News and Events

• CInIS signs MOU
• Current Visitors
• Upcoming Seminar
• CInIS retreat
• In the news
• Publications
• Workshops
• Conference attendances
• Awards
• Past visitors
• Visiting Internship Students

CInIS signs MOU as a foundation member of the Offshoring Research Network (ORN)

CInIS recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) to be a first tier participating member of the Offshoring Research Network (ORN). This follows on from the May visit to CInIS by Arie Y. Lewin, Professor of Strategy and International Business at Duke University (US), Fuqua School of Business and Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). Prof Lewin is also the lead Principal Investigator for the ORN project which focuses on companies in transition to globalizing their organizations, business functions, processes and services by tracking firm strategies, experiences and future plans related to global delivery of all business functions and administrative and technical work.
Further information about the projects CInIS will be undertaking in this area will be added to the website at a later date.

Current Visitors

CInIS currently has two visitors:

Dr Aijun Sun

Dr Sun is a visiting fellow from School of Economics and Management, Huaiyin Normal University, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China. Dr Sun is visiting us with the benefit of funding from his home province, and will be working with CInIS members Dr Hao Tan and Dr Henry Lau on a number of papers for the 6 months he will be here. His research interests are in Resource Economics; Econometrics; Economic Growth; and Economic Growth, Consumption Demand and Income Distribution.

Davy van Dijk

Davy van Dijk is currently doing his Masters Degree in Systems Engineering at the University of Technology Eindhoven (Tu/e) in the Netherlands. For the 3 month internship component of his degree he has chosen to work with CInIS, most particularly with Prof Ron Beckett, on a project with the working title "Smart Building Initiative in UWS: Analysis of a socio-technological system". Dr. Sasha Alexander Associate Head of the School of Engineering will also be complementing the intern’s experience with a focus on exploring embedded structural health monitoring technologies and life cycle assessment strategies.

Upcoming Seminar

CInIS are holding a Seminar in the School of Computing and Mathematics on Monday 28th November at 2pm in EB.1.32, Parramatta Campus. CInIS members Dr Henry Lau, Dr Dilupa Nakandala and Dr Prem Samaranayake will be presenting on their joint research, predominantly about Supply Chain Innovations using Mathematical/Fuzzy Logic and Supply Chain Network Models across various applications. More information about the seminar can be found here.

CInIS retreat

The annual CInIS Strategic Planning Day was held on Tuesday 20 September at The Rydges Hotel Parramatta. The retreat was well attended by members, HDR students and invited guests. Staff were given the opportunity to share an overview of their current research and contributed to shaping the CInIS research themes and topics. A panel hosted by Dr Fiona Cameron, Associate Director Innovation, and Dr Jane Hobson, Manager Research Quality Policy and Planning from the Office of Research Services on Research and Consulting Criteria and Processes was an important part of the day and particularly well received by the group.

Information and ideas formulated at the Retreat were used to inform the 2012 CInIS Research Infrastructure Funding (RIF) Expression of Interest and final bid, with the outcomes to be advised prior to the end of 2011.

In the news

Recently CInIS research, Dr Phil Toner, has had an opinion piece published in the Australian Financial Review, been interviewed by the ABC 7.30 report and had another opinion piece published in The Conversation.

Publications

Dr Rob Dalitz, Dr Phil Toner and Prof Tim Turpin have had a report they prepared for NCVER on VET and the diffusion and implementation of innovation in the mining, solar energy and computer games sectors published.

Dr Kathy Tannous, Dr Ann Dadich and Adjunct Prof Ron Beckett have prepared and published a report for the Cerebral Palsy Alliance Evaluation of the Ignition Mentoring Program.

Workshops

Dr Kathy Tannous in conjunction with School of Managements Dr Meg Smith held a workshop in Canberra in early September for the Provision of Gender Training for People Attending the APEC Women and the Economy Summit on behalf of the Office for Women, in the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. The workshop was attended by a number of high ranked women from within and outside the Australian government and covered such topics as Capacity and Skills Building and Women and Leadership – Public and Private partnerships, and the feedback provided by the attendees was that the workshop was highly informative and of immense value.

Conference attendances

• Prof Oscar Hauptman (co-organiser) and Dr Ann Dadich presented at a symposium at the annual Academy of Management meeting in San Antonio, Texas. The symposium What can "Knowledge Translation" and innovation management learn from each other? was co-sponsored by the Healthcare Management and Technology and Innovation Management divisions, and included presentations by Prof Trisha Greenhalgh (UK), Prof Arie Lewin (USA, co-organiser), A/P Jon Chilingerian (USA) and Dr. Semyon Kogan (USA).
• Prof Ron Beckett recently presented papers at 2 conferences – Network Pictures and Some Environmental Innovation Initiatives at IMP (Industrial Marketing and Purchasing) in Glasgow and Learning Within A Radical Innovation Project: A Longitudinal Case Study at CINet (Continuous Innovation Network) in Denmark. He also visited HAN University in the Netherlands to discuss his current research collaboration with them on the Innovation Journey.
• Dr Hugh Pattinson presented a paper on 21stCentury Applicability of the Interaction Model: Does Pervasiveness of Social Media in B2B Marketing Increase Business Dependency on The Interaction Model? Conceptualising “Social” IMP at IMP in Glasgow and chaired a Track on Social Media and B2B Marketing. He also visited the Scenario Planning Centre at Strathclyde University whilst he was in the UK.
• Prof Tim Turpin presented a paper Investigating the lateral migration of technology in a resource based economy: conceptual and methodological issues from a study of the Australian mining sector at the Technology Transfer Society Conference in Germany in late September.
• Prof Tim Turpin presented a paper co-written by Dr Phil Toner and Dr Richard Woolley Skilled trades and technical workers in R&D: Occupations, organisation and innovation at the 9th Globelics International Conference on November 15 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Dr Dilupa Nakandala presented a paper, co-written by Prof Tim Turpin Local Firms' Response to Changing Foreign Partnership Characteristics: Dynamic Technology Management Strategies of Firms in Sri Lanka, at the 9th Globelics International Conference on November 17 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
•  Dr Prem Samaranayake will be presenting a paper Patient Journey Modelling Using Integrated Data Structures in Healthcare Service Operations at the IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science & Engineering Research (CHUSER 2011) which is to be held in Penang in December.
• Dr Henry Lau and Dr Prem Samaranayake will be presenting a paper co-written by Dr Dilupa Nakandala on Supply Chain Innovation, A fuzzy-based integrated framework for monitoring stochastic demand in a supply chain environment at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management which is to be held in Singapore in December.
• Research Program Coordinator, Tracy Hooker, attended 2 days of Research Administrators Seminars in Canberra on 7 and 8 November which were run by the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Slides from the seminars have been distributed to all CInIS members or alternatively can be obtained from cinis@uws.edu.au

Awards

Dr Rob Dalitz received a best reviewer award in the Technology and Innovation category at the recent Academy of Management conference in San Antonio, Texas. Top reviewers are selected based on feedback from authors on the depth, completeness and insightfulness of their reviews.

Past visitors

Prof Arie Lewin

In May 2011 CInIS hosted a visit by international academic Professor Arie Lewin. Arie Y. Lewin is Professor of Strategy and International Business at Duke University (US), Fuqua School of Business and is Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER). He is also the lead Principal Investigator for the multiyear international Offshoring Research Network (ORN) project which focuses on companies in transition to globalizing their organizations, business functions, processes and services by tracking firm strategies, experiences and future plans related to global delivery of all business functions and administrative and technical work.
As a direct result of this visit UWS have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Duke University which enables us to be a first tier participating member of the Offshoring Research Network. Further information about the projects CInIS will be undertaking in this area will be added to the website at a later date.

Prof Steve Barley

In July CInIS hosted a visit by Prof Steve Barley, Professor of Management Science and Engineering and Co-Director of the Centre for Work, Technology and Organisation at Stanford University’s (US) School of Engineering.

Prof Barley chatted informally with CInIS and School of Management staff and students to discuss topics of mutual interest and potential research collaborations.

Visiting Internship Students

CInIS recently hosted two business Internship students from The Netherlands, who worked with CInIS staff and industry partners to complete projects that contributed to the final stage on their undergraduate degrees with HAN University.

Emile Visser’s project involved helping a local company with the launch of a new product; a weed based liquid fertiliser, onto the Australian market. His goal was to assess the market needs regarding this product, write a marketing annex business plan and finally an implementation plan.

Niels Lebbink worked on the development of a virtual environment for SME’s from a marketing point of view. This environment was to make it possible for SME’s to innovate through collaboration with other SME’s and/ or universities. Niels wrote a marketing related plan for the further development based on the Australian market.
Both Emile and Niels have now returned to The Netherlands and are intending to undertake further study in their related areas.

Other news

Congratulations to CInIS member Dr Nidthida Lin on the 2 September birth of her daughter, Alynna. Mother and baby are both doing well.