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Regional Futures

This research theme will focus on facilitating and generating research directed at providing knowledge to stimulate innovation and growth in regional enterprises and to assess the modern condition and the capacity of regional environments to support this. For more information Click here.

CRIC is breaking ground in the areas of regional innovation and competitiveness. Current research areas include:

• Demand management in the water industry
• Development of community capacity and relational capital
• Clustering in a regional context
• Regional SMEs: Are they different?
• Impact of e-commerce on the competitiveness of regional enterprises and organisations
• Wine and Regional Tourism: Strengthening Complementarity
• Beyond startup: SME Growth Through Replication
• Public program evaluation

The research is organised within a conceptual framework which includes:

• The core processes in development; innovation, leadership, collaboration and connectivity.
• Place and environment influencing enterprise and community strategies.
• Outcomes in terms of global/local competitiveness and the development of knowledge and relational capital.

CRIC pursues its mission by undertaking research which focuses on:

• Innovation and enterprise
• Technology and social change
• Collaboration and connectivity
• Diffusion of knowledge
• Capital flows
• Appropriate regional contexts

CRIC Seminar Series 2007

The 2007 CRIC seminar series is combined with the School of Business seminar program. A program of presenters, dates and venues is available. Click here for details of presentations in 2007.

Cluster Conference Proceedings

For Proceedings from the 2005 CRIC Cluster Conference click here.