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• Knowledge Transfer And The Curriculum: A Discussion Paper

  BNET - 2006-08-10

  The Growing Esteem strategy emphasizes the interdependence of research, teaching and knowledge transfer. The purpose of this discussion paper is to articulate some of the ways in which knowledge transfer is already embedded in teaching and learning programs at the University of Melbourne and to discuss ways in which its...

  Tags: Knowledge, University Of Melbourne, Growing Esteem Strategy, Strategy, Management

• Adopting A Flexible Approach To Project Management Methodology

  BNET - 2006-08-02

  This paper reports and analyses multimedia project methodology observed within the Multimedia Education Unit MEU at the University of Melbourne. The conclusion drawn from this study is that the benefits expected to flow from standardisation of project management methods are secondary to the interests of reducing the risk of failure....

  Tags: Multimedia, University Of Melbourne, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

• The Dynamic Effects Of Intellectual Property Practices

  BNET - 2005-09-19

  This paper analyses various intellectual property practices in a dynamic context. Building on a model of Segal and Whinston (2004), the paper considers the rate of innovation when IP Intellectual Property licensing is expected versus when it is not. In each case, innovation returns trade off the immediate value from...

  Tags: Innovation, University Of Melbourne, Intellectual Property, Leadership, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management

• Appropriating Innovation Profits And Firms' Learning Behaviour

  BNET - 2004-04-01

  This paper considers whether there is any relationship between a firm's learning style and the way it chooses to appropriate its innovation profits. It argues that there two potential connections: first, a firm's absorptive capacity, its ability to generate new innovations and its subsequent ability to appropriate the returns from...

  Tags: Innovation, University Of Melbourne, Firm, Leadership, Strategy, Management

• A Socioecological Logic of Strategy Making: Interrogating the 'Hyper' Environment

  BNET - 2004-02-17

  This contrast of neo-classical and socioecological perspectives, or logics, of strategy making based partially on their different understandings of environmental turbulence. Drawing on hypercompetition and hyperturbulence at the dynamic edges of these logics, one posits the ?Hyper environment? and conceptualizes it as a coevolutionary outcome of denser environmental texturing and...

  Tags: Environment, University Of Melbourne, Strategy, Management

• Managed Investment Schemes: An Industry Report

  BNET - 2004-01-30

  This research report is divided into three parts. The first part deals with the structure and operation of the Australian managed investments industry. The second reveals about the Australian regulatory regime in the context of international principles; and the final part talks about the different observations and conclusions obtained from...

  Tags: Management, Strategy, University Of Melbourne

• Positivist, Single Case Study Research in Information Systems: A Critical Analysis

  BNET - 2003-06-11

  Positivist, single case study is an important research approach within the information systems discipline. This paper provides detailed definitions of key concepts in positivist, single case study research and carefully analyses the conduct and outcomes of the Sarker and Lee study that examined the role of social enablers in Enterprise...

  Tags: Information System, University Of Melbourne, Analysis, Strategy, Management

• Intellectual Capital: Accumulation and Appropriation

  BNET - 2002-11-01

  This paper seeks to develop a literature-based perspective on intellectual property from the standpoint of business strategy and strategic human resource management. Distinctive competitive advantage is increasingly built on a firm's knowledge, one of the principal ingredients of intellectual capital. Competitive capability is strongly influenced by the organization's ability to...

  Tags: Knowledge, University Of Melbourne, Human Resource Management (HRM), Strategy, Intellectual Property, Organizational Structure, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Human Resources