PhD

Supervision of higher degree research students is an important part of the Centre’s overall research mission. PhD students supervised by Centre academic staff are formally enrolled through the Faculty of Business and Economics. General information about the Doctor of Philosophy degree in that Faculty can be found at http://www.monash.edu.au/study/coursefinder/course/0029/

To enquire about supervision, prospective students should contact directly the member(s) of academic staff whose research interests are most closely aligned with the project that they wish to undertake. The research interests of academic staff affiliated with the Centre can be found in their biographies on this website. In general, the Centre undertakes research into innovation, commercialisation, scientific entrepreneurship, intellectual property, and related areas.

The rapidly changing nature of the Centre’s areas of focus puts an emphasis on the speed with which research is completed, as well as on its quality. PhD students are therefore strongly encouraged to study full-time, although part-time study is offered. Depending on course enrolments and the availability of funding, some part-time employment may be available for PhD students to act as tutors or research assistants.

PhD Students

Wawan Dhewanto

Wawan Dhewanto started his PhD at the Monash Asia Pacific Centre for Science & Wealth Creation in mid 2007. He was awarded an Australian Development Scholarship to do his PhD and is doing research on Technology Commercialisation. Wawan obtained his Masters degree from the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Managment at the Technische Universiteit Delft (TU Delft), Netherlands and his Bachelors degree from the Department of Industrial Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia.

Before he came to Australia, Wawan was a member of academic staff at the School of Business and Management at the BAndung Institute of Technology. There he taught several courses including Management of Technology, Intrapreneurship, INtegrative Business Experience and Business Statistics. He also completed research and was active in the areas of Entrepreneurship and Management of Technology. Previously he worked as a strategic planner in an Indonesian textile company. Wawan also completed an internship with Accenture, Amsterdam, as part of his master's thesis on business modelling for decision support systems.

PPIA (Indonesian Student Association in Australia) has a program to produce some video clips describing research done by some Indonesian students in Australia and a few months ago Wawan was intereviewed. The result can be viewed on the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1TOdVeSrDk

List of Publications

Conference Papers

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2010), “Relationship between Organisational Orientation, Technology Commercialisation Capability, and Commercialisation Performance: Preliminary Results”, proceedings of the 8th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium, Sydney, 6-8 June 2010

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2010), “Relationship between Culture, Capability and Technology Commercialisation Performance in Australian Technology-based Companies: Preliminary Results”, proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Management of Technology (IAMOT), Cairo, Egypt, 7-11 March 2010

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2009), “The Effect of Organisational Culture on Technology Commercialisation Performance: A Conceptual Framework”, proceedings of the 6th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Adelaide, 3-6 February 2009

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2008), “The Effect of Organisational Culture and Organisational Structure on Technology Commercialisation Performance: Conceptual Framework”, proceedings of the 22nd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Auckland, New Zealand, 2-5 December 2008

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2008), “The Effect of Organisational Culture and Organisational Structure on Technology Commercialisation Performance: Research Design”, proceedings of the 13th Faculty Doctoral Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, 27 - 28 October 2008

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2008), “Influences of the Structure of Organization on the Technology Commercialization at a Start Up Company vs. an Established Company”, proceedings of the 5th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Melbourne, 5-8 February 2008

Dhewanto, W., and Ronaldi (2010), “Technology Commercialisation in Developing Countries: Case Study in Indonesian Telco Companies”, proceedings of the 27th Pan-Pacific Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 31 May – 2 June 2010

Dhewanto, W., and Umam, K. K. (2009), “Technology Commercialisation Mapping in a Developing Country: Indonesian Case Study”, proceedings of the 2009 Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Conference, Melbourne, 30 November – 2 December 2009

Umam, K. K., Dhewanto, W., and Larso, D. (2008), “Higher Education Institution and Technology Transfer”, proceedings of the 5th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Melbourne, 5-8 February 2008

Dandy, F., Larso, D., and Dhewanto, W. (2008), “Key Success Factor on New Product Development in Information Technology Based Company in Indonesia”, proceedings of the 5th AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange, Melbourne, 5-8 February 2008

Dhewanto, W., Kresnowati, M.T.A.P., and Ronaldi (2007), “Sustainable Integrated Bio-ethanol Industry: Indonesia toward Energy Independence and Economic Development”, proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR), Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-16 August 2007

Umam, K. K., Dhewanto, W., and Larso, D. (2007), “Technology Transfer from Higher Education Institutions to Industry: A Literature Review”, proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR), Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-16 August 2007

Dandy, F., Larso, D., and Dhewanto, W. (2007), “Key Success Factor on New Product Development in Information Technology Based Company (A Pilot Project)”, proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR), Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-16 August 2007

Dhewanto, W. (2007), “The Development of Indonesian Overseas Network: the Opportunity and the Challenge”, proceedings of the “Konferensi Internasional Pelajar Indonesia (KIPI)”, Sydney, 8-9 September 2007

Journal Articles

Dhewanto, W., and Umam, K. U. (2009), “Technology Commercialisation in a Developing Country: Current Condition and Its Challenge in Indonesia”, The Asian Journal of Technology Management, Volume 2, Number 2, December 2009, 50-56

Posters

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2009), “The Relationship between Organisational Orientations, Organisational Capabilities and Commercialisation Performance”, poster of the Department of Management’s Industry Forum and Research Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, October 2009

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2008), “The Effect of Organisational Culture and Organisational Structure on Technology Commercialisation Performance”, poster of the Higher Degree by Research Student Poster Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, 18 August – 19 September 2008

Dhewanto, W., Vitale, M., and Sohal, A. (2009), “The Effects of Technology Commercialisation Capability and Innovation Capability on Venture Performance”, poster of the Higher Degree by Research Student Poster Exhibition, Monash University, Melbourne, 17 – 28 August 2009

Nasution, R., Sembada, A., Dewi, A., and Dhewanto, W. (2009), “Consumers' Attitude toward Private Label and Its Relation with Their Motivational Values”, poster of the 2009 Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Conference, Melbourne, 30 November – 2 December 2009

Oral Presentations

Thesis profile is presented at the “Lingkar Ide Persatuan Pelajar Indonesia di Australia (PPIA)”, Melbourne, May 2010.  The thesis profile clip can be found in the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1TOdVeSrDk

Thesis progress is presented at the AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Doctoral Consortium, Adelaide, 3 February 2009 Thesis progress is presented at the ANZAM Doctoral Workshop, Auckland, New Zealand, 1 – 2 December 2008

Thesis progress is presented at the AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Doctoral Consortium, Melbourne, 5 February 2008

Dhewanto, W. (2007), “Overview of Technology Commercialisation in Indonesia”, presentation at the Workshop on “Research Related to Indonesia in Australia”, Victoria University, Melbourne, 28 September 2007

PhD Testimonial