Programs and teaching

We examine how ventures emerge and scale within multilevel institutional environments shaped by regulation, industry logics, and global value chains, analysing how formal and informal institutions influence growth trajectories. Our research focuses on founders’ strategic responses to uncertainty, including platform expansion, ecosystem orchestration, partnerships, and internationalisation, while highlighting capability development, resource mobilisation, and competitive positioning in technology-intensive sectors. We also investigate sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems, innovation networks, and platform economies, assessing how institutional complementarities shape ecosystem performance and how ventures build resilience and adapt business models in volatile global markets.

We focus on the human dimension of entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurial mindsets, capabilities, and ethical decision-making in technology-driven environments. Our research addresses future skills development, strategic judgement under uncertainty, and the role of entrepreneurship in mitigating unintended consequences of technological disruption.

We examine the decisions, strategies, and operations of multinational enterprises operating in and from emerging economies. Our research focuses on the sustainability of multinational enterprises, responsible global value chains, global supply chains, and long-term competitive advantage in complex institutional environments. We analyse how firms navigate cross-border risk, manage regionalisation trends, strengthen supply chain resilience, and respond strategically to shifting geopolitical and regulatory conditions. This stream situates entrepreneurship and innovation within global competitive systems and connects firm-level strategy to international trade, investment, and institutional dynamics.

We advance knowledge on entrepreneurship for social impact, inclusion and diversity, and non-traditional entrepreneurship in developed and emerging economies. Our research examines how entrepreneurial action can foster equitable participation, strengthen community wellbeing, and enable inclusive innovation in both established and frontier markets.

Recognising the accelerating impact of emerging technologies, we examine how entrepreneurs and organisations engage with digital transformation, AI-enabled systems, and platform-based business models. We analyse the strategic, ethical, and societal implications of technology adoption, including its influence on organisational adaptation, ecosystem evolution, and future competitiveness.

We investigate how geopolitical uncertainty and digital transformation are reshaping internationalisation processes and global business models. Our research explores the digitalisation of global firms, including the role of data, platforms, and emerging technologies in reconfiguring value creation, coordination, and control across borders. We examine how institutional volatility, technological disruption, and policy shifts influence global strategy, ecosystem evolution, and the future architecture of international business.

We examine the psychological and social dynamics that shape behaviour within organisations. Our research explores areas such as leadership and followership, ethics, emotions, personality and individual differences, humour in the workplace, feedback, cognitive processes, and the role of play at work. We investigate how these factors influence motivation, creativity, performance, team dynamics, and organisational culture in diverse settings.

Our research advances Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) agenda across a range of organisational and societal context on topics such as migrant experience, human rights in business, cross-cultural management, and intersectionality of social identities. Our work also addresses issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, individuals from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, and other structurally marginalised or underrepresented communities.

We generate positive social impacts through research that informs responsible policy and practice in areas related to work, employment, and societal wellbeing. Our research addresses issues such as workplace health and safety, sustainable business practices, corporate social responsibility (CSR), public health and care management, labour markets, and trade unions. We also explore emerging themes such as regenerative futures and just transitions in the context of energy and environmental change, with a focus on enhancing social equity and long-term sustainability.

Focusing on the human side of technology, we explore how tech-enabled innovations can be effectively managed to improve work, learning, wellbeing at the individual, team, and organisational levels. Our research spans areas such as the human–AI interface, gamification in organisational settings, digital transformation in higher education, and technology adoption in organisations.