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PROF DAVID MERRETT



Contact Details

Organization: Management and Marketing
Position: PROFESSOR
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Homepage: http://www.management.unimelb.edu.au/staff/staffPage.cfm?StaffId=39
Work: +61 3 8344 5337
Fax: +61 3 9349 4293
Room: 6.20
Level: 06
Building: Babel Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Business History Australia
International Business Australia
Financial History Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Economics Monash University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Academy of International Business Member 01-Jan-2000
Member Australian and New Zealand International Business Academy Office Bearer 01-Jan-2001 31-Dec-2005
Member Australian Dictionary of Biography, Victorian Working Party Judging Panel for Bruce McComish Prize in Economic History 01-Jan-2004

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
BUSINESS PROFITABILITY AND LONG TERM INDUSTRIAL CHANGE IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY AUSTRALIA Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG Discovery Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2005

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Did business matter? Australia in the twentieth century
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Insights: Melbourne Economics and Commerce
    Volume: April
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 9-13
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  • Industry associations as facilitators of social capital: The establishment and early operations of the Melbourne Woolbrokers Association
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Business History
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 781-794
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Book Chapters

  • 'Aspro' and 'Kiwi'


    Year: 2007
    Book: The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Australian multinationals in historical perspective: 'do you come from the land of down under?'


    Year: 2007
    Book: The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Conclusion


    Year: 2007
    Book: The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Financial services: banking and insurance


    Year: 2007
    Book: The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
    Authors(s):
  • Introduction


    Year: 2007
    Book: The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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  • Macquarrie Bank


    Year: 2007
    Book: The internationalisation strategies of small-country firms: the Australian experience of globalisation
    Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing(Cheltenham)
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Journal Articles

  • Sugar and copper: postcolonial experiences of Australian multinationals
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Business History Review
    Volume: 81
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 213 - 236
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  • The introduction of competition policy in Australia: the role of Ron Bannerman
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Economic History Review
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 178 - 199
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Investing in Inter-Organisational Communication: The Melbourne Wool Brokers Association
    Year: 2006
    Book: How organisations connect
    Publisher: Melbourne University Press(Carlton)
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Journal Articles

  • A Time Series for Business Profitability in Twentieth-Century Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Economic Review
    Volume: 39
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 330-339
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  • Some Lessons from the History of Australian Banking
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Economic Papers
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 4 Special ed.
    Page numbers: 52-60
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  • The World Before Public Affairs
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Melbourne Review
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 57-63
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Reports

  • A New Macroeconomic Time Series: Business Profitability in Twentieth-Century Australia
    Year: 2006
    Report No:: WP06-14
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Bob McComas and the Trade Practices Commission: Doing It His Way
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Business Law Review
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 475-484
    Publisher: L B C Information Services
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Major Reference Works

  • Trustees Companies:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Trustees Companies
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Hire Purchase:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Hire Purchase
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Pastoral Finance Houses:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Pastoral Finance Houses
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Stock Exchange:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Stock Exchange
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • School Banking:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: School Banking
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Insurance:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Insurance
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Credit Unions:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Credit Unions
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Bank and Financial Crashes:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Bank and Financial Crashes
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Banking and Finance:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Banking and Finance
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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  • Collins House Group:The Encyclopedia of Melbourne
    Year: 2005
    Reference Work Title: Collins House Group
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2004

Books

  • The big end of town
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: Cambridge University Press(Cambridge)
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  • William Lionel Buckland
    Year: 2004
    Publisher: William Buckland Foundation(Melbourne)
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Journal Articles

  • Making Archival Choices for Business History
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Economic History Review
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 185-196
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Publications in 2003

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Bartlett and Ghoshal Revisited: Multinational Banking 1830-1960
    Year: 2003
    Event name: ANZIBA Conference, The Challenge of International Business
    Conference Publication: ANZIBA The Challenge of International Business Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-13
    Publisher: University of Otago(Dunedin)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Australia's Emergent Multinationals: The Legacy of Having a Natural Resource Intensive, Small and Closed Economy as Home
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Studies of Management and Organization
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 109-135
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  • Australian Firms Abroad before 1970: Why So Few, Why Those, and Why There?
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Business History
    Volume: 44
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 65-87
    Publisher: Frank Cass Publishers
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  • The State and the Finance Sector: The Evolution of Regulatory Apparatus
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Economic History Review
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 267-283
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  • The State and the Finance Sector: The Evolution of Regulatory Apparatus
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Economic History Review
    Volume: 42
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 265-281
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  • The internationalization of Australian banks
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 377-397
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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