Overview
Background
I have an engineering background, earning my mechanical engineering degree from UQ and beginning my career in the mining and telecommunication sectors, before starting new ventures in technology, agri-tech & workplace training domains. I leverage this background in my teaching for courses covering entrepreneurship, innovation and strategy. I have built online courses covering corporate innovation, service innovation culture, innovation strategy for quantum technology and navigating the demands of 21st century workskills: some purposed towards scale (attracting large learner enrolments) and others towards geographic dispersion (gaining access to learners who I would never come into contact with). I have a particular interest in the impact strategies for new ventures & new technologies to craft sustainable value frameworks, so welcome entrepreneurial research opportunities that target emerging economies, fast-evolving technology domains and design thinking pedagogy for new generations of innovators.
Availability
- Dr Russell Manfield is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Innovation strategy
how strategies emerge from innovative approaches to addressing outlier conditions | as an Associate Investigator for EQUS (Engineered Quantum Systems) I have a particular interest in emerging quantum & quantum-adjacent technologies
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Entrepreneurial opportunities
the forming or discovery of opportunities and how these lead to capable new ventures | especially as these impact historically overlooked social sectors, developing economies or emerging technologies & capabilities
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Design thinking pedagogy
learning to embrace irreducible uncertainty in creating novel & sustainable solutions for persistent problems as these draw on innovations in leadership & resource allocations
Research impacts
I am currently undertaking research projects to impact online learning pedagoy, innovation strategies for quantum technologies and entrepreneurial education. As an Associate Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS), I am able to combine my interests across these 3 impact arcs for emerging innovations.
Works
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2024
Conference Publication
A space of one's own: crafting entrepreneurial opportunities for Omani Women
Al Rahbi, Hanan and Manfield, Russell (2024). A space of one's own: crafting entrepreneurial opportunities for Omani Women. 40th EGOS Colloquium: The experience of space and place in extreme contexts, Milan, Italy, 4-6 July 2024. European Group for Organizational Studies.
2023
Other Outputs
The three Cs of the 21st-century workplace: cognition, character and career
Seevaratnam, Vijayakumari and Manfield, Russell (2023, 10 03). The three Cs of the 21st-century workplace: cognition, character and career Times Higher Education
2023
Conference Publication
Educating decision makers on resource allocations for quantum technologies
Manfield, Russell, Harvey, Michael and White, Andrew (2023). Educating decision makers on resource allocations for quantum technologies. Seventeenth Conference on Education and Training in Optics and Photonics: ETOP 2023, Cocoa Beach, FL, United States, 15-18 May 2023. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2668765
2021
Other Outputs
Dynamic entrepreneurship education: leveraging student learning through engaged assessment design
Manfield, Russell, Seevaratnam, Vijayakumari and Mitchell, Sean (2021). Dynamic entrepreneurship education: leveraging student learning through engaged assessment design. 2021/16. UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.
2019
Conference Publication
Heuristics to survive firm collapse
Manfield, Russell and Newey, Lance (2019). Heuristics to survive firm collapse. Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, 9-13 August 2019. Briarcliff Manor, NY, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.16064abstract
2019
Conference Publication
Navigating Trouble: The emergence of heuristics with unstable resources
Manfield, Russell, Eberl, Martina, Newey, Lance and Eberl, Peter (2019). Navigating Trouble: The emergence of heuristics with unstable resources. EGOS 2019, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 3-6 July 2019. Sage.
2018
Book
Guide for Australian Entrepreneurs - A supplement to New Venture Creation 2nd edition
Manfield, Russell (2018). Guide for Australian Entrepreneurs - A supplement to New Venture Creation 2nd edition. Macmillan Education UK.
2017
Journal Article
Resilience as an entrepreneurial capability: integrating insights from a cross-disciplinary comparison
Manfield, Russell Charles and Newey, Lance Richard (2017). Resilience as an entrepreneurial capability: integrating insights from a cross-disciplinary comparison. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 24 (7), 1155-1180. doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-11-2016-0368
2016
Other Outputs
Organizational resilience: a dynamic capabilities approach
Manfield, Russell (2016). Organizational resilience: a dynamic capabilities approach. PhD Thesis, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.203
2015
Journal Article
Escaping the collapse trap: remaining capable without capabilities
Manfield, Russell and Newey, Lance (2015). Escaping the collapse trap: remaining capable without capabilities. Strategic Change, 24 (4), 373-387. doi: 10.1002/jsc.2016
2014
Conference Publication
Utilities: microfoundations of capability dismantling and rebuilding
Manfield, Russell and Newey, Lance (2014). Utilities: microfoundations of capability dismantling and rebuilding. 74th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2014), Philadelphia, PA, United States, 1-5 August 2014. Commerce, TX, United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2014.14738abstract
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Russell Manfield is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Business Model Innovations for Necessity Entrepreneurs
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Henri Burgers
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Doctor Philosophy
An Empirical Study on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurial Learning Programmes in Shaping Female Entrepreneurs Efficacy in Oman
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lance Newey
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