Manufacturing remains an important sector in most economies and offers the most value adding of all sectors. Over the past 40 years globalisation as impacted on manufacturing; making it more challenging for advanced economies with high labour costs to compete. However, there has been a major...

Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) comprise the majority of businesses in the Australian economy. Most are run by owner-managers who have little formal education in business and their level of innovation remains low. Universities offer the potential to enhance both the management skills and...