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PAUL K. COUCHMAN

Department of Management, Griffith Business School, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Southport QLD, Australia

LIZ FULOP

Department of Management, Griffith Business School, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, Southport QLD, Australia

(1) The CRC Progam was launched by the Australian Government in 1990 to foster cross-sector linkages and support collaborative ventures which bring together researchers from the public sector (i.e., universities and public-funded research agencies) and research users in industry. In September 2008 there were 49 centres in operation, covering 6 areas of application (i.e., manufacturing technology, information & communications technology, mining & energy, agriculture & rural-based manufacturing, environment, medical science & technology).

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