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The University of Wollongong is one of Australia’s leading research institutions. UOW received five stars in six key areas, including Research Intensity under the Good Universities Guide’s ranking system in 2008.
Sydney Business School fosters meaningful research which contributes to advances in business theory and practice and influences the development of our teaching programs.
While individual staff have diverse research interests across the School's major disciplines, a number of specialist areas are emerging as central to our ongoing research program, particularly supply chain management, ethics and governance and the funding and delivery of health services in Australia.
The School provides a supportive and encouraging research environment to ensure students have every opportunity to succeed in their chosen projects. Our academic staff work closely with leading government and industry professionals on research projects. All University of Wollongong research programs comprise at least two thirds supervised research leading to a thesis or equivalent practical work.
Higher Research Degrees
Research Centres
Centre for Health Service Development
The Centre for Health Service Development is a major research centre. The Centre researches issues involving the provision of health services and advises government and non-government bodies on policy issues relating to health. The Centre's main objective is to make a significant contribution to improving the funding and delivery of public/private health in community care services in Australia. It has strong links with other universities and collaborates with a number of influential industry partners. Clients include government authorities and area health services, as well as local government and community groups.
Centre for Supply Chain Solutions
The Centre for Supply Chain Solutions is one of Australia’s leading research institutions dedicated to supply chain management. The mission of the Centre is to develop and analyse successful strategies for improving competitiveness through successful management of global supply chains. The Centre allows industry professionals to contribute and draw upon its research and that of staff with related expertise within the faculties of Commerce and Informatics. This group has attracted large amounts of funding from public companies including BlueScope, Toll Holdings, and Manugistics.
Centre for Governance and Ethics in Business
The Centre for Governance and Ethics in Business examines the ways in which the principles and practice of corporate governance are applied in both the public and private sectors. Issues associated with the roles and responsibilities of boards of directors, executive remuneration, corporate social responsibility and government and regulators’ legislative and other responses are of particular interest.
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