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.
I am currently undertaking research projects to impact online learning pedagoy, quantum technology strategy and entrepreneurial education. As an Associate Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS), I an able to combine my interests across these 3 impact arcs for emerging innovations.
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
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
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.
An Empirical Study on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurial Learning Programmes in Shaping Female Entrepreneurs Efficacy in Oman
Doctor Philosophy
Business Model Innovations for Necessity Entrepreneurs
Master Philosophy
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
An Empirical Study on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurial Learning Programmes in Shaping Female Entrepreneurs Efficacy in Oman
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
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Business Model Innovations for Necessity Entrepreneurs
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