Cooperative Research Centres as effective institutions for contemporary models for achieving innovation in primary industry

Animal Production Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 424-428

  Thomas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PRIMARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH INSTITUTION;

EID: 77953802476     PISSN: 18360939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AN10004     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. ABS (2009) Australian social trends 4102.0. (ABS: Canberra) Available at http://www.abs.gov.au/ [Verified 15 April 2010]
2. Amidon DM (1996) Challenge of 5th generation R&D: virtual learning research/technology management. (Industrial Research Institute: Washington, DC)
3. Bessant J, VenablesT(Eds) (2008) Creating wealth from knowledge meeting the innovation challenge. (Edward Elgar Publishing: Northampton, MA)
4. Chesbrough H, Vanhaverbeke W, West J (Eds) (2006) Open innovation; researching a new paradigm. (Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK)
5. Clarke R, Gray J, Griffith G, Madzivhandila T, Negovhela N, Mullholland C, Timms J (2009) A model to achieve sustainable improvement and innovation in organisations, industries, regions and communities. Extension Farming Systems Journal 5(1) 73-85. Available at http:// www.apen.org.au/ [Verified 15 April 2010]
6. Cutler T (2008) Venturous Australia - building strength in innovation. (Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Canberra) Available at www.innovation.gov.au/innovationreview [Verified 20 November 2009]
7. Dearing JW (2007) Measurement of opinion leadership. Available at http:// www.research-practice.org/tools/measures/opinion%20leadership%20 measurement.pdf [Verified 26 November 2009]
8. Dearing JW, Meyer G (1994) An exploratory tool for predicting adoption decisions. Science Communication 16, 43-57. doi:10.1177/01640259 94016001003
9. Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research (2009) Powering ideas: an innovation agenda for the 21st century. Available at www. innovation.gov.au/innovationreview [Verified 20 November 2009]
10. Desert Knowledge CRC (2010) Aboriginal knowledge and intellectual property protocol. Available at http://www.desertknowledgecrc.com. au/socialscience/socialscience.html [Verified 28 March 2010]
11. Dodgson M, Steen J (2008) New innovation models and Australias old economy. In Creating wealth from knowledge meeting the innovation challenge. (Eds J Bessant, T Venables) pp. 105-125. (Edward Elgar Publishing: Northampton, MA)
12. Granovetter M (1973) The strength of weak ties. American Journal of Sociology 78, 1360-1371. doi:10.1086/225469
13. Haynes R, Abernathy W (1980) Managing our way to economic decline. Harvard Business Review, July-August, 67-77.
14. Insight Economics (2006) Economic impact study of the CRC programme; Prepared for the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training. (Insight Economics Pty Ltd: Melbourne, Australia)
15. Kaine G, Court J, Niall E (2002) Implications of customer perceptions and decision-making for genetic gain in the wool industry. Wool Technology and Sheep Breeding 50, 423-430.
16. Kaine G, Lees J, Wright V (2007) An approach to predicting demand for an agricultural innovation. Australasian Agribusiness Review 15, 94-107.
17. Martin P, Mackinnon D, Dharma S, Liao B, Phillips P, Crooks S, Penm J, (2009) Australian farm survey results 2006-07 to 2008-09. (ABARE: Canberra)
18. Miller WL, Morris L (1998) 4th generation R&D; managing knowledge, technology, and innovation. (John Wiley and Sons: New York)
19. Nowotny H, Scott P, Gibbons M (2001) Re-thinking science: knowledge and the public in an age of uncertainty. (Blackwell Publishers: Malden, MA)
20. OKane M (2008) Collaborating to a purpose: review of the Cooperative Research Centres Program. (Australian Department of Innovation, Industry Science Research: Canberra) Available at http://nla.gov.au/ nla.arc-88595 [Verified 28 March 2010]
21. Olson M (1971) The logic of collective action: public goods and the theory of groups. (Harvard University Press: London)
22. Rogers EM (2003) Diffusion of innovations. (Free Press: New York)
23. Rothwell R (1992) Successful industrial innovation: critical success factors for the 1990s. R & D Management 22, 221-240. doi:10.1111/j.1467- 9310.1992.tb00812.x
24. Sneddon J, Soutar G, Mazzarol T(2009) On-farm innovation in the Australian wool industry: a sensemaking perspective. Experimental Agriculture 45, 295-312. doi:10.1017/S0014479709007881
25. Somerville M, Rapport D (Eds) (2000) Advances in sustainable development; transdisciplinarity: recreating integrated knowledge. (EOLSS Publishers Co. Ltd: Oxford, UK)
26. Thomas P (2009) Investigation of product attributes identification and scoring for Sheep CRC Wool Program research. (Sheep CRC, University of New England: Armidale, NSW)
27. von Hippel E (1988) The sources of innovation. (Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK)
28. von Hippel E (2005) Democratising innovation. (MIT Press: Cambridge, MA)