15 November 2005
UQ Business School's Dr Damian Hine has won an Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to examine how dynamic SMEs can create positive economic outcomes from university research and innovation.
Working with UQ's Dr Rachel Parker and John Kapeleris of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation, Dr Hine said the project would contribute to a more competitive and innovative economy.
He said, "It will provide a basis for improved public policy to stimulate technology uptake by small business and will identify innovative policies to facilitate the commercialisation of university research."
"Unlike earlier research, this project focuses on how the immediate product and technology needs of successful small firms can be met by current university intellectual property and technologies."
Three other projects were successful in the intensely competitive ARC funding round.
Professor Steve Gray, Associate Professor Phil Gray, and Dr Jamie Alcock will develop a model to help companies make decisions about debt and equity levels in an uncertain environment.
Professor Janet McColl-Kennedy will work with colleagues in the US to further her work on customer rage.
Professor Phil Graham and UQBS colleagues Dr David Rooney and Dr Liz Ferrier will work with colleagues at QUT and partner organisation Ipswich City Council to develop technologies for collaborative production, exhibition, and evaluation of broadband content by grassroots creative producers.
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