Emeritus Professor Gordon Boyce
Emeritus Professor
College of Human and Social Futures (International Business)
Career Summary
Biography
My research record shows gradual attainment of a position as a recognised authority on institutional and organisational performance in an international context, with specific reference to systems that support organisational decision-making, negotiating, and inter-firm learning. The output consists of six books (with another in preparation), and numerous refereed journal articles, book chapters, reviews and entries to encyclopedias, and international reference works. I serve eight international academic societies/editorial boards and am called upon frequently to referee submissions. I have examined a number of PhD thesis in my field of expertise. I have won the Cass Prize, British Commission for Maritime history Prize, the Duke University/J. Walter Thompson Fellowship, and the Caird Fellowship - all are awarded through an internationally competitive process. I am part of the Rail CRC which won major funding ($60m) and have an ARC Discovery Grant application (with Dr. Paul Barnes) outstanding.
Research Expertise
My research addresses a series of inter-related themes surrounding information theory and the economics of information. These include how organisations develop systems to support decision-making, negotiating, and inter-firm learning processes. The work uses archival sources relevant to international business and international business history. It generates insights by using grounded theory to inform and extend bodies of theory that have been developed by intuition or empirical methods.
Teaching Expertise
My expertise lies in comparative international business and international business history.
Administrative Expertise
I have served as Head of School (QUT), Assistant Dean Research, and Director of a research institute. Also, I have served extensively on Faculty committees and as a member of Dean's Advisory/Faculty Executive Committees.
Collaborations
Institutional economics; communications theory and systems theory; inter-firm cooperation in international business; anticipatory risk management, transport and the economics of information and knowledge.
Research Expertise
My research addresses a series of inter-related themes surrounding information theory and the economics of information. These include how organisations develop systems to support decision-making, negotiating, and inter-firm learning processes. The work uses archival sources relevant to international business and international business history. It generates insights by using grounded theory to inform and extend bodies of theory that have been developed by intuition or empirical methods.
Teaching Expertise
My expertise lies in comparative international business and international business history.
Administrative Expertise
I have served as Head of School (QUT), Assistant Dean Research, and Director of a research institute. Also, I have served extensively on Faculty committees and as a member of Dean's Advisory/Faculty Executive Committees.
Collaborations
Institutional economics; communications theory and systems theory; inter-firm cooperation in international business; anticipatory risk management, transport and the economics of information and knowledge.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of London
- Bachelor of History, Brock University
- Master of Arts, University of Keele - UK
Keywords
- economics of information and knowledge
- international business
- international business history
- international institutions
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (7 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 2012 | Boyce GH, Boyce g, Boyce Gordon, The Growth and dissolution of a large-scale business enterprise: the Furness interest, 1892 -1919, International Maritime Economic History Association, Newfoundland, 402 (2012) [A2] | ||
| 2006 | Boyce G, How Organisations Connect: investing in communication, Melbourne University Publishing (2006) [A3] | ||
| 2005 | Boyce G, Over Half a Million Careful Owners: A 75 Year history of PSIS 1928-2003, Dunmore Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 326 (2005) [A1] | ||
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Chapter (8 outputs)
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| 2015 |
Boyce G, 'Maritime Networks, History of', International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition 525-532 (2015) © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This article examines the dynamics and forms of networks used in world shipping from the sixteenth century to the present day. It begins ... [more] © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This article examines the dynamics and forms of networks used in world shipping from the sixteenth century to the present day. It begins with a theoretical exposition of network structures, ethical standards, and internal functions in order to develop a basis for analyzing how these cooperative constructs were employed by British, European, American, and Japanese shipping enterprises. The article also explores the impact of technical and legal changes, especially the recent introduction of containerization, new shipbuilding methods, logistics, and computerization.
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Boyce GH, 'The development of commercial infrastructure for world shipping', The World's Key Industry: History and Economics of International Shipping, Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire 106-123 (2012) [B1]
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| 2008 | Boyce GH, 'Risky business: Sequential contracting and relationship building in Australian mining joint ventures', Innovation in Management Practices, Macmillan Publishers India, New Delhi, India 172-193 (2008) [B1] | |||||||
| 2008 | Boyce GH, 'Network structures, processes and dynamics: Inter-firm cooperative frameworks in the shipping industry', International Merchant Shipping in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries: The Comparative Dimension, International Maritime Economic History Association, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada 165-178 (2008) [B1] | |||||||
| 2007 | Boyce GH, 'The professions as systems that support transactions involving knowledge: Their contribution to economic development and their response to the growth of global markets', Institutions and Market Economies: The Political Economy of Growth and Development, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 305-321 (2007) [B1] | |||||||
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Journal article (15 outputs)
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| 2015 |
Boyce G, 'Building Co-operation: A Business History of the Co-operative Group, 1863-2013', AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW, 55 95-97 (2015) [C3]
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| 2012 | Boyce G, 'From Ship 's Cook to Baronet: Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping 1856-1935', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY, 24 459-461 (2012) | |||||||
| 2012 | Boyce GH, 'Tungsten in peace and war, 1918-1946 [Book Review]', Journal of Australasian Mining History, 10 170-171 (2012) [C3] | |||||||
| 2011 |
Boyce GH, 'Edward Bates and Sons, 1897-1915: Tramping operations in recession and recovery', International Journal of Maritime History, 23 13-50 (2011) [C1]
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| 2010 |
Boyce GH, 'Language and culture in a Liverpool Merchant Family Firm, 1870-1950', Business History Review, 84 1-26 (2010) [C1]
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| 2010 | Boyce GH, 'The international tin cartel', The international tin cartel, 8 186-188 (2010) [C3] | |||||||
| 2009 |
Boyce GH, 'The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: The Australian experience of globalisation', Australian Economic History Review, 49 214-215 (2009) [C3]
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Boyce GH, 'Stephen Broadberry. Market services and the productivity race, 1850-2000: British performance in international perspective [book review]', Enterprise & Society, 9 213-215 (2008) [C3]
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Boyce GH, 'Gunpowder, explosives, and the state: A technological history', Australian Economic History Review, 48 196-197 (2008) [C3]
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| 2008 | Boyce GH, 'Learning from the past: The distress and resuscitation of PSIS, 1979-2003', Journal of Co-Operative Studies, 41 31-42 (2008) [C1] | |||||||
| 2007 | Boyce GH, 'Innovation plus independence: The Reserve Bank of New Zealand, 1973-2002 (Book review)', Business History Review, 81 204-206 (2007) [C3] | |||||||
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Review (1 outputs)
| Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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| 2007 | Boyce G, 'The Joint Stock Company', International encyclopedia of organization studies (2007) [D2] |
Conference (2 outputs)
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| 2009 |
Boyce GH, Nicholas SJ, 'On dignity', CIOS: Centre for Institutional and Organisational Studies Inaugural Conference Abstracts, Newcastle, NSW (2009) [E3]
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| 2009 |
Maitland E, Nicholas SJ, Boyce GH, 'The economics of governance: Transaction cost economics and new institutional economics', Symposium on the Multiple Facets of Governance. Symposium Program, Newcastle, NSW (2009) [E2]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 2 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $27,500 |
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20091 grants / $20,000
Research Partnerships$20,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Emeritus Professor Gordon Boyce |
| Scheme | Special Project Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2009 |
| Funding Finish | 2009 |
| GNo | G0190624 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
20071 grants / $7,500
Failures to Complete Systems$7,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
| Funding body | University of Newcastle |
|---|---|
| Project Team | Emeritus Professor Gordon Boyce |
| Scheme | New Staff Grant |
| Role | Lead |
| Funding Start | 2007 |
| Funding Finish | 2007 |
| GNo | G0187771 |
| Type Of Funding | Internal |
| Category | INTE |
| UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Completed1
Current0
Past Supervision
| Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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| 2011 | PhD | Chinese Perceptions of Guanxi in Mainland and Overseas Chinese Business Communities | PhD (Management), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Emeritus Professor Gordon Boyce
Position
Emeritus Professor
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
International Business
Contact Details
| gordon.boyce@newcastle.edu.au |
Office
| Room | SRS116 |
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| Building | Social Sciences Building |
| Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |
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