Beyond Covid-19 : women entrepreneurs and e-commerce policy in the Asia-Pacific
- Authors: Braun, Patrice , Birdthistle, Naomi , Flynn, Antoinette
- Date: 2023
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Women's Entrepreneurship Policy: A Global Perspective Chapter 8 p. 192-213
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Harnessing the potential of women entrepreneurs in the Asia-Pacific [Aprovechando el potencial de las mujeres emprendedoras en Asia y el Pacífico]
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2022
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Mexico Y La Cuenca Del Pacifico Vol. 11, no. 31 (2022), p. 9-23
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Clever health: A study on the adoption and impact of an ehealth initiative in rural Australia
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Handbook of Research on ICTs and Management Systems for Improving Efficiency in Healthcare and Social Care p. 69-87
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- Description: This chapter reports on the evaluation of Clever Health, an Australian e-health project. The evaluation took place from mid-2007 through 2010 and consisted of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to capture awareness, expectations, and use of Clever Health components-which included video-conferencing for patient care, professional development, and peer support-and to compare initial perceptions and expectations to perceived changes in awareness and uptake of Clever Health components. The study found that while use of components increased at a satisfactory pace, health services and professionals struggled with change management issues, which, in turn, impacted changing work practices. Findings suggest that it is imperative to address and integrate the human factors of e-health delivery in the rollout of future e-health programs. The study proposes a robust evaluation framework for future telemedicine projects that uses a patient-centred unit of analysis and examines the costs and benefits that accrue for different stakeholders.
Being smart and being green : Entrepreneurial innovation in challenging times
- Authors: Braun, Patrice , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 32nd Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference, ISBE 2009, Liverpool, UK : 3rd-6th November 2009
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- Description: In difficult times business operators are looking for clever and affordable ways to grow their enterprises. This paper seeks to make a contribution to a better understanding of proactive environmental and innovation strategies for SMEs and the interaction between demand and supply towards sustainable and innovative business practices. The paper discusses the combined outcomes of the exit survey of a greening small business 2008 pilot program and the entry survey for the 2009 online training and networking version of the program, which fuses environmental, business and ICT- enabled skilling to enhance both SME entrepreneurship and innovation. The study suggests that SME business sustainability cannot be reduced to an oversimplified business case and that pro-environmental strategy adoption and behaviour, and particularly behavioural change, is highly complex. The outcomes of this research are expected to contribute to good practice in environmental and innovation skilling for SMEs, especially skilling that differentiates between supply and demand side skilling and brings together the two sides in a proactive resource acquisition, knowledge transfer and networking environment.
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Going green : Women entrepreneurs and the environment
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 32nd Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference, ISBE 2009, Liverpool, UK : 3rd-6th November 2009
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- Description: In economically challenging times business operators are looking for clever and affordable ways to grow their enterprises. This paper discusses the role of women entrepreneurs’ in proactively greening their small business. The paper highlights the combined outcomes of the exit survey of a greening small business 2008 pilot program and the entry survey for the 2009 online version of the training and networking program, which fuses environmental, business and ICT-enabled skilling to enhance both SME entrepreneurship and innovation. The study suggests that while reported environmental attitudes between male and female entrepreneurs do not differ significantly, women’s motivations differ from male entrepreneurs in terms of greening their business; and women are more proactive in pursuing green networking opportunities, where they can interact with like-minded businesses, access more clients, source alternative resources and expand their green business networks.
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Key public sector individuals as ICT change agents : An analysis of Australian and German experience
- Authors: Jagodick, Jana , Courvisanos, Jerry , Yearwood, John , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: The Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration Vol. 31, no. 2 (2009), p. 197-212
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- Description: The increasing demand for technology-enabled public sector services drives state agencies to launch information and communication technology (ICT) projects. The Australian and German state agencies are taking a proactive role towards technological change by employing so-called ICT change agents. These ICT change agents introduce, diffuse, manage and implement ICT within projects. Despite the mobilisation of change agents, there is scant research on the formal and informal roles of these key individuals within public sector projects. This article bridges that gap by providing valuable insights into the activities of public sector ICT change agents. It is based on empirical research from six case studies in Australian and German state agencies. Findings from these studies indicate that public sector ICT change agents position organisations to take advantage of cutting edge technologies by performing a great variety of formal and informal roles. Formal roles are performed in order to accomplish set formal project tasks, while informal roles help to speed up rapid ICT adoption and innovation through the change agents’ informal networks. The findings are delineated in a framework for future research which shows that formal and informal roles impact on the outcomes of public sector ICT projects.
- Description: 2003007371
Women entrepreneurs in the digital economy: What skills do they really need?
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: 5th International Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship (AGSE) Entrepreneurship Research Exchange
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- Description: Through its impact on transactions, communications and problem solving, the digital economy is increasing opportunities for business and changing the nature of how we work - this may provide an advantage to women entrepreneurs. With women entrepreneurs becoming increasingly important to the economy, there is a growing interest in understanding how to better utilise this important resource. This paper presents the results of a literature review of women’s (e) business training needs in the digital economy. The paper concludes with a discussion on providing women entrepreneurs with the meta-competencies they require to reach their full potential via gender-friendly and evidence-based training models that suits both their work and lifestyle needs.
Creating value to tourism products through tourism networks and clusters : Uncovering destination value chains
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Technology and Marketing Strategy Chapter 13 p. 193-206
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A case study of clustering in regional Australia : Public policies and private action
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Thompson, Helen , Lynch, David , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 30th annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International, Beechworth, Victoria : 26th September, 2006
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- Description: The paper starts with an evaluation of a group of ICT organizations in a regional Victorian town and using a range of qualitative and quantitative data evaluates whether there is a cluster emerging and if so what are the processes of clustering that underpin this. Using archival and interview data the paper then examines key events and turning points in the development of what might be identified as a nascent cluster (Rosenfeld, 1997). In the context of current public policy that directly or indirectly supports ‘clustering’, the paper then assesses the effectiveness of public policy versus private action in the development of regional agglomerations of organisations and institutions that may be called clusters.
- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001802
A matter of trust : Networks and entrepreneurs
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006, Auckland, New Zealand : 8th February, 2006 p. 496-509
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- Description: This paper discusses elements of inter-entrepreneurial trust in regional networks and clusters in terms of influencing business processes and economic viability in today’s economy. The message that can be extracted from the literature is that competitive advantage strongly depends on interfirm collaboration and that networks with a high degree of trust lead to entrepreneurship and innovation. The paper highlights two local Victorian network studies, one in the grains industry and one in the tourism industry, and explores trust based relations in these regional networks. Contrasting sectoral results indicate that social network cohesion and trust were found to be present in the grains community but were absent in the tourism community. Borrowing from the economics and leadership literature, it is proposed that trust fosters certain types of inter-entrepreneurial networks. A description of these networks and related policy implications conclude the paper.
- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001805
Action research and network development : Creating actionable knowledge
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 7th ALARPM and 11th PAR World Congress, Groningen, Netherlands : 21st August, 2006
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- Description: To make a valuable contribution to our society today, knowledge must be relevant, applicable and actionable. On the side of managers it calls for collaborative approaches to knowledge creation and knowledge transfer between their organisations and knowledge institutions. On the side of academics, it calls for engaged scholarship aimed at knowledge transfer and knowledge contribution to the practical know-how of managers and organisations. Action researchers have long advocated collaborative knowledge creation processes as the way forward, despite the fact that working within an environment that aspires for knowledge to be become applicable and actionable can be complex and challenging. This paper discusses actionable research methods with a focus on networks and learning in a regional development context.
- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001943
The E-factor : Advancing women entrepreneurs in the digital economy
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Asian Pacific Women's Information Network Center Vol. 8, no. (2006), p. 99-109
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- Description: With the rise of globalisation, technological innovation, diffusion of information via the Internet, and related changes in business values and beliefs, countries, regions, governments and institutions everywhere are facing changing conditions for competitive advantage (Pfeffer & Sutton, 2000). Globalisation allows companies of all sizes, even micro and small and medium size enterprises (SME) which were once unable to compete with larger firms, to participate in new markets and reduce costs. Deregulated markets allow for more competition as well as better product offering and prices for small businesses.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003002171
The state we're in : Sharing tourism knowledge online
- Authors: Hollick, Mary , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at CAUTHE 2006 conference - to the city and beyond, Melbourne, Victoria : 8th - 9th February, 2006 p. 1088-1097
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- Description: The success of the tourism industry is highly dependent on the quality of business operations. To run tourism businesses well, operators need to be skilled, flexible and innovative in order to maintain and enhance competitiveness. The aim of this paper is to share the authors’ initial insights into tourism industry capacity building via flexibly delivered online skilling and knowledge sharing. This discussion paper builds on the work of online learning research for small tourism firms conducted in Europe and compares the European approach and considers how the European approach to content development and delivery informed a recently piloted Australian online skilling program. The paper also provides insights into online user behaviour and challenges fundamental research expectations. While both programs have focussed tourism information and skills development, the Australian pilot has been embedded in the Tourism Accreditation Board of Victoria and is being utilised to enable operators to complete tourism industry accreditation. Aiming to raise industry standards and move away from ineffective silo approaches to industry training and capacity building, this pilot reflects the importance of and contributes to the development of an effective national voluntary accreditation system.
- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001812
Tourism clusters : Uncovering destination value chains
- Authors: Hollick, Mary , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at CAUTHE 2006 conference - to the city and beyond, Melbourne, Victoria : 6th February, 2006 p. 476-485
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- Description: This paper discusses the role of tourism networks, clustering and destination value chains for micro and small and medium size tourism enterprises (SMEs) in freely assembled destinations. In discussing destination benefits and barriers surrounding SME clustering, SME positioning and performance are highlighted. It is proposed in this paper that SME clustering and value are not always naturally established. Successful destination clusters may be created by upgrading SME performance, analysing local value chains and matching both tangible and intangible sources of value, such as systems, leadership, relationships and brands with demand-side value segmentation.
- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001808
Tourism skills delivery : Sharing tourism knowledge online
- Authors: Braun, Patrice , Hollick, Mary
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Education and Training Vol. 48, no. 8-9 (2006), p. 693-703
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- Description: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to share the authors' initial insights into tourism industry capacity building via flexibly delivered online skilling and knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach - An online research survey approach was employed, involving a sample of 64 micro tourism operators. Findings - The paper finds that the major benefits perceived by operators across the pilot region, were the time saving aspects demonstrated in the smart form concept. Operators were also drawn in by the best practise examples and direct links to the online resources to bring and keep them up to date with industry information and developments. Research limitations/implications - The data presented in this paper represent initial findings of the pilot project. The project has since been completed. Practical implications - The model used for the pilot in this paper has been adopted by the Tourism Accreditation Board of Victoria and is now being considered for national rollout across Australia. The model is a practical and replicable capacity building model for micro tourism operators anywhere. Originality/value - The paper adopts a collaborative learning network approach to micro business capacity building and training.
- Description: C1
- Description: 2003001777
Action research methods : Case study
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Encyclopedia of Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology Chapter p. 1-5
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- Description: B1
- Description: 2003001158
Creating value to tourism products through tourism networks and clusters : Uncovering destination value chains
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the Global Tourism Growth: a Challenge for SMEs Conference, Paris : 6th September, 2005
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- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001162
E-commerce and small tourism firms
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology Chapter 135 p. 233-238
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- Description: This encyclopedia provides a thorough examination of concepts, technologies, policies, training, and applications of ICT in support of economic and regional developments around the globe.
- Description: B1
- Description: 2003001149
Lifestyle entrepreneurship : The unusual nature of the tourism entrepreneur
- Authors: Hollick, Mary , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 2nd Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research (AGSE), Hawthorn, Australia : 10th February, 2005
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- Description: E1
- Description: 2003001152
Looking for a C-Change : Factors contributing to regional development
- Authors: Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2005
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Participation and governance in regional development : global trends in an Australian context Chapter p. 79-94
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- Description: "This book provides a cross-disciplinary perspective on participation and governance issues in regional development - processes now regarded as essential for sustainable regional development. It brings together a group of respected social researchers from across Australia to consider these issues and places Australian regional development experiences within their broader international context."--BOOK JACKET.
- Description: B1
- Description: 2003001160