Members

Helen Hasan

is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Commerce. She has a Masters in Physics and a PhD in Information Systems, is a member of the Australian Standards Committee on Knowledge Management and a member of the board of CTC@Ulladulla, part of the Networking the Nation initiative. She has published extensively in the areas of Human Computer Interaction, Decision Support Systems (DSS) and Knowledge Management (KM), including a new book, Australian Studies in Knowledge Management, and is currently supervising 12 research students in these areas. Helen is:

• Director of the Activity Theory Usability Laboratory at the University of Wollongong
• Director of the Eureka Connection, a not-for-profit network that provides a forum for generating, sharing, developing and testing new ideas
• Director of the cross-institutional Socio-Technical Activity Research (STAR) Group on Knowledge Management that is funded by a Discovery Grant from the Australian Research Council
• a member of Standards Australia's new committee for SMEs

Ann Hodgkinson

is an Associate Professor in the School of Economics, Faculty of Commerce. Her current research interest is in understanding the various strategies associated with differences in export performances, with a particular focus on small and medium firms. She is also interested in how these firms utilise IT strategies in their business and, potentially, how these systems can be used to deliver specialised business advice to regional exporters.

Robert MacGregor

is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Technology and Computer Science. His research interests are in the implementation of IT and electronic commerce by SMEs.

Ali Salman Saleh

is currently a Lecturer in the School of Economics. Prior to this position, he was a Lecturer and Honours Program Coordinator at the School of Business, Monash University (Malaysia Campus). He was also an active member of the R&D Committee at the School of Business and the Vice President of Monash University Malaysia Staff Association (MUMASA). Dr. Saleh obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Wollongong. He also holds a BA in Economics from Lebanese University and Mcom (Hons) from University of Wollongong. Dr. Ali’s work has been published in international refereed journals such as the Singapore Economic Review, South Asia Economic Journal, Review of Islamic Economics (UK), Middle East Business and Economic Review and many other journals. He has published 2 books, one book as a Co-author with Associate Professor Charles Harvie from the University of Wollongong, under the title of “Public Sector Deficits and Macroeconomic Performance in Lebanon” with ICFAI University Press Publishers. The other book as an Associate editor with Associate Professor Nelson Oly Ndubisi from Monash University Malaysia entitled “Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Malaysian & Global Perspectives” with Prentice Hall Publishers.

Elias Sanidas

is a Lecturer in the School of Economics. He has taught Microeconomics, Statistics, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Operations Research, International Business, Strategic Management, Competitive analysis in Australia, Malaysia and Greece. His interests include links between firm organization and economic growth, international business, economic growth, econometrics, links between micro- and macro-economics.

Lejla Vrazalic

is an Assistant Professor in the College of Business, University of Wollongong in Dubai. She was awarded the University Medal in 1999. Her research interests are in Human Computer Interaction and e-commerce adoption in small business and she has published widely in these areas in international journals. As part of her PhD research, Lejla developed and validated the Distributed Usability Evaluation Method, a novel method for assessing the usability and usefulness of computer interfaces based on Cultural Historical Activity Theory. Lejla received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning at the University of Wollongong, and the Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Business Community Partnerships in 2004.