Peter Liesch

Professor Peter LIESCH

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Positions Held

Professor of International Business

Strategy Cluster Leader

Academic Qualifications

Memberships

• Academy of Management 2001-
• Australia - New Zealand International Business Academy 1998-
• New York Academy of Sciences 1994-1999
• American Marketing Association 1993-
• International Trade and Finance Association 1991-2000
• Academy of International Business 1991-
• Academy of Marketing Science 1993-2001
• Pan Pacific Business Association 1989-1997
• Australian Countertraders Association 1988-2001
• Economic Association of Australia 1986-
• Australian Institute of Management 1995-

Major Research Grants

Field of Current Research

Publications

Books And Monographs

• Liesch, P.W. (1991). Government Mandated Countertrade: Deals of Arm Twisting, Gower Avebury: Aldershot (185+ pps.) (ISBN 1 85628 266 X).
• Reviewed by L. Zurawicki in The International Trade Journal, Vol. VII, No.6, 1993, pp.741-744.
• Reviewed by S. Okoroafo in the Journal of International Marketing, Vol.3, No.1, 1995, pp.97-99.
• Liesch, P.W. (1990). A Manual of Incentives and Assistance for Export and Research & Development: Dairy Cooperatives, Monograph Series, No.5, Centre for Cooperative Studies in the Business Professional Development Centre, Gold Coast University College of Griffith University, Surfer's Paradise (63pp.) (ISBN 1 875454 04 7).

Book Chapters

• Liesch, P.W., Steen, J., Knight, G. and M.R. Czinkota. (2007 in press). International Management: Internationally managing in the face of terrorism-induced uncertainty, in Wankel, C. (ed.), 21st Century Management, Sage, Thousand Oaks.
• Czinkota, M., Knight, G.A. and P.W. Liesch (2004). "Terrorism and International Business: Conceptual Foundations", in Suder, G.G.S. (ed.), Terrorism and the International Business Environment: The Security-Business Nexus, Edward Elgar, pp.43-57 (ISBN 1 84376 801 1).
• Lamb, P. and P. Liesch (2000). "The Evolution of an Internationalisation Culture in the Small Firm: An Australian Perspective", chapter 12 in Yaprak, A. and H. Tutek (eds.), Globalization, the multinational firm, and emerging economies, Advances in International Marketing, Vol.10, JAI Press, New York, pp.267-292 (ISBN 0 7623 0669 6).
• Liesch, P.W. and D. Birch (2000). "Research on Business-to-Business Barter in Australia", chapter 12 in Woodside, A. G. (ed.), Getting Better at Sensemaking, Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing, Vol.9, JAI Press, Stamford CT, pp.353-384 (ISBN 0 7623 0633 5).
• Liesch, P.W. (1999). "Questions of Exchange, Information and Internalisation in Some Domestic and International Markets", chapter 28 in Macdonald, S. and J. Nightingale (eds.), Information and Organisation: A Tribute to the Work of Don Lamberton, North-Holland, Amsterdam, pp.445-460 (ISBN 0 444828869).
• As-Saber, S.N., Liesch, P.W. and P.J. Dowling. (1999). "Geopolitics and International Joint Ventures: The Case for Indo-Australian Joint Ventures in India", chapter 25 in Neelamegham, S., Midgley, D., and C. Sen (eds.), Enterprise Management: New Horizons in Indo-Australian Collaboration, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, pp.380-394 (ISBN 0 074630202).
• Liesch, P.W. (1997). "Communities of Common Interests: The Impact of Globalisation on the Economy of Regional Communities", chapter 3 (theme chapter) in D. H. McMillen (ed.), Globalisation and Regional Communities: Geoeconomic, Sociocultural and Security Implications in Australia, USQ Press, Toowoomba, pp.10-18 (ISBN 0 949414 86 7).
• Liesch, P.W. (1996). "New Enterprise Establishment: The Australian Submarine Corporation", chapter 18 in J. Wanna, J. Forster, P. Graham (eds.), Entrepreneurial Management in the Public Sector, Macmillan Education Australia, Melbourne, pp.185-199 (ISBN 0 7329 4074 5).
• Wright. A. and P.W. Liesch. (1995). "The Location of Foreign Banks in Australia", chapter 10 in R. McNaughton and M. Green (eds.), The Location of Foreign Direct Investment, Avebury, Aldershot, pp.175-192 (ISBN 1 85972 067 6).
• Wright, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1995). "Profitability and Risk in Asian and European Multinational Banks", chapter 5 in J. Doukas and L. Lang (eds.), Research in International Business and Finance, JAI Press, Greenwich, Vol.12, pp.72-90 (ISBN 1 55938 919 2).
• Liesch, P.W. (1993). "International Countertrade", chapter 8 in D. Wilde (ed.), International Transactions: Trade and Investment: Law and Finance, Law Book Co., Sydney, pp.172-214 (ISBN 0 455 21205 8).

Published Refereed Journal Articles

• Tan, A. S-M., Brewer, P. and P.W. Liesch. (2007 in press). "Before the First Export Decision: Internationalisation Readiness in the Pre-Export Phase". International Business Review, Vol.16, No.3 (International, UK-based).
• Steen, J. T. and P.W. Liesch. (2007). "A Note on Penrosean Growth, Resource Bundles and the Uppsala Model of Internationalisation". Management International Review, Vol.47, No.2, pp.1-14 (International, Germany-based).
• McKenna, B., Rooney, D. and P.W. Liesch. (2006). "Beyond knowledge to wisdom in managing international business". Prometheus, Vol.24, No.3, pp.283-300. (International, Aus/UK - based).
• Steen, J.T., Liesch, P.W., Knight, G.A. and M.R. Czinkota. (2006). "The contagion of international terrorism and its effects on the firm in an interconnected world". Public Money and Management Vol.26, No.5, pp.305-312 (International, UK-based).
• Matthews, M., Steen, J., Liesch, P.W. and L. Thorburn. (2007 in press). "Balancing flexibility and control: International technology and market development in Australian biotechnology firms". International Journal of Technology Management (International, UK-based).
• Trimarchi, M. and P.W. Liesch. (2006). "Business Communication in Interactions between Mainland Chinese and Western Firms through Hong Kong Intermediaries". European Journal of Marketing, Vol.40, Nos.11/12, pp.1201-1235 (International, Ireland-based).
• Liesch, P.W., Steen, J.T., Knight, G.A. and M.R. Czinkota. (2006). "Problematizing the internationalization decision: Terrorism-induced risk". Management Decision, Vol.44, No.6, pp.809-823 (International, UK-based).
• Hume, M., Sullivan-Mort, G., Liesch, P.W. and H. Winzar. (2006). "Understanding Service Experience in Non-Profit Performing Arts: Implications for Operations and Service Management". Journal of Operations Management, Vol.24, No.4, pp.304-324 (International, US-Based).
• Czinkota, M.R., Knight, G.A., Liesch, P.W. and J. Steen. (2005). "Positioning Terrorism in Management and Marketing: Research Propositions", Journal of International Management, Vol.11, No.4, pp.581-604. (International, US-Based).
• Liesch, P.W. and E.J. Wilson. (2005). Guest Editorship of Special Issue of Journal of Business Research, Vol.58, No.2 (8 articles). "Business-to-Business Relationship Architecture and Networks among Australian, New Zealand and Asian Firms". Editorial: "Business-to-Business Relationship Architecture and Networks among Australian, New Zealand and Asian Firms: Introduction to the Special Issue", pp.168-172 (International, US-based).
• Liesch, P.W., Welch, L.S., Welch, D., McGaughey, S.L., Petersen, B. and P. Lamb (2002). "Evolving Strands of Research on Firm Internationalization", International Studies of Management & Organization, Vol.32, No.1, Spring, pp.16-35 (International, US-based).
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch. (2002). "The Internationalisation Process of the Smaller Firm: Re-framing the Relationships between Market Commitment, Knowledge and Involvement", Management International Review, Vol.42, No.1, pp.7-26 (International, Germany-based).
• Petersen, B., Welch, L.S. and P.W. Liesch. (2002). "The Internet and Foreign Market Expansion by Firms: Theoretical Questions and Three Predictions". Management International Review, Vol.42, No.2, pp. 207-221 (International, Netherlands-based).
• McGaughey, S.A. and P.W. Liesch. (2002). "The Global Sports-Commerce Nexus: Reflections on the Super League Saga in Australia", Journal of Management Studies, Vol.39, No.3, May, pp.383-416 (International, UK-based).
• Knight, G.A. and P.W. Liesch. (2002). "The Nature and Function of Information Internalisation in the Internationalisation of the Firm", Journal of Business Research, Vol.55, No.12, pp.981-995. (International, US-based).
• Dowling, P.J., Liesch, P.W., Flint, J.A., As-Saber, S.N., Chan, K. and P.A. Innes. (2000). "Strategies in Exporting Firms: A Study of Australian Small and Medium Enterprises Exporting to Asia", Journal of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management, Vol.6, No.2, pp.1-19 (Australia-New Zealand, Australia-based).
• McGaughey, S.L., Liesch, P.W. and D. Poulson. (2000). "An Unconventional Approach to Intellectual Property Protection: The Case of an Australian Firm Transferring Shipbuilding Technologies to China", Journal of World Business, Vol.35, No.1, pp.1-20 (previously Columbia Journal of World Business) (International, US-based).
• Liesch, P.W. and D. Birch. (2000). "Barter in a Sophisticated Western Economy", International Journal of Community Currency Research, Vol.4, pp.1-17 http://www.geog.le.ac.uk/ijccr/volume4/4pl.htm (International, UK-based, ISSN 1325-9547).
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (1999). "Information Internalisation and Hurdle Rates in SME Internationalisation", Journal of International Business Studies, Vol.30, No.2, pp.383-394 (International, US-based).
• Ghymn, K., Liesch, P.W. and J. Mattsson. (1999). "Australian Import Managers' Purchasing Decision Behaviour: An Empirical Study", International Marketing Review, Vol.16, No.3, pp.202-215 (International, US-based).
• Liesch, P.W. and A. Palia. (1999). "Australian Perceptions and Experiences of International Countertrade with some International Comparisons", European Journal of Marketing, Vol.33, Nos.5/6, pp.488-511 (International, UK-based).
• Steen, J., Hanson, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). "Collaborative Research and Development: New Insights from Cyclic Models of the Innovation Process", International Journal of Innovation Management, Vol.2, No.1, pp.107-121 (International, UK-based).
• As-Saber, S.N., Dowling, P.J. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). "The Role of Human Resource Management in International Joint Ventures: A Study of Australian-Indian Joint Ventures", International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 751 - 766 (International, UK-based).
• Liesch, P.W., St Hill, R. and D. Birch. (1998). "Enigmatic Exchange Mechanisms in Modern Societies: Business and Community Barter and International Countertrade", Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Vol.3, No.1, pp.45-56 (International, UK-based).
• Birch, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). "Moneyless Business Exchange: Practitioners' Attitudes to Business-to-Business Barter in Australia", Industrial Marketing Management, Vol.27, No.4, pp.329-340 (International, US-based).
• Vallely, M., Stokes, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "Equity Accounting: Empirical Evidence and Lessons from the Past", Australian Accounting Review, Issue14, Vol.7, No.2, pp.16-26 (Australasian, Australia-based).
• Hanson, D., Steen, J. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "Reluctance to Innovate: A Case Study of the Titanium Dioxide Industry", Prometheus, Vol.15, No.3, pp.345-356 (International, UK-based).
• Birch, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "Moneyless Exchange: Attitudes of Participants in Australian Community Barter Systems," Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Vol.2, No.3, pp.240-251 (International, UK-based).
• Seen, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "Wage Determination at the Enterprise Level in a Modern Enterprise Bargaining Framework," Asia-Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Vol.35, No.3, pp.45-61 (Asia-Pacific, Australia-based).
• Palia, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "Survey of Countertrade Practices in Australia", Industrial Marketing Management, Vol.26, pp.301-313 (International, US-based) (65%).
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch. (1996). "Changing Relationships by Deepening International Involvement of Small Business", Small Enterprise Research, Vol.4, No.3, pp.17-34 (Australasian, Australia-based).
• Liesch, P.W. (1994). "Government-Mandated Countertrade in Australia: Some International Marketing Implications", Industrial Marketing Management, Vol.23, No.4, pp.299-306 (International, US-based).
• Liesch, P.W. (1993). "A Rationale for Government Mandated Countertrade: Technology Transfer", International Journal of Technology Management, Vol.8, Nos.6/7/8, pp.486-499 (International, UK-based).
• Palia, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1991). "Recent Trends in Australian Countertrade: A Cross-National Analysis", Asia-Pacific Journal of Management, Vol.8, No.1, pp.85-103 (Asia-Pacific, Singapore-based).
• Liesch, P.W. (1990). "International Trade in an Imperfectly Competitive Environment: Mandated-Countertrade", International Journal of Technology Management, Vol.5, No.4, pp.423-430 (International, UK-based).
• Liesch, P.W. (1986). "The Australian Government Offsets Program", Prometheus, Vol.4, No.2, December, pp.306-323 (International, UK-based).
• Reviews in refereed journals
• Liesch, P.W. (2003). Book Review of Blomstermo, A. and Deo Sharma, D. (eds.). "Learning in the Internationalisation Process of Firms", in Journal of International Business Studies, Book Reviews Archiv at http://copenhagen.jibs.net/BookReviews/BookYearArchiv.asp, Serial No.19, 3pps.
• Liesch, P. W. (1985). Review of "Government Purchasing and Offsets Policies in Industrial Innovation", Report by the Australian Science and Technology Council, in Prometheus, Vol.3, No.1, pp.182-185.
• Liesch, P. W. (1987). Review of "Australian Aerospace Industry: Structure, Performance and Economic Issues", Research Report No.20, Bureau of Industry Economics, in Prometheus, Vol. 5, No.1, pp.183-186.
• Liesch, P. W. (1996). Book Review of Zahra, S.A. and Ali, A.J. (eds.) (1994), "The Impact of Innovation and Technology in the Global Marketplace", in The International Trade Journal, Vol.10, No.1, pp.113-118.

Published Refereed Conference Papers And Subsequent Abstracts

• Liesch, P.W., Knight, G.A. and B. Simonin (2006). "Reweaving the Silk Road through Outsourcing and Offshoring: The Need for an Externalisation Theory", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, June 23-26, Beijing, with Abstract published in From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business, Proceedings of the 2006 Academy of International Business (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Kastelle, T., Steen, J. and P.W. Liesch (2006). "Globalisation and Connectedness: A Network Approach to International Business", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, June 23 -26, Beijing, with Abstract published in From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business, Proceedings of the 2006 Academy of International Business (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Kastelle, T., Steen, J. and P.W. Liesch (2006). "The Evolution of International Trade: A Network Approach to Measuring Globalisation", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, June 23-26, Beijing, with Abstract published in From the Silk Road to Global Networks: Harnessing the Power of People in International Business, Proceedings of the 2006 Academy of International Business (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Caldwell, A., Steen, J. and P.W. Liesch. (2006). "Investment Appraisal and Real Options Reasoning in Australian Bioechnology Firms", Paper to be presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, August 11-16, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Kastelle, T., Steen, J. and P.W. Liesch. (2006). "Measuring Globalisation: An Evolutionary Economic Approach to Tracking the Evolution of International Trade", Knowledge, Innovation and Competitiveness: Dynamics of Firms, Networks, Regions and Institutions, DRUID, Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics, June 18 -20, Copenhagen.
• McKenna, B., Rooney, D. and P.W. Liesch. (2005). "Beyond Knowledge to Wisdom in International Business Strategy", paper presented at the European International Business Academy Annual Meeting, Dec.10-13, Oslo, and published in Landscapes and Mindsets in a Globalized World, Proceedings of the 31st. European International Business Academy Annual Meeting.
• Tan, A., Liesch, P.W. and P. Brewer. (2005). "Analysing the International Readiness of Firms", paper presented at the European International Business Academy Annual Meeting, Dec.10-13, Oslo, and published in Landscapes and Mindsets in a Globalized World, Proceedings of the 31st. European International Business Academy Annual Meeting.
• Steen, J., Liesch, P.W., Knight, G.A. and M.R. Czinkota. (2005). "International Terrorism, Uncertainty and the Firm", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Quebec City, July 9-12, with Abstract published in Local Roots, Global Links, Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.163 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Wright, A.L. and P.W. Liesch. (2005). "Multilevel Phenomena and the Implications for Method: An Example of Knowledge transfer in Sports", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Quebec City, July 9-12, with Abstract published in Local Roots, Global Links, Proceedings of the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p. 188 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Lamb, P.W., Sandberg, A. J. and Liesch, P.W. (2005). "Phenomenography: Understanding internationalisation from a practitioner perspective", in Academy of Management 2005 Annual Meeting Proceedings: A New Vision of Management in the 21st Century, eds K. Mark Weaver, Academy of Management, Hawaii. http://www.aomonline.org.
• Wright, A.L., and P.W. Liesch. (2004). "A Network Analysis of the Internationalisation of Team Sports", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Stockholm, July 10-13 with Abstract published in Bridging with the Other: The Importance of Dialogue in International Business, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.129 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Steen, J., Liesch, P.W., Knight, G.A., and M.R. Czinkota. (2004). "Internationalisation under Terrorism-induced Uncertainty", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Stockholm, July 10-13 with Abstract published in Bridging with the Other: The Importance of Dialogue in International Business, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.101 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Lamb, P., Sandberg, J., and P.W. Liesch. (2004). "Small Firm Internationalisation: Understanding the Practice through an Interpretive Approach", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Stockholm, July 10-13 with Abstract published in Bridging with the Other: The Importance of Dialogue in International Business, Proceedings of the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.31 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Matthews, M., Steen, J., Liesch, P.W. and L. Thorburn. (2003). "Transaction Cost and Organisational Capabilities Complementarity in High-Technology Firm Internationalisation", paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Business Association, Copenhagen, December.
• Wright, A. and P.W. Liesch. (2003). "Knowledge Transfer in the Internationalisation of Professional Team Sports Leagues", paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Business Association, Copenhagen, December.
• Weerawardena, J., Sullivan Mort, G., Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (2003). "Dynamic learning capabilities and internationalisation of born global firms: A Conceptual model and research propositions", paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European International Business Association, Copenhagen, December.
• Clarke, J., Tamaschke, R. and P.W. Liesch. (2003). "The Degree of Firm Internationalisation, International Experience and Performance", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Monterey CA, July 5-8 with Abstract published in The Power of Ideas and International Business, Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.108 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Knight, G.A. and P.W. Liesch. (2003). " The Effects of Regional Integration and Globalization on the Firms' International Performance", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Monterey CA, July 5-8 with Abstract published in The Power of Ideas and International Business, Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.108 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Lommelen, T., Matthyssens, P. and P.W. Liesch. (2003). "A Knowledge-Based Services Classification for Application in Services Firm Internationalization Studies", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Monterey CA, July 5-8 with Abstract published in The Power of Ideas and International Business, Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.82 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Knight, G.A., Czinkota, M.R. and P.W. Liesch. (2003). "Terrorism and International Business", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Monterey CA, July 5-8 with Abstract published in The Power of Ideas and International Business, Proceedings of the 2003 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.48 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Lamb, P. and P. W. Liesch. (2002). "Creating dynamic strategic relationships by intensifying international involvement of small businesses", paper presented at the 2002 International Conference of Small Business, and to be published in the Proceedings of the 2002 International Conference of Small Business, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 16-19.
• G.A. Knight and P.W. Liesch. (2002). "The Dual Nature of Product and Market Processes in the Internationalisation of the High-Tech Born Global Firm", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Puerto Rico, June 2002.
• Steen, J., Liesch, P.W. and P.J. Dowling. (2002). "Actor-Network Theory as a Theoretical Lens and Research Strategy for Investigating Firm Internationalisation", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, June 2002.
• As-Saber, S.N., Dowling, P.J. and P.W. Liesch (2002). "Parent Control in International Joint Ventures: An Investigation of Indian - Australian Joint Ventures", paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Annual Conference, Melbourne, December 2002Abstract published in Bennington, L. (Ed.), Enhancing Business and Government Capabilities: Research, Knowledge and Practice, Book of Abstracts, p.22 and CD-ROM 8 pages, ISBN 0-9750166-0-1.
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch (2002). "A Differentiated and Evolutionary Internationalisation Process Model of the Small Firm", paper presented at the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy Annual Meeting, Brisbane, November 2002, and published in Renforth, W. (Ed.), Assessing International Business Theory and Practice, Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, pp.221-235.
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (2001). "Product-Market-Mode Combinations as Portfolio Selection: Foundation Considerations", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Sydney, November 2001.
• As-Saber, S.N., Dowling, P.J. and P.W. Liesch. (2001). "Firm-specific Variables in International Joint Ventures: A Study of Australian-Indian Joint Ventures in India", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting, Sydney, November 2001.
• Liesch, P.W., Welch, L.S., McGaughey, S.L., Welch, D., Petersen, B. and P. Lamb. (2000). "Reflections on Firm Internationalisation Research: Old Theories and New Ideas", paper presented at ANZIBA 2000, the annual conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, Auckland, October 13-14, and published in Enderwick, P., Rose, E., Hill, M. and B. Bradbury (eds.), The Role of the Multinational Enterprise in the New Millennium. Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, Auckland, pp.365-374.
• Yap, K. and P.W. Liesch. (2000). "Optimum Infomediary Investment Strategy: An Adaptation of Modern Portfolio Theory", paper presented at ANZAM 2000, the annual conference of the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management, Macquarie University, December 3-6.
• B. Petersen, L.S. Welch and P. Liesch. (2000). "E-business and the Internationalisation Process of Firms"; and T. Karlsen, P.R. Silseth, G.R.G. Benito and L.S. Welch, "Knowledge Creation in the Internationalization Process of a Firm Through Inward-Outward Connections". Proceedings of the 26th EIBA Annual Conference, December 10-12, Maastricht, The Netherlands (on CD-ROM).
• Liesch, P.W., McGaughey, S.L., Petersen, B., Welch, L.S., Welch, D. and Lamb, P. (2000). "Evolving Understanding of Firm Internationalisation through Diverse Perspectives: Australian-Nordic Contributions", Symposium presentation at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November 17-20, listed in In Search of Relevance for International Business Research: Impact on Management and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.87.
• As-Saber, S.N., Liesch, P.W. and Dowling, P.J. (2000). "Geopolitics and its Impacts on International Business Decisions: A Framework for a Geopolitical Paradigm of International Business", paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November 17-20, with Abstract published in In Search of Relevance for International Business Research: Impact on Management and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.31 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Steen, J.T., Liesch, P.W. and Dowling, P.J. (2000). "Firm Internationalisation as a Process of Framing in International Markets: An Extension of the Uppsala Model", paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November 17-20, with Abstract published in In Search of Relevance for International Business Research: Impact on Management and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.47 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (2000). "Explaining the International Venture Selection Process via a Portfolio Theory Approach", paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November 17-20, with Abstract published in In Search of Relevance for International Business Research: Impact on Management and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.63 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Nilsen, F.I. and P.W. Liesch. (2000). "International Market Entry of Small Knowledge-based Firms: Towards a Synthesis of Economic and Behavioural Approaches", paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November 17-20, with Abstract published in In Search of Relevance for International Business Research: Impact on Management and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.30 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Dowling, P.J., Liesch, P.W., Flint, J.A., As-Saber, S.N., Chan, K. and P.A. Innes. (2000). "Management Strategies of Australian Firms Exporting to Asia", paper presented at the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Phoenix, November 17-20, with Abstract published in In Search of Relevance for International Business Research: Impact on Management and Public Policy, Proceedings of the 2000 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.81 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Fletcher, R. and P.W. Liesch. (1999). "The Persistence of Countertrade in the Modern Global Business Environment", paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Association for Global Business, November 18-21, Las Vagas, and published in Goddard, R.D. (ed.), Selected Papers and Abstracts, Association for Global Business Proceedings of the 1999 Conference, Vol.11, pp.347-356.
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch. (1999). "Evolving an Internationalisation Culture in the Small Firm through the Dynamic Interaction of Market Commitment, Knowledge and Involvement", paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, September 30-2 October, Sydney with Abstract published in McGaughey, S.L., Gray, S.J. and W.R. Purcell (eds.), International Business Dynamics in the New Millennium, Proceedings of the 1999 Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, p.321 (ISBN 0 7334 0614 9).
• McGaughey, S.L. and P.W. Liesch. (1999). "Managing Intellectual Property across National Borders: Strategic Interventions in Knowledge Flows", paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, September 30-2 October, Sydney with Abstract published in McGaughey, S.L., Gray, S.J. and W.R. Purcell (eds.), International Business Dynamics in the New Millennium, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, p.325 (ISBN 0 7334 0614 9).
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (1999). "Firm Internationalisation through External Market-Based Transacting ", paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, September 30 - 2 October, Sydney with Abstract published in McGaughey, S.L., Gray, S.J. and W.R. Purcell (eds.), International Business Dynamics in the New Millennium, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, p.323 (ISBN 0 7334 0614 9).
• McGaughey, S. L. and P.W. Liesch. (1999). "The Rugby League Competitions Market in Australia: Managing Fair Play", paper presented in the competitive papers session: Managing Strategically, at ANZAM '99, the Annual Conference of the Australia-New Zealand Academy of Management, December 1-4, Hobart and published in Dowling, P.J. , Garnham, J., Hanson, D. and K. Lehman (eds.), CD Proceedings of the ANZAM '99 Conference (ISBN 0 85901 852 0).
• McGaughey, S.L., Liesch, P.W. and D. Poulson. (1999). "Novel Industrial Property Protection for Sustaining International Competitiveness", paper presented in the workshop sessions: Transcending Time and Space through Global Knowledge Management, at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, November 20-23, Charleston, South Carolina with Abstract published in The Janus Face of Globalization, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.52 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (1999). "International Venturing, Transactions Costs and the Market for Transactions", paper presented in the competitive papers sessions: The Two Faces of Marketing - Standardization vs Adaptation, at the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, November 20-23, Charleston, South Carolina with Abstract published in The Janus Face of Globalization, Proceedings of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.38 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• McGaughey, S.L., Poulson, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). " An Unconventional Form of Intellectual Property Protection: Incat's International Operations in China", paper presented at the inaugural 1998 meeting of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, November 13-14, 1998, Melbourne, and published in Gray, S.J. and S. Nicholas (eds.), The Challenges of Globalisation, Proceedings of the Inaugural Conference of the Australia-New Zealand International Business Academy, November, Melbourne, pp. 259 - 269.
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). "Evolutionary Internationalisation of the Small Firm", paper presented in the Competitive Papers Sessions: Marketing, Strategy and Operations, at the 1998 Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business, Vienna, 8-11 October, with Abstract published in Transformation of Global Firms and the Global Economy, Proceedings of the 1998 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.47 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• Poulson, D., McGaughey, S.L. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). "Fast Boat to China: The Internationalisation of Incat", paper presented at the China International Business Symposium, Shanghai, May 27-29, 1998 and published in China International Business Symposium Proceedings, Volume II - The New International Business Environment: China's Economic Reform, Growth Centres, International Trade Relations and the Global Economy, pp.127-135.
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (1997). "The Role of Information in the Internationalisation of the SME", paper presented in the Competitive Papers Sessions, 1997 Annual Conference of the Academy of International Business, Monterrey, Mexico, October 8-12, with Abstract published in The New Regionalism; Spanning Trade Blocs around the World, Proceedings of the 1997 Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, p.4 (The Academy publishes abstracts only for this conference).
• As-Saber, S.N., Dowling, P.J. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "The Role of Human Resource Management in International Joint Ventures: A Study of Australian-Indian Joint Ventures", paper presented in the Competitive Papers Sessions, Sixth Annual World Business Congress, July 23-27, 1997, Chonju City, and published in an abbreviated version in E. Kaynak, A. Kara and S-S. Pyo (Eds.), Enhancing Global Business Knowledge through Business, Government and Academic Community Interface: Surviving Change in the International Business Environment by Developing Dynamic Business Strategies and Policies, International Management Development Association, Chonju City, July, pp.21-29.
• As-Saber, S.N., Liesch, P.W. and P.J. Dowling. (1997). "Human Resource Practices in International Joint Ventures: Preliminary Evidence from Australian-Indian Joint Ventures", paper presented in the Competitive Papers Sessions at the Academy of International Business Asia-Pacific Area Conference, 19 - 21 June, 1997, Hawaii, and published in an abbreviated version in International Business Strategies for Asia Pacific at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Pacific Asia Management Institute for the Academy of International Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, June, pp.121-126.
• Seen, A., Baker, M.E. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "What's in a Name? The Importance of Constructs and Labels in International Business Research for the Client Researcher", paper presented in the Competitive Papers Sessions at the Academy of International Business Asia-Pacific Area Conference, 19-21 June, 1997, Hawaii, and published in an abbreviated version in International Business Strategies for Asia Pacific at the Dawn of the 21st Century, Pacific Asia Management Institute for the Academy of International Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, June, pp.303-308.
• Liesch, P.W. and D. Birch. (1996). "Institutionalised Business Barter: An Alternative Business Marketing Exchange System in Australia", paper presented at the Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Group Twelfth International Conference, Karlsruhe, September 5-7, 1996, and published in H.G. Germunden, T. Ritter and A. Walter (eds.), Interaction, Relationships and Networks, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Industrial Marketing and Purchasing, Vol.1, University of Karlsruhe, September, pp435-460.
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch. (1996). "Changing Relationships by Deepening International Involvement of Small Businesses", paper presented at the Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference - Changing Business Relationships: Small Business Growth and other Challenges, Freemantle, 22-24 September 1996, and published in B. Gibson, R. Newby and R. Morris (eds.), Changing Business Relationships: Small Business Growth and other Challenges, The Institute of Industrial Economics, University of Newcastle, No.24, pp.153-170, September (ISBN 7 259 0948X) (award received).
• Ghymn, K., Liesch , P.W. and J. Mattsson. (1996). "Australian Import Managers' Purchasing Decision Behaviour: An Empirical Study", paper presented at the 1996 Pan-Pacific Business Association Conference X111, Chiba, May 29-June 1, 1996 and published in an abbreviated version in S. M. Lee et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference X111, Restrategizing for the Pacific Age - Global Networking of Business, Governments and Communities, Chiba, Japan, May, pp.365-367 .
• As-Saber, S.N., Dowling, P.J. and P.W. Liesch. (1996). "International Joint Ventures as an Internationalisation Entry Mode: The Case of India", paper presented at the 23rd World Marketing and Management Congress, New Delhi, January 1996, and published in J. Singh (ed.), Marketing and Management Cooperation with the Asia-Pacific Region, Institute of Marketing and Management, New Delhi, pp.97-111.
• Liesch, P.W. (1995). "Some Fundamentals in Understanding Diffusion Paths and Adoption", paper presented at the First IFIP Working Group WG 8.6 International Conference on Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology, Oslo, 0ctober 1995, and published in K. Kautz, J. Pries-Heje, T.J. Larsen and P. Sorgaard (eds.), Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology, Norsk Reghesentral, Oslo, October, pp.245-256 (ISBN 82-539-0398-7).
• Liesch, P.W., St. Hill, R. and D. Birch. (1995). "An Enigma in Modern Societies: Barter Exchange and Countertrade", paper presented at the Seventh Bi-Annual World Marketing Congress, Melbourne, July 1995 and published in K. Grant and I. Walker (eds.), Proceedings of the Seventh Biannual World Marketing Congress, Vol.VII-III, Academy of Marketing Science, Melbourne, July, pp.116-123.
• Birch, D., Liesch, P.W. and O. Yau. (1994). "Institutionalisation of Domestic Barter as an Alternative Marketing Exchange System in Australia", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Conference on Asia-Pacific Business, Beijing, June 1994, and published in F. Yuncheng and W. Chowhow (eds.), Proceedings of the 10th Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference on Asia-Pacific Business Year 2000, China Aviation Industry Press, Beijing, pp.203-209.
• Palia, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1994). "Attitudinal Differences Toward Countertrade in Australia: An Exploratory Study", paper presented to the Pan-Pacific Business Association Conference XI, Bangkok, June 1994 and published in an abbreviated version in S.M. Lee et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference XI: A Business, Economic, Technological and Educational Exchange, Bangkok, June, pp.332-334.
• Liesch, P.W. (1993). "Government Mandated-Countertrade in Australia: Some International Marketing Implications", paper presented at the Sixth Bi-Annual World Marketing Congress of the Academy of Marketing Science, Istanbul, July 1993, and published in M.J. Sirgy, K.D. Bahn and T. Erem (eds.), World Marketing Congress, Vol.4, Academy of Marketing Science, Istanbul, July, pp.12-17.
• Liesch, P.W. (1993). "Panacea or Pitfall: Countertrade in East-West Exchange", paper presented at the Second World Business Congress of the International Management Development Association, Managing East-West Business in Turbulent Times, Turku, June 1993, and published in E. Kaynak and J. Nieminen (eds.), Managing East-West Business in Turbulent Times, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Raision Painopojat Oy, Turku, pp.463-475.
• Liesch, P.W. (1992). "The Internationalisation of Policy for Industry; Government Mandated-Countertrade", paper presented at the Academy of International Business Southeast Asia Regional Conference, Brisbane, June 1992, and published in an abbreviated version in O.H.M. Yau and W.F. Shepherd (eds.), Problems and Prospects in International Business: Perspectives from Asia and the Pacific, Brisbane, June, pp. 150-154.
• Liesch, P.W. (1992). "International Technology and Skills Transfer through Offsets: Some Evidence from Australia", paper presented at the World Business Congress of the International Management Development Association, Halifax, April 1992, and published in an abbreviated version in T.S. Chan (ed.), International Perspectives of Management Development: Proceedings from the 1992 World Business Congress, Halifax, April, pp. 234-237.
• Liesch, P.W. (1992). "Some Indirect Effects of Government Mandated-Countertrade: Evidence on Civil Offsets" paper presented at the Fourth Annual Conference of the International Academy of Business Disciplines, Washington DC, April 1992, and published in an abbreviated version in C.G. Howard (ed.), Proceedings of the Fourth Conference of the International Academy of Business Disciplines: Interpretative and intuitive dimensions of international marketing, Washington DC, April, pp.657-664.
• Liesch, P.W. (1992). "Economic Integration and Government-Mandated Countertrade", paper presented at the Second International Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association, Laredo, April 1992, and published as chapter 4 in K. Fatemi (ed.), International Trade and Finance in a Rapidly Changing Environment: International trade and international banking, Vol.1, Laredo, April, pp.45-60.
• Liesch, P.W. (1991). "Protectionism, Government Procurement and Mandated-Countertrade in Australia", paper presented at the Pan-Pacific Business Association Conference VIII for the Pan-Pacific Business Association, Kuala Lumpur, June 1991, and published in an abbreviated version in S.M. Lee et al. (eds.), Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference VIII: A Business, Economic and Technological Exchange, Kuala Lumpur, June, pp.278-280.
• Liesch, P.W. (1991). "Government Mandated-Countertrade: In Search of an Evaluative Methodology", paper presented at the inaugural annual International Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association, Marseille, June 1991, and published as chapter 50 in K. Fatemi (ed.), International Trade and Finance in the 1990s, Vol.3, Marseille, May, pp.827-842.
• Liesch, P.W. (1990). "Government Mandated-Countertrade: A Good Deal of Arm-Twisting", paper presented at the Pan-Pacific Conference VII, for the Pan-Pacific Business Association, Seoul, Korea, June 1990, and published in an abbreviated version in Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference VII: A Business, Economic and Technological Exchange, Dankook University Press, Seoul, pp.382-385.
• Liesch, P.W. (1990). "Managed-Trade: Some Politics of Mandated-Countertrade", paper presented at the International Symposium on Pacific Asian Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1990, and published in an abbreviated version in Developments in Pacific Asian Business: Research and Education, Vol.3, Proceedings of the Third Annual International Symposium on Pacific Asian Business, Pacific Asia Management Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, pp.16-18.
• Liesch, P.W. (1989). "International Trade in an Imperfectly Competitive Environment: Mandated-Countertrade" paper presented at the Pan-Pacific Conference VI for the Pan-Pacific Business Association, Sydney, May 1989, and published in an abbreviated version in Proceedings of the Pan-Pacific Conference VI: A Business, Economic and Technological Exchange, Pan-Pacific Business Association, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska, pp.225-227.
• Liesch, P.W. (1989). "Some Trade-Related Economic Integration Aspects of Australian Involvement in Mandated-Countertrade", paper presented at the International Symposium on Pacific Asian Business, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, January 1989 and published in an abbreviated version in Developments in Pacific Asian Business: Research and Education, Vol.2, Proceedings of the Second Annual International Symposium on Pacific Asian Business, Pacific Asia Management Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, pp.149-152.
• Refereed conference papers not in proceedings
• Lamb, P.W., Sandberg, J. and P.W. Liesch. (2006). "Firm internationalisation: A competence perspective", paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy 2006 Conference, Nov. 16-18, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Wright, A. and P.W. Liesch. (2006). "International business research as sensemaking", paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy 2006 Conference, Nov. 16-18, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Liesch, P.W., Knight, G.A. and B. Simonin. (2006). "Externalising the international transaction into the worldwide market for market transactions", paper presented to the Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy 2006 Conference, Nov. 16-18, Wellington, New Zealand.
• Liesch, P.W. and G.A. Knight. (2001). "Firm Internationalisation, Externalisation and the Worldwide Market for Transactions", paper presented at the Academy of Management Conference, Washington DC, August, 2001.
• Lamb, P. and P.W. Liesch. (1998). "The Evolution of an Internationalisation Culture in the Small Firm", paper presented at the joint Annual Meeting of the Consortium for International Marketing Research and the Conference on Globalization, the International Firm and Emerging Economies, Izmir, Turkey, May 27-31.
• Steen, J., Hanson, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1997). "Collaborative Research and Development: New Insights from Recent Models of the Innovation Process", paper presented at the 11th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Melbourne, December.
• Hanson, D., Liesch, P.W. and J. Steen. (1997). "Hot Spot in a Cold Place: Tasmanian Aquaculture", paper presented at the 11th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Melbourne, December.
• Liesch, P.W. (1996). "Communities of Common Interests: The Impact of Globalisation on Regional Communities", paper presented at the Internationalising Communities Conference, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, November 27-30.
• Dowling, P.J., As-Saber, S.N. and P.W. Liesch. (1996). "International Joint Ventures as a Mechanism for Accessing Skills Sets in Culturally Different Societies", paper presented at the 16th Annual International Conference for the Strategic Management Society, Phoenix, November 10-13.
• As-Saber, S.N., Liesch P.W. and P.J. Dowling. (1996). "Geopolitics and International Joint Ventures: The Case for Indo-Australian Joint Ventures in India", paper presented at the Australia-India New Horizons Business Management Workshop, New Delhi, October.
• Vallely, M., Stokes, D. and P.W. Liesch. (1996). "An Analysis of Ed 71 Equity Accounting", paper presented at the Accounting Standards Forum, AAANZ, Christchurch, July.
• Liesch, P.W. (1995). "New Enterprise Establishment: Public Sector Entrepreneurialism and the Australian Submarine Corporation", paper presented at the Centre for Australian Public Sector Management Conference on The Role of the Entrepreneurial Manager in the Public Sector, Canberra, June.
• Wright, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1994). "An Empirical Analysis of Multinational Bank Profitability and Level of Commitment Abroad", paper presented at the Australasian Banking and Finance Association Conference, University of New South Wales, Sydney, December.
• Liesch, P.W. and R. Fairfield. (1992). "Dissonant Expectations: Asian Students and Australian Universities", paper presented at the Conference on Quality in International Education: An Academic Perspective, Toowoomba, February.
• Palia, A. and P.W. Liesch. (1990). "Recent Trends in Australian Countertrade: A Cross-National Analysis", paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business, Toronto, October.
• Liesch, P.W. (1988). "The Countertrade Dimension of the Australian Government Offsets Program", paper presented to the 1988 Australian Economics Congress, Australian National University, September.
• Liesch, P.W. (1987). "A Rationale for Mandated-Countertrade: Synthesis of the Markets-Hierarchies Paradigm and the Theory of Technological Competition", paper presented to the 16th Conference of Economists, Gold Coast, August.
• Liesch, P.W. (1986). "The Australian Government Offsets Program", paper presented to the 15th Conference of Economists, Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Monash University, August.
• Liesch, P.W. (1981). "Policy Implications from a Study of Purchasing Behaviour in the Market for Land in the Urban Fringe", paper presented to the 10th Conference of Economists, Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australian National University.
• Liesch, P.W. and W.F. Musgrave. (1979). "Market Conduct in the Urban-Rural Fringe Land Market", paper presented to the 23rd Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society, Australian National University.
• Liesch, P.W. and J.A. Sinden. (1976). "Market Failure or Utility Success in Land-Use Analyses", paper presented to the 20th Annual Conference of the Australian Agricultural Economics Society, University of New England.
• Government inquiry submissions
• Liesch, P.W. Submission to the Defence Procurement Inquiry, Australian Industry Commission, Canberra, November 1993 (125pp).
• Liesch, P.W. Submission to the Inquiry into Offsets and Australian Industry Participation, Joint Parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts, Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, July 1986 (14pp).
• Liesch, P.W. Submission to the Committee of Inquiry on Offsets reporting to the Commonwealth Government, June 1984 (10 pp).
• Liesch, P.W. Submission to the Australian Senate Standing Committee on Science and the Environment, with respect to Land-Use Policy, October 1981 (12pp).

Distinctions

• 1996 Professional Member of the Economic Society of Australia (Queensland) Inc. (PMESA)
• 1996 Fellow of Australian Institute of Management (FAIM)
• 1989 University of Southern Queensland Award for Excellence in Research
• 1980 High commendation for Masters thesis from the Australian Agricultural Economics Society
• 1976 Commonwealth Postgraduate Award
• 1970-71 Colonial Sugar Refining Co Ltd Scholarship

Research Interests

• Firm Internationalisation
• Knowledge In Organisations

Academic Cluster

Strategy