David is Associate Dean (Education) in the Faculty of Business, Law and Arts at Southern Cross University. His research interests relate to innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, and in particular the challenges confronting High Growth Companies and Small to Medium Enterprises in navigating these ecosystems.
Experience
2021–present
Associate Dean (Education), Southern Cross University
Education
2019
Southern Cross University, Doctor of Philosophy
2013
University of New England, Master of Applied Linguistics
2009
Southern Cross University, Master of Management
1995
University of Divinity, Bachelor of Theology
Publications
2021
Australian Attitudes towards Innovation, Work and Technology: A National Identity Explanation, Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation, Vol 37, no. 1, pp. 54-68
2021
Innovation Hubs in Australian Public Universities: An Appraisal of Their Public Value Claims, International Journal of Public Administration:1-11. doi: 10.1080/01900692.2021.1993900
2020
Collaborative competencies: Moving from ‘soft skills’ to a legitimate descriptor, Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 79, no. 4, pp. 592-600
2020
A hand-up or a hand-out? An argument for the establishment of concierge services for the development of innovation capacity in startups, Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation, vol. 6, no. 4
2019
Desperately seeking innovation nirvana: Australia’s cooperative research centres, Policy Design and Practice, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 15-24
2018
The Research Collaboration Paradox: A Tale of Two Governance Narratives in an Australian Innovation Setting, Australian Journal of Public Administration, vol. 77, no. 4, pp. 597–603
2017
Towards a collaborative competency framework to enhance public value in university-industry collaboration, Public Money & Management, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 373–377