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The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation, and Innovation Centre (ECIC) stimulates Australian innovation through undertaking entrepreneurship, commercialisation and project management research, education and community engagement.
The ECIC has a diverse research program focusing on the individual, the firm, the region, and the nation. The sustainability of its research program is facilitated through:
- The ECIC faculty's own research interests
- The ECIC's PhD program
- Visiting scholars from interstate and overseas and collaboration with scholars from other universities
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Item Metadata only A capability engineering lifecycle framework based on insights from Australian Defence(Wiley, 2020) Cook, S.C.; Unewisse, M.H.The Australian Department of Defence is actively pursuing initiatives to improve the integration and interoperability of the defence force and this paper reports on research findings produced in support of this effort. The paper opens with a description of the Australian Defence capability development context together with recent initiatives to provide greater military capability for the available budget. Within this context, the problem the researchers set out to address is how best to co-ordinate the ongoing force Integration and Interoperability (I2) activities that evolve and deliver defence capabilities so that these capabilities can be integrated together at short notice and deployed. System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) approaches have been found to be effective for this class of problem and the paper provides a short review of the most promising candidates. The methodology needs analysis that follows concludes that a range of different SoS approaches will be needed to cover the different stages of the capability lifecycle and the paper then proceeds to describe an initial framework that provides a new way of looking at the defence Integrated Capability Realisation (ICR) SoSE challenge across two dimensions. The first dimension is the time horizon of the planned capability increment: from the present to around four years; four to eight years; eight to twelve years; and longer than twelve years. The second dimension covers the types of activities that are traditionally performed to evolve defence forces such as future force planning, program co-ordination and planning, project capability definition, acquisition, and force generation. The paper describes how this framework provides a simple method to identify which SoSE approaches are the most applicable to given ICR subtasks and also proposes an overall approach to self-organise overall Defence ICR effortsItem Metadata only A comparative study of tour guides' interpretation: the case of Macau(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2012) Io, M.-U.; Hallo, L.The present study aims to explore how tour guides' interpretations influence tourists' experience and their interest in heritage tourism. To examine tour guides' interpretation quality, style, and their impact on the tourist experience, a comparative study of sightseeing and on-site guides was conducted. The results suggest that tour guides should provide tourists with an insightful interpretation and provoke tourists' emotional thoughts in order to help them to achieve a high level of tourist experience with the visited heritage site and arouse their interest in visiting other relevant heritage sites. In addition to communication competence and knowledge, tour guides' motivation for interpretation is also an important factor influencing the quality and style of their interpretation.Item Metadata only A composite indicator model to assess natural disaster risks in industry on a spatial level(Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2013) Merz, M.; Hiete, M.; Comes, T.; Schultmann, F.In the event of natural disasters, industrial production sites can be affected by both direct physical damage and indirect damage. The indirect damage, which often exceeds the direct ones in value, mainly arises from business interruptions resulting from the impairment of information and material flows as well as from domino effects in interlaced supply chains. The importance of industry for society and the domino effects often result in severe economic, social, and environmental consequences of industrial disasters making industrial risk management an important task for risk managers at the administrative level (e.g. civil protection authorities). Since the possible industrial disaster damage depends not only on hazard and exposure but also on the vulnerability of a system, an effective and efficient industrial risk management requires information about the system’s regionalized vulnerability. This paper presents a new methodology for structural industrial vulnerability assessment based on production factors that enables to assess the regional industrial disaster vulnerability. In order to capture industry-specific vulnerability factors and to account for the processes underlying regional industrial vulnerability, a two-stage approach is developed. This approach combines a composite indicator model to assess sector-specific vulnerability indices (Vs) with a new regionalization method. The composite indicator model is based on methodologies from the field of multicriteria decision analysis (MultiAttribute Value Theory) and the Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory Method is applied to correct the (Vs) for interdependencies among the indicators. Finally, the developed approach is applied to an exemplar case study and the industrial vulnerability of 44 administrative districts in the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg is assessed.Item Restricted A conceptual framework for entrepreneurship education policy: meeting government and economic purposes(Elsevier Science BV, 2013) O'Connor, A.; Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innovation CentreThere is an increasing tendency for government policy to promote entrepreneurship for its apparent economic benefit. Accordingly, governments seek to employ entrepreneurship education as a means to stimulate increased levels of economic activity. However, the economic benefit of entrepreneurship education has proven difficult to substantiate. It is perceived that the problem is partly due to the multi-definitional perspectives of entrepreneurship. What stems from this is a lack of a theoretically sound conceptual grounding that will assist policy-makers and educators to locate a program within specific objectives. This article sets out an argument, extending from economic theory, to provide purpose for entrepreneurship education and proposes a policy framework supported by analysis of the Australian government policy context. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.Item Metadata only A contribution to developing a complex project management BOK(The Project Management Association, 2013) Ireland, V.; Gorod, A.; White, B.; Gandhi, S.; Sauser, B.; Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innovation CentreThis paper proposes a project typology focused on system of systems (SoS) projects, which are recognised as complex in a hierarchy of simple, complicated, and complex. Three types of complex systems are proposed: traditional SoS projects, such as defence or air transport, in which a developing project incorporates an existing independent asset; SoS projects which address wicked problems and hence require use of soft system methods to determine stakeholders, boundaries and a solution process; and, integration of assets, such as states or enterprises into an encompassing system. Context, leadership style and personality types suitable for each are proposed. Some tools are referenced. Soft system methods to explore solutions to wicked problems are outlined.Item Metadata only A distributed scenario-based decision support system for robust decision-making in complex situations(Information Science Reference, 2013) Comes, T.; Wijngaards, N.; Hiete, M.; Conrado, C.; Schultmann, F.; Jennex, M.Decision-making in emergency management is a challenging task as the consequences of decisions are considerable, the threatened systems are complex and information is often uncertain. This paper presents a distributed system facilitating better-informed decision-making in strategic emergency management. The construction of scenarios provides a rationale for collecting, organising, and processing information. The set of scenarios captures the uncertainty of the situation and its developments. The relevance of scenarios is ensured by gearing the scenario construction to assessing alternatives, thus avoiding time-consuming processing of irrelevant information. The scenarios are constructed in a distributed setting allowing for a flexible adaptation of reasoning (principles and processes) to both the problem at hand and the information available. This approach ensures that each decision can be founded on a coherent set of scenarios. The theoretical framework is demonstrated in a distributed decision support system by orchestrating experts into workflows tailored to each specific decision.Item Metadata only A distributed scenario-based decision support system for robust decision-making in complex situations(IGI Global, 2011) Comes, T.; Wijngaards, N.; Hiete, M.; Conrado, C.; Schultmann, F.Decision-making in emergency management is a challenging task as the consequences of decisions are considerable, the threatened systems are complex and information is often uncertain. This paper presents a distributed system facilitating better-informed decision-making in strategic emergency management. The construction of scenarios provides a rationale for collecting, organising, and processing information. The set of scenarios captures the uncertainty of the situation and its developments. The relevance of scenarios is ensured by gearing the scenario construction to assessing alternatives, thus avoiding time-consuming processing of irrelevant information. The scenarios are constructed in a distributed setting allowing for a flexible adaptation of reasoning (principles and processes) to both the problem at hand and the information available. This approach ensures that each decision can be founded on a coherent set of scenarios. The theoretical framework is demonstrated in a distributed decision support system by orchestrating experts into workflows tailored to each specific decision.Item Metadata only A Framework for Understanding Opportunity Recognition.(Institutional Investor, Journals, 2002) Lindsay, N.; Craig, J.; Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation, and Innovation CentrePresents a framework for understanding opportunity recognition by entrepreneurs and private equity financiers. Description of the opportunity formulation process; Types of information about the environment that entrepreneurs use to identify opportunities; Phases of the opportunity recognition process.Item Metadata only A generic state-machine model of system resilience(John Wiley and Sons, 2015) Jackson, S.; Cook, S.; Ferris, T.Abstract not availableItem Metadata only A high-resolution determination of the technical potential for residential-roof-mounted photovoltaic systems in Germany(Elsevier, 2014) Mainzer, K.; Fath, K.; Mckenna, R.; Stengel, J.; Fichtner, W.; Schultmann, F.Abstract not availableItem Metadata only A knowledge management approach to innovation and learning in the construction industry(Emerald Group, 2009) Maqsood, T.; Finegan, A.; Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation CentrePurpose – This paper aims to summarise a Doctor of Philosophy research study. The purpose is to provide a summary of the scope, literature review, main issues raised in the thesis, the application of a two phase action research methodology, key research findings and potential areas for future research. Design/methodology/approach – The research investigates the role of knowledge management (KM) in supporting innovation and learning in the construction industry. The research is carried out in two phases. Phase 1 employs a grounded theory methodology to develop and map out the current state of knowledge-related activities being undertaken in two leading Australian construction organisations. This is developed into a model that shows that the segregation between three crucial components – people, process and technology – of an organisation is required to successfully carry out construction work. Phase 2 utilises soft system methodology (SSM) as a KM tool to identify the gap between organisations' internal and external knowledge sources. This gap is significant as it restricts the pull of knowledge from external knowledge sources. Findings – This investigation provides a model to achieve KM initiatives through adoption of SSM. This results in an improvement in the integration of people, process and technology within an organisation, an increase in the capacity of the organisation to pull external knowledge, and thereby improve its own internal knowledge bank. All these improvements help an organisation to transform itself into a learning organisation that can continually adapt and innovate. Practical implications – KM research is relatively new in the construction industry. This research has significantly added to the existing body of knowledge in the domain of KM by effectively linking KM with innovation and learning. This provides a strong case for employing KM in order to make innovation a regular phenomenon within the construction industry and encouraging organisations to transform themselves into learning organisations. Originality/value – This paper provides practitioners with an insight into how KM can be applied in project management (PM)-oriented organisations. Also the research explores an identified gap between PM research and practice, and argues that industry needs to effectively work in collaboration with knowledge sources found in academia. The paper also demonstrates that SSM can be used to create artefacts of knowledge.Item Metadata only A material flow-based approach to enhance resource efficiency in production and recycling networks(Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) Fröhling, M.; Schwaderer, F.; Bartusch, H.; Schultmann, F.Resource and energy efficiency are key strategies for production and recycling networks. They can contribute to more sustainable industrial production and can help cope with challenges such as competition, rising resource and energy prices, greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and scarce and expensive landfill space. In pursuit of these objectives, further enhancements of single processes are often technologically sophisticated and expensive due to past achievements that have brought the processes closer to technical optima. Nevertheless, the potential for network-wide advancements may exist. Methods are required to identify and assess the potential for promising resource and energy efficiency measures from technical, economic, and ecological perspectives. This article presents an approach for a material flow-based techno-economic as well as ecological analysis and assessment of resource efficiency measures in production and recycling networks. Based on thermodynamic process models of different production and recycling processes, a material and energy flow model of interlinked production and recycling processes on the level of chemical compounds is developed. The model can be used to improve network-wide resource efficiency by analyzing and assessing measures in scenario and sensitivity analyses. A necessary condition for overcoming technical and economic barriers for implementing such measures can be fulfilled by identifying strategies that appear technologically feasible and economically and ecologically favorable. An exemplary application to a production and recycling network of the German steel and zinc industry is presented. From a methodological point of view, the approach shows one way of introducing thermodynamics and further technological aspects into industrial planning and assessment.Item Restricted A method for predicting the economic potential of (building-integrated) photovoltaics in urban areas based on hourly Radiance simulations(Elsevier, 2015) Fath, K.; Stengel, J.; Sprenger, W.; Wilson, H.; Schultmann, F.; Kuhn, T.Abstract not availableItem Metadata only A methodology to support early stage off-the-shelf naval vessel acquisitions(Royal Institution of Naval Architects, 2018) Morris, B.; Cook, S.; Cannon, S.This paper describes a research programmeto construct a Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) methodology thatsupportsacquiringorganisations in the early stages of Off-the-Shelf (OTS) naval vesselacquisitions. Astructured approach to design and requirements definition activities hasbeen incorporated into the methodology to provide an easily implemented, reusableapproach thatsupportsdefensible acquisition of OTS naval vesselsthrough traceability of decisions. The methodology comprises two main parts.Firstly,a design space is developed from the capability needs using Set-Based Designprinciples, Model-Based Conceptual Design,and Design Patterns.A key idea is to employ Concept and Requirements Explorationto trim the design space to the region of OTS designs most likely to meet the needs. This region can be used to specifyRequest for Tender (RFT)requirements. Secondly, the methodology supports trades-off between the OTSdesign options proposed in the RFT responses using a multi-criteria decision makingmethod.The paper includes anexampleimplementation of the methodology for an indicative Offshore Patrol Vessel capability.Item Open Access A new focus on risk reduction: an ad hoc decision support system for humanitarian relief logistics(Taylor & Francis, 2015) Schätter, F.; Wiens, M.; Schultmann, F.Particularly in the early phases of a disaster, logistical decisions are needed to be made quickly and under high pressure for the decision‐makers, knowing that their decisions may have direct consequences on the affected society and all future decisions. Proactive risk reduction may be helpful in providing decision‐makers with optimal strategies in advance. However, disasters are characterized by severe uncertainty and complexity, limited knowledge about the causes of the disaster, and continuous change of the situation in unpredicted ways. Following these assumptions, we believe that adequate proactive risk reduction measures are not practical. We propose strengthening the focus on ad hoc decision support to capture information in almost real time and to process information efficiently to reveal uncertainties that had not been previously predicted. Therefore, we present an ad hoc decision support system that uses scenario techniques to capture uncertainty by future developments of a situation and an optimization model to compute promising decision options. By combining these aspects in a dynamic manner and integrating new information continuously, it can be ensured that a decision is always based on the best currently available and processed information. And finally, to identify a robust decision option that is provided as a decision recommendation to the decision‐makers, methods of multi‐attribute decision making (MADM) are applied. Our approach is illustrated for a facility location decision problem arising in humanitarian relief logistics where the objective is to identify robust locations for tent hospitals to serve injured people in the immediate aftermath of the Haiti Earthquake 2010.Item Metadata only A new modified FMEA model for ranking the risk of maintenance waste considering hierarchy of root causes and effects(Inderscience Publishers, 2015) Sutrisno, A.; Gunawan, I.; Khorshidi, H.; Tangkuman, S.Implementing sustainable manufacturing practice requires efficiency of the resource utilisation and activities which add value to the operations. From this point of view, development of an improved methodology to access the criticality of non-added value (waste) is important and believed to support the realisation of sustainable manufacturing operation. While previous studies on improving methodology to support sustainable operation from product and process design are abundantly available in the references, the contribution from maintenance field is in contrary. The goal of this study is to modify the quality improvement tool, failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA) to access the criticality of waste in maintenance operation. In an attempt to realise the above goal, an empirical study to propose the theoretical and actual maintenance waste from industrial practice is undertaken. In order to assist maintenance decision maker to quantify criticality of maintenance waste occurrence, a new model to rank waste maintenance mode, called the waste priority number (WPN) is given. Illustrative on using model for practical purpose is given.Item Metadata only A partnering business model for technology transfer: The case of the Muenster University of Applied Sciences(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2010) Dottore, A.; Baaken, T.; Corkindale, D.Theory and practice of technology transfer and entrepreneurial behaviour of academics are novel. We draw upon the literature of business models, transaction costs, professional and organisational culture and of agency theory to formulate a framework for a technology transfer business model. We present the range of options used by universities and we examine the spin out option, as context and contrast to the MUAS approach. The case of the MUAS is presented. It illustrates the conceptual framework developed and has thus far been successful in its specific environment. Replication might require adaptation, but this particular approach can offer useful lessons. Tentative hypotheses for research on business model adaptation are derived from the study.Item Metadata only A patent perspective of South Australian innovation: An indicator within the regional innovation system story(University of Adelaide Press, 2015) Teh, K.; Roos, G.; Roos, G.; O'Connor, A.In this book the authors are exploring how the linkages within the system can be conceptualised and made transparent.Item Open Access A peaking and tailing approach to education and curriculum renewal for sustainable development(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2014) Desha, C.; Hargroves, K.Contextual factors for sustainable development such as population growth, energy, and resource availability and consumption levels, food production yield, and growth in pollution, provide numerous complex and rapidly changing education and training requirements for a variety of professions including engineering. Furthermore, these requirements may not be clearly understood or expressed by designers, governments, professional bodies or the industry. Within this context, this paper focuses on one priority area for greening the economy through sustainable development—improving energy efficiency-and discusses the complexity of capacity building needs for professionals. The paper begins by acknowledging the historical evolution of sustainability considerations, and the complexity embedded in built environment solutions. The authors propose a dual-track approach to building capacity building, with a short-term focus on improvement (i.e., making peaking challenges a priority for postgraduate education), and a long-term focus on transformational innovation (i.e., making tailing challenges a priority for undergraduate education). A case study is provided, of Australian experiences over the last decade with regard to the topic area of energy efficiency. The authors conclude with reflections on implications for the approach.Item Metadata only A portrayal of new entrants into the Australian economy (Entrepreneurial individuals and ventures)(Queensland University of Technology, 2013) Davidsson, P.; Gordon, S.R.; Department of IndustryThis paper provides a descriptive overview of the venture creation in Australia, those who participate in it and the types of firms they build. Findings of interest in this paper include: ? The majority of business founders (89 per cent) state the motivation to start a new business is opportunity-driven rather than necessity driven. ? The extent of under-representation of women business founders in Australia appears to be lower than international comparisons and has decreased over time. ? Australian business founders tend to possess significant ‘human capital’ many are university-educated, and large shares have different types of experience that may benefit the start-up. ? The major industries for start-up activities are Retailing; various service industries (Business Consulting; Health, Education and Social; other Consumer services); Construction, Manufacturing, and Agriculture. ? A large proportion of CAUSEE respondents (49 per cent nascent firms and 46 per cent young firms) are members of start-up teams, which is similar to international comparisons.