Brian Wixted
(PhD)
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Background
Research Fellow with CPROST at
Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver http://www.sfu.ca/cprost/index.html
Research Associate of Centre for Biotechnology Management connected to
the Faculty of Business of Administration at SFU http://business.sfu.ca/cbm/
THECIS Fellow (The Centre for Innovation Studies in
I have worked for the Australian Commonwealth Public Service on science,
technology and innovation indicators analysis (1989-1995) and agricultural and
resources science and innovation policy (1995-2000). Between 2000 and
2004, I was with the AEGIS research centre at the
This is my academic work related homepage, for private consulting work
particularly in the field of research evaluation I can be contacted at info at
technomics-research.ca
A pdf of my latest CV is
available here.
If you wish to get in touch with me or discuss any
of my work please contact me at brian_wixted at sfu.ca
Research Domains
My research interests concentrate on the operation
of innovation systems and can be understood as fitting within three domains.
These are broadly the governance of innovation
systems, the geographic and industrial
structure of systems and the business forces (organisations, their strategies and the business environment) which
are creating the global configuration of innovation systems.
A key underlying interest within most of my work is
the nature (i.e. role, scale, structure and evolution) of interdependencies.
While the term networks can mean a wide range of phenomena from social acquaintances
through to mutually dependent organizational relationships, interdependencies tends
mean more of the latter and is often used in regard to organizational and
inter-organisational work flows. In my work I am interested in both formal
organisational networks (see my work on evaluating networks) as well as working
towards an understanding of economy wide production systems or econscape networks.
Click on a link to see more of my work on these
themes.
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System measurement and the
measurement of performance http://www.sfu.ca/~bwa11/governance.htm
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The architecture of
innovation systems http://www.sfu.ca/~bwa11/structure.htm
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Strategy and organizations http://www.sfu.ca/~bwa11/strategy.htm
Together with these three domains I have develop
pages which describe the two bridges that link all of my work together. The
first is a concern for sustainable economic and social development and the
second is my interest in networks and interdependencies.
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Bridge concept 1: Networks
& Interdependencies http://www.sfu.ca/~bwa11/networks.htm
(underconstruction)
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Bridge concept 2:
Development http://www.sfu.ca/~bwa11/Development.htm
Recent Highlights
Innovation System Frontiers
is now available
http://www.springer.com/economics/regional+science/book/978-3-540-92785-3
