innovation And Technology Management | Engineering Systems Design | Catalytic Process Engineering | Biochemistry and Cell Biology | Agricultural Biotechnology not elsewhere classified | Agricultural Economics | Enzymes | Business and Management | Applied Economics | Policy and Administration | Marketing | Marketing Management (incl. Strategy and Customer Relations) | Consumer-Oriented Product or Service Development
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Technological and organisational innovation | Marketing | Environmentally Sustainable Plant Production not elsewhere classified | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified | Economic Growth | Technological and Organisational Innovation | Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing not elsewhere classified | Professional, Scientific and Technical Services | Biofuel (Biomass) Energy | Industry policy | Management and Productivity not elsewhere classified |
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Publications
An Ontology-based Bayesian network modelling for supply chain risk propagation
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 09-09-2019
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-01-2019-0032
Abstract: Supply chain risks (SCRs) do not work in isolation and have impact both on each member of a chain and the performance of the entire supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to quantitatively assess the impact of dynamic risk propagation within and between integrated firms in global fresh produce supply chains. A risk propagation ontology-based Bayesian network (BN) model was developed to measure dynamic SCR propagation. The proposed model was applied to a two-tier Australia-China table grape supply chain (ACTGSC) featured with an upstream Australian integrated grower and exporter and a downstream Chinese integrated importer and online retailer. An ontology-based BN can be generated to accurately represent the risk domain of interest using the knowledge and inference capabilities inherent in a risk propagation ontology. In addition, the analyses revealed that supply discontinuity, product inconsistency and/or delivery delay originating in the upstream firm can propagate to increase the downstream firm’s customer value risk and business performance risk. The work was conducted in an Australian-China table grape supply chain, so results are only product chain-specific in nature. Additionally, only two state values were considered for all nodes in the model, and finally, while the proposed methodology does provide a large-scale risk network map, it may not be appropriate for a large supply chain network as it only follows the process flow of a single supply chain. This study supports the backward-looking traceability of risk root causes through the ACTGSC and the forward-looking prediction of risk propagation to key risk performance measures. The methodology used in this paper provides an evidence-based decision-making capability as part of a system-wide risk management approach and fosters collaborative SCR management, which can yield numerous societal benefits. The proposed methodology addresses the challenges in using a knowledge-based approach to develop a BN model, particularly with a large-scale model and integrates risk and performance for a holistic risk propagation assessment. The combination of modelling approaches to address the issue is unique.
Small service firms – creating value through innovation
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 12-1999
DOI: 10.1108/09604529910302109
Abstract: The debate over the innovative role of small firms has largely been resolved. However, researchers have yet to establish the basis for some small firms being more innovative than others and the impact of their innovations on their industry. There is also an imperative to augment current literature on small service firms. This paper presents a study of small service exporters and differentiates between three groups based upon their innovativeness. Using analysis of variance as the analytical technique, significant differences are found between groups, indicating that the more innovative firms are of greater potential value to their industry. The findings displayed in this paper support the push for innovation strategy as a means of developing new and emerging markets by pioneering small firms.
Employability skills: Perspectives from a knowledge-intensive industry
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 13-07-2015
Abstract: – While the global education debate remains focused on graduate skills and employability, the absence of a shared language between student, academic and industry stakeholder groups means that defining industry skills requirements is both essential and difficult. The purpose of this paper is to assess graduate skills requirements in a knowledge-intensive industry from a demand perspective as distinct from a curriculum (supply) viewpoint. – Skills items were derived from a breadth of disciplines across academic, policy and industry literature. CEOs and senior managers in the innovation and commercialisation industry were surveyed regarding perceptions of skills in graduates and skills in demand by the firm. Two rounds of exploratory factor analyses were undertaken to examine employers’ perceptions of the skills gap. – First-order analysis resolved ten broad constructs that represent cognitive, interpersonal and intrapersonal skills domains as applied in this industry. Knowledge, leadership and interprofessional collaboration feature as prominent skills. Second-order analysis revealed employers’ perceptions of graduate skills specifically centre on organisational fit and organisational success. An over-arching theme relates to performance of the in idual in organisations. – The findings suggest that the discourse on employability and the design of curriculum need to shift from instilling lists of skills towards enabling graduates to perform in a ersity of workplace contexts and expectations centred on organisational purpose. – In contrast to the heterogeneous nature of industry surveys, the authors targeted a homogenous sector that is representative of knowledge-intensive industries. This study contributes to the broader stakeholder dialogue of the value and application of graduate skills in this and other industry sectors.
The population of organisations life cycle (POLC): Implications for small business assistance programs
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 04-1997
Abstract: DENNIS HOWARD AND DAMIAN HINE ARE PhD candidates working at Southern Cross University, Australia. Despite the wealth of programs employed by governments towards the small business sector, there is often little in the way of studies that systematically evaluate those programs. The authors believe that a major cause of this is a general lack of models that systematically explain what environmental factors influence small enterprise development. The paper addresses in part this issue and recommends the need for research to test the model. Small business development will be a major policy front through the 1990s because of the perceived role of small businesses in job creation and sustainable development. Policy approaches differ, however, because of the debate about government intervention in the economy. While there is substantial agreement in favour of neutralising forces that inhibit free markets, the benefits of direct intervention at the level of the firm are often debated. In this paper, life cycle theories (the Product Life Cuycle and the Organisation Life Cycle) are used to outline how product markets and organisations theoretically develop. An additional life cycle is identified, the Population of Organisations Life Cycle (POLC). It is useful for predicting a range of possible outcomes associated with small business assistance programs (SBAPs) and suggests when the benefits of such programs are maximised.
The Tortoise and the Hare: Evolving Regulatory Landscapes for Biosimilars
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2016
DOI: 10.1016/J.TIBTECH.2015.10.009
Abstract: Challenges in demonstrating interchangeability and safety, as well as the ongoing evolution of regulations governing biosimilars, have meant that the development of the biosimilars industry has not been, and will not be, a carbon copy of the generics industry. Complexity in the development process reduces the cost advantages for biosimilars that generics offer over originators. There has been a marked difference in the number of biosimilars approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and US FDA due to a lack of consensus and the different rates of progress in establishing both law and stable evidence-based regulatory guidelines for biosimilars. In this review, we provide a précis of the history and status of the regulatory regimes in the USA and Europe. Included is an assessment of market and nonmarket factors that may continue to influence the development of the biosimilars industry.
The alliance evolutionary model: Reconciling the hierarchical and developmental approaches to explaining alliance bahaviour for small firms
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2006
Enterprise Policy and the Metagovernance of Firm Capabilities
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 31-01-2015
Abstract: The underlying logic of enterprise policy is that there are impediments to change in economic systems that can be traced to the path-dependent behaviors of economic actors that prevent them from exploring new knowledge and new ways of doing things. Enterprise policy involves firm-level interventions delivered by distributed networks of business advisors coordinated by knowledge intermediaries. These metagovernance arrangements are able to disrupt the path-dependent behaviors of organizations. The logic and benefits of enterprise policy are explored through reference to public administration, strategic management and evolutionary theory, and three case studies.
Learning in and beyond small business advisory programmes
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-2012
Is anyone listening?
Publisher: thinkBiotech, LLC
Date: 02-2007
Interdisciplinary science research and education
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 06-2013
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT AND SMES’ INNOVATION IN DEVELOPING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES: THE CASE OF VIETNAM
Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd
Date: 12-2017
DOI: 10.1142/S1084946717500273
Abstract: Although the job/employment security is critical to the implementation of high performance management practices (Pfeffer and Veiga, 1999), its impact on innovation remains understudied, especially in the context of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in emerging and transition economies (ETEs). This paper uses the institution-based view in entrepreneurship and strategic management to (i) analyze the relationships between the formality of an employment contract and the firm’s innovation (i.e., product innovation, product improvement, process innovation and intention of innovation) and (ii) indentify potential antecedents of the contractual formality. Based on a s le of 865 private, domestic SMEs operating in the manufacturing sector in an ETE — namely Vietnam — and by using multivariable regression techniques, we find that the formality of the employment contract significantly and positively influences some aspects of the firm’s innovation (i.e., product improvement and process innovation). Furthermore, the major factors that determine the employment contract’s degree of formality are the manager’s regulatory knowledge, the degree of industrial competition and the existence of a labor representative within the firm. Implications for policy makers, managers and future research are suggested.
The knowledge exchange intermediary as service provider: A discussion and an australian case
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 05-11-2010
Constructing a processual model of communication in new product development from a multiple case study of biotechnology SMEs
Publisher: thinkBiotech, LLC
Date: 05-2007
Cost–benefit analysis of two culture methods that influence pearl production from the black‐lip pearl oyster, Pinctada margaritifera
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-02-2019
DOI: 10.1111/JWAS.12594
Redressing oversights: Exploring informal innovation in small IT firms
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2006
Modelling cosmic radiation events in the tree-ring radiocarbon record
Publisher: The Royal Society
Date: 10-2022
Abstract: Annually resolved measurements of the radiocarbon content in tree-rings have revealed rare sharp rises in carbon-14 production. These ‘Miyake events’ are likely produced by rare increases in cosmic radiation from the Sun or other energetic astrophysical sources. The radiocarbon produced is not only circulated through the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans, but also absorbed by the biosphere and locked in the annual growth rings of trees. To interpret high-resolution tree-ring radiocarbon measurements therefore necessitates modelling the entire global carbon cycle. Here, we introduce ‘ ticktack ’ ( github.com/SharmaLlama/ticktack/ ), the first open-source Python package that connects box models of the carbon cycle with modern Bayesian inference tools. We use this to analyse all public annual 14 C tree data, and infer posterior parameters for all six known Miyake events. They do not show a consistent relationship to the solar cycle, and several display extended durations that challenge either astrophysical or geophysical models.
Working Hard or Hardly Working? Regulatory Bottlenecks in Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2020
ticktack: A Python package for carbon box modelling
Publisher: The Open Journal
Date: 22-03-2023
DOI: 10.21105/JOSS.05084
Changes in clinical trial length
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 30-04-2015
DOI: 10.1038/NRD4611
Overview of the Development and Modern Landscape of Marine Pearl Culture in the South Pacific
Publisher: National Shellfisheries Association
Date: 26-12-2019
DOI: 10.2983/035.038.0301
Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing White Paper
Publisher: The University of Queensland Business School - Service Innovation Alliance
Date: 17-05-2023
DOI: 10.14264/AED4918
Individual and collective knowledge
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 31-12-2007
DOI: 10.1108/19348830710900151
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to focus on the need in biotechnology to integrate a variety of knowledge bases to build the intellectual asset base of the commercial entity operating in the biotechnology industry. The paper is based upon a single case study of a young biotechnology company, itself relying on the knowledge and expertise of four directors. To analyze the responses of the four directors to a single lead question, designed to prompt the respondents to articulate the intellectual capital they offer to the firm, this study employs a novel text analytical tool known as Perspective Text Analysis (Pertex). The results show the disparate nature of the in idual knowledge sets in contributing to the interdisciplinary base of the firm. The combined analysis illustrates the importance of collective intellectual capital through “sustainable collaboration.” This study employs a novel analytical tool to undertake an analysis of both in idual intellectual capital and collective interdisciplinary contribution using data from a single question. Pertex is a valuable tool in analyzing the intentionality of a respondent by cutting through to the true essence of their response.
Assessing the Impact of US Food and Drug Administration Breakthrough Therapy Designation Timing on Trial Characteristics and Development Speed
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-2021
DOI: 10.1002/CPT.2318
Abstract: The US Congress created the Breakthrough Therapy designation in 2012 to expedite drug development and review through efficient clinical trial design and intensive interaction with US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewers. Yet, of the 116 pivotal trials supporting Breakthrough‐designated drugs approved 2013–2018, 96 (83%) were already underway or completed when the designation was granted, limiting the potential of the designation to influence trial design. We found no difference between these trials and the 20 (17%) that had not yet begun when the designation was granted (which had greater potential to be impacted by the designation) with respect to phase, size, intervention model (single‐arm vs. multi‐arm), or use of surrogate end points under the Accelerated Approval (AA) pathway. This finding suggests that, in contrast to previous studies, observed trial characteristics were not likely attributable to the designation, and instead other factors such as disease category (e.g., oncology) may be driving both trial design and Breakthrough designation. The 20 trials in our s le that began after designation was granted were, however, over 8 months shorter than trials of nondesignated drugs. This suggests that designations granted early in clinical development may reduce trial time by influencing aspects of clinical programs other than design characteristics, such as timelines for FDA responses. Alternately, certain drugs may be more likely to both receive an early designation and have a shorter trial duration, for ex le, because of therapeutic category or large effect size.
Standing Alone: Small Business and the Global Market
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 1999
DOI: 10.5172/SER.7.2.66
Building a scale for dynamic learning capabilities: The role of resources, learning, competitive intent and routine patterning
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 10-2016
Deconstructing and reconstructing the capability hierarchy
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
Date: 26-11-2013
DOI: 10.1093/ICC/DTT046
An analysis of changing management roles in small Australian services exporters in response to the stages in industry development
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 04-2003
DOI: 10.1108/13552550310461054
Abstract: Life cycle models have become important in explaining the changing size structure of firms based on the carrying capacity of regions or industries. In particular, the population ecology model predicts stages of growth, maturity and eventually decline in the number of firms in an industry. There has been criticism of such models because of their focus on external variables as pre‐determinants of the potential for enterprise development. This paper attempts to reconcile the external focus of the population ecology model with relevant internal management factors in enterprise development. A survey was conducted of Australian services exporters, and the results not only confirm the existence of four separate life cycle stages in the population ecology model, but also identify the external and internal variables that are strategically relevant at each of the stages. The findings provide potentially useful information in a range of contexts including the design of small business assistance as well a providing “guide posts” to entrepreneurs engaged in enterprise development.
Slack resources and growth performance: The mediating roles of product and process innovation capabilities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 04-12-2019
Economic Modeling of Round Pearl Culture in Fiji and Assessment of Viable Farm Size
Publisher: National Shellfisheries Association
Date: 04-2018
DOI: 10.2983/035.037.0107
Chapter 2 Complexity and mastery in shaping interdisciplinarity
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Date: 08-11-2010
Harmonizing science and business agendas for growth in new biotechnology firms: Case comparisons from five countries
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 11-2007
Towards definition of the global biotechnology value chain using cases from Australian biotechnology SMEs
Publisher: Inderscience Publishers
Date: 2004
World Scientific Reference on Innovation
Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC
Date: 2018
DOI: 10.1142/10209
Economic feasibility of small-scale mabé pearl production in Tonga using the winged pearl oyster, Pteria penguin
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 07-2020
Economic assessment of community-based pearl oyster spat collection and mabé pearl production in the western Pacific
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2020
Collaborative risk management in decentralised multi-tier global food supply chains: an exploratory study
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 28-06-2021
DOI: 10.1108/IJLM-07-2020-0278
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the value of collaborative risk management in a decentralised multi-tier global fresh produce supply chain. This study utilised a mixed methods approach. A qualitative field study was conducted to examine the need for collaborative risk management. The simulation experiments with industry datasets were conducted to assess whether risk-sharing contracts work in mitigating joint risks in parts of and across the supply chain. The qualitative field study revealed risk propagation and the inefficiency of company-specific risk management strategies in value delivery. The simulation results indicated that risk-sharing contracts can incentivise various actors to absorb interrelated risks for value creation. The research is limited to risks relevant to supply chain processes in the Australia–China table grrape supply chain and does not consider product-related risks and the risk-taking behaviours of supply chain actors. Collaborative risk management can be deployed to mitigate systematic risks that disrupt global fresh produce supply chains. The results offer evidence-based knowledge to supply chain professionals in understanding the value of collaborative risk assessment and management and provide insights on how to conduct collaborative risk management for effective risk management. The results contribute to the supply chain risk management literature by new collaborative forms for effective risk management and strategic competition of “supply chain to supply chain” in multi-tier food supply chains.
How small business advisory program delivery methods (collective learning, tailored, and practice-based approaches) affect learning and innovation
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-10-2016
DOI: 10.1111/JSBM.12142
Precision Medicines Have Faster Approvals Based On Fewer And Smaller Trials Than Other Medicines
Publisher: Health Affairs (Project Hope)
Date: 05-2018
DOI: 10.1377/HLTHAFF.2017.1580
Abstract: Precision medicines can benefit patients by increasing the probability of a successful treatment response in selected patient populations. The potential for more immediate signals of efficacy during clinical trials suggests such medicines will reach the market more rapidly than traditional drugs will. Using data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), we examined the regulatory review and pivotal trial characteristics of precision medicines. We found that in the period January 2013-June 2017, precision medicines were developed and reviewed almost two years faster than nonprecision medicines. In addition, approximately 48 percent of the precision medicines in our study qualified for the FDA's breakthrough therapy designation. Precision medicines were also approved based on fewer pivotal trials with fewer patients, and the trials were less likely to be randomized, blinded, or controlled with either an active or placebo comparator.
The Role of Knowledge Intermediaries in Developing Firm Learning Capabilities
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-01-2014
Managerial cognition, emergency preparedness and firm's emergency response performance
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 23-10-2019
Delivering impactful solutions for the bioeconomy
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2023
Improving supply chain risk visibility and communication with a multi-view risk ontology
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 02-01-2020
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Southern Cross University Southern Cross Business School
Location: Australia
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End Date: 12-2011
Amount: $325,000.00
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End Date: 08-2024
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