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Professor KEVIN HINDLE

KEVIN HINDLE
Professor of Entrepreneurship Research
BA(Hons) (ANU), MBA (Adel), PhD (Swin), CPA, AAIM, AAMI, MMRS, MPRIA

Ph +61 3 9214 8732
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khindle@swin.edu.au

Kevin Hindle is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. He is a researcher, educator, management consultant and private equity investor. His variety of expertise and interests embrace many aspects of managing in conditions of uncertainty. His research, teaching, managerial and consulting work focuses on entrepreneurial business planning but includes: investment evaluation (especially in the field of venture capital), market and financial modelling, change management, organisational design, corporate strategy and management training. Applying leading-edge research to practical problems, he has initiated and developed new ventures and worked for organisations large and small, public and private, Australian and international.

As a long-serving educator, Professor Hindle has developed and taught marketing, finance, organisational behavioural and entrepreneurship curricula for a range of award and executive development programs in Europe, Asia and America as well as Australasia . He has taught in the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration's executive MBA program. He has held visiting professorships in entrepreneurship at Baylor University (Texas), at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and was the inaugural visiting professor at the First Nations University of Canada (Regina, Saskatchewan). He is co-author of two textbooks on entrepreneurship.

His several professional awards include winning the (American) Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Division and McGraw Hill Innovation in Entrepreneurship Pedagogy Award in 2004. This is a highly regarded honour for entrepreneurship education in the United States . Professor Hindle is the first non-North American ever to win it. In the same year he won Australia 's highest entrepreneurship education award, the Business/Higher Education Round Table (B-Hert) Award for the Best Entrepreneurial Educator of the year.

As a researcher, Kevin Hindle has authored over eighty publications including more than fifty peer-reviewed papers in a range of respected international journals and conference proceedings. He is Australian Project Director of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), the world's largest entrepreneurship research initiative. Beyond academea, Professor Hindle has been an entrepreneur in his own right and currently risks his own money backing his judgment as a private equity investor. He has a strong network of collaborations and personal friendships among leading entrepreneurship scholars and practitioners throughout the world and a track record of substantial fundraising for entrepreneurship research.

Professor Hindle has consulted on entrepreneurship policy to both State and Federal governments and several international universities, government organizations and corporations. He is a ministerially appointed foundation member of Australia's National Innovation Awareness Council and on the advisory board of the International Danish Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA). The unifying theme of all his work is to develop and execute constructive, internationally relevant research whose findings can be used to enhance the teaching and development of ethical entrepreneurs in Australia and the world.

Research Profile

Research Interests

Professor Hindle's current teaching and research activities are focused in six research areas:

  • The Innovation-Entrepreneurship Relationship
  • The Factors and Processes Influencing New Venture Investment
  • Indigenous Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship Education
  • The Methodology of Entrepreneurship Research
  • Entrepreneurship Policy


Competitive research grants

In Australia, as sole or principal researcher, Kevin Hindle has won grants, specifically for entrepreneurship research projects and whose findings are in the public domain, in excess of two million Australian dollars. Sources of these funds have included public research granting agencies, private sector sponsors and internal university competitive granting agencies.

In Canada and internationally Kevin Hindle works in a team that includes Professor Bob Anderson of the University of Regina and Professor Leo-Paul Dana of the University of Canterbury. The team works to win grants focused on the study of Indigenous entrepreneurship. It has gained and is targeting significant funding for several large and significant projects in this field.

 

Publications and Papers

Degree Award Theses:

Hindle, K. G. 1997. An enhanced paradigm of entrepreneurial business planning. Development, case applications and general implications. Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Swinburne University of Technology: Melbourne.

Hindle, K. G. 1982. A corporate strategy for the West Torrens Football Club. Unpublished thesis in part requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA). Awarded at the high distinction level, University of Adelaide, Adelaide.

Hindle, K. G. 1972. A condor among the foxes: general Rene Barrientos Ortuno in Bolivian politics. Unpublished BA Honors Thesis, Australian National University: Canberra.

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Published Refereed Journal Articles:

Hindle, Kevin and Kim Klyver 2007. Exploring the relationship between media coverage and participation in entrepreneurship: Initial global evidence and research implications. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Vol. 3, No. 2, 217-242. Online access

Hindle, Kevin 2006. A Measurement Framework for International Entrepreneurship Policy Research: from Impossible Index to Malleable Matrix. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 3, No. 2, 139-182.

Hindle, Kevin & Mainprize, Brent 2006. A Systematic Approach to Writing and Rating Entpreneurial Business Plans. Journal of Private Equity, Summer, 1-17.

Lindsay, Noel J., Wendy Lindsay, Anton Jordaan and Kevin Hindle 2006). Opportunity recognition attitudes of nascent Indigenous entrepreneurs. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business. Vol. 3. No. 1, 56-75.

Mainprize, B. and Hindle, K. 2005. Assessing the Efficacy and Standardization Potential of Five Competing Venture Capital Investment Evaluation Approaches. Journal of Private Equity, Winter 2005, Volume 9, Number 1, 6-21.

Hindle, K. 2005. Contrasting Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia and Canada: how three applied research perspectives can improve policy and programs. Small Enterprise Research, 13 (1): 92-106.

Hindle, Kevin, Robert B. Anderson, Robert J. Giberson and Bobby Kayseas 2005. Relating Practice to Theory in Indigenous Entrepreneurship: A Pilot Investigation of the Kitsaki Partnership Portfolio. American Indian Quarterly. Volume 29, numbers 1/2 Winter/Spring, 1-23.

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Jennings, D.F. and K.G. Hindle, 2005. Strategy-Structure-Performance Relationships in a Hostile Environment: Prescriptions for Entrepreneurial and Conservative Electrical Distributors. Review of the Electronic and Industrial Distribution Industries. Vol 4, No. 1, 127-165.

Hindle, Kevin, and Michele Lansdowne 2005. Brave spirits on new paths: toward a globally relevant paradigm of Indigenous entrepreneurship research. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Special issue on Indigenous entrepreneurship. 18 (2): 131-141.

Hindle, Kevin, 2004. Choosing Qualitative Methods for Entrepreneurial Cognition Research: a Canonical Development Approach. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Winter, 575-607.

Hindle, K. 2004. A Practical Strategy for Discovering, Evaluating and Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Research Based Action Guidelines. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Volume 17, Number 4, 267-276. [Simultaneously published in Small Enterprise Research. Volume 12(1)].

Hindle, K. 2004. A Practical Strategy for Discovering, Evaluating and Exploiting Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Research Based Action Guidelines. Small Enterprise Research. Volume 12(1). Simultaneously published in Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Volume 17(4), 267-276.

Anderson, R. B., Hindle, K., Dana, L. P., & Kayseas, R. 2004. Indigenous Land Claims and Economic Development: The Canadian Experience. American Indian Quarterly. Volume 28 (3&4).

Hindle, K., & Yencken, J. 2004. Public research commercialisation, entrepreneurship and new technology based firms: an integrated model. Technovation, 24 (2004), 793-803.

Hindle, K., Anderson, R. B., & Gibson, B. 2004. From What We Know to How We Use It: Five Principles for Turning Entrepreneurship Research into Practitioner Action Guidelines. Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Volume 17(4), 261-266. Simultaneously published in Small Enterprise Research. Volume 12(1).

Hindle, K., Anderson, R. B., & Gibson, B. 2004. From What We Know to How We Use It: Five Principles for Turning Entrepreneurship Research into Practitioner Action Guidelines. Small Enterprise Research. Volume 12(1). Simultaneously published in Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Volume 17(4), 261-266.

Mainprize, B., Hindle, K., Smith, B., & Mitchell, R. 2003. Caprice versus standardization in venture capital decision making: an empirical evaluation. Journal of Private Equity, 7(1): 15 - 25.

Hindle, K. G. 2002. A grounded theory for teaching entrepreneurship using simulation/games. Simulation and Gaming, 33(2): 236-241.

Hindle, K. G., & Leo, T. L. 2002. An exploratory investigation of informal venture capitalists in Singapore. Venture Capital, 4(2): 169-181.

Hindle, K., & Cutting, N. 2002. Can applied entrepreneurship education enhance job satisfaction and financial performance? An empirical investigation in the Australian pharmacy profession. Journal of Small Business Management, 40(2): 162-167.

Hindle, K. 2002. small-i or BIG-I? How entrepreneurial capacity transforms 'small-i' into 'Big-I' innovation: some implications for national policy. Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 52(3): 51-63.

Hindle, K. G. 2001. Entrepreneurship education at University: the plus-zone challenge. Small Enterprise Research - the Journal of SEAANZ, 9(2), 3-16.

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Hindle, K. G., & Wenban, R. 1999. Australia's informal venture capitalists: an exploratory profile. Venture Capital, 1(2): 169-189.

Eng, L. L., Hindle, K. G., & Legge, J. M. 1995. Innovation in a large corporation: attitudes to entrepreneurship in Telstra. Innovation Papers, 3(1): 7-28.

Hindle, K. G. 1994. Dynamic due diligence. An entrepreneurial business planning method for evaluating mergers and acquisitions: theory, case application and general implications. Innovation Papers, 2(1): 61-77.

Hindle, K. G. 1993. Harvesting a lost investment: case study of a financial innovation. Creativity and Innovation Management, 2(1): 53-62.

Hindle, K. G., & Gillin, L. M. 1991. Government involvement in entrepreneurship and new business creation in Australia. A quantitative analysis of public perceptions and opinions. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development(3): 379-393.

Hindle, K. G. 1987. Mr Lasswell Battles the P.I.G.S. Towards a method for anticipating non-target audience reaction to market-segmented communications in mass media. Australian Marketing Researcher, 11(1): 48-57.

Hindle, K. G. 1985. Marketing the organisational accountant. The Australian Accountant (May): 38-40.

Hindle, K. G. 1984. Selected aggregate perspectives on the Australian advertising industry: some statistics and their research implications. Marketing World (May).

Hindle, K. G. 1983. Australian accounting policy: two hats in the ring. Accounting Forum (March): 40-63.

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Refereed journal articles accepted for publication

Klyver, Kim & Hindle, Kevin 2007. Do social networks affect entrepreneurs? A test of the fundamental assumption using large, longitudinal data. Small Enterprise Research – The Journal of SEAANZ. Pagination forthcoming.

Hindle, Kevin and Kim Klyver 2007. Exploring the relationship between media coverage and participation in entrepreneurship: Initial global evidence and research implications. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Vol. 3, No. 2. Pagination forthcoming.

Klyver, Kim, Kevin Hindle and Denny Meyer 2007. Influence of Social Network Structure on Entrepreneurship Participation. International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal. Issue and pagination forthcoming.

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Journal Articles under Refereed Review:

There are currently six articles authored or co-authored by Kevin Hindle undergoing the refereeing process. To comport with the conventions of blind refereeing it is not appropriate to detail them by title.

Published Books and Book Chapters:

Hindle, Kevin, Mainprize, Brent and Dorofeeva, Natalia 2007. Venture Intelligence. Melbourne: Learnfast Press (forthcoming).

Hindle, Kevin 2007. Chapter 5: Teaching entrepreneurship at university: from the wrong building to the right philosophy. In Fayolle, A., (Editor), Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, Vol 1, 104-126.

Hindle, Kevin 2007. Teaching entrepreneurship at university: from the wrong building to the right philosophy. In Greene Patricia G. and Mark P. Rice (Eds), Entrepreneurship Education. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar.

Hindle, Kevin 2007. Chapter 38: The renaissance of Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia: dream or educational possibility? In Dana, Léo-Paul and Anderson, Robert B. (Editors), International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, 485-493.

Hindle, Kevin and Lansdowne, Michelle 2007. Chapter 2: Brave spirits on new paths: toward a globally relevant paradigm of indigenous entrepreneurship research. In Dana, Léo-Paul and Anderson, Robert B. (Editors), International Handbook of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, 8-19.

Hindle, Kevin 2005. The wheel and the pyramid: using Whitetead's philosophy of education to design entrepreneurship curricula at university. In Søgaard, V., Svendsen, S.G., Bruun, S.B. & Høyer, C. (eds.) CESFO Årsrapport 2004/2005. Tema: Teaching Entrepreneurship (CESFO Yearbook 2004/2005. Issue: Teaching Entrepreneurship). Kolding, Denmark: University of Southern Denmark CESFO report series IX, (ISBN 87-91070-16-3),11-16.

Hindle, Kevin and George Solomon (eds.) 2005. Best papers in the field of entrepreneurship education, introduction, selection and commentary in: van der Horst, Rob, Sandra King-Kauanui and Susan Duffy (eds.) Keystones of Entrepreneurship Knowledge, Published on the 50th Anniversary of the International Councilnfor Small Business ICSB. Malden/Oxford: Blackwell, 261-364.

Legge, J. M., & Hindle, K. G. 2004. Entrepreneurship: context, vision and planning. London: Pelgrave Macmillan.

Jennings, D. F., & Hindle, K. 2004. Equifinality, corporate entrepreneurship and strategy-structure-performance relationships. In Jerome A. Katz, & Dean A. Shepherd (Eds.), Corporate Entrepreneurship. Volume 7 in the series Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth. Oxford, UK: Elsevier/JAI Press, 101-144.

Hindle, K. G., & Rushworth, S. 2001. The demography of investor heaven: international research on the attitudes, behaviour and characteristics of business angels. In M. Whincop (Ed.), Bridging the entrepreneurial financing gap: linking governance with regulatory policy. Aldershot (Hants, England): Ashgate, 10-37.

Legge, J. M., & Hindle, K. G. 1997. Entrepreneurship: how innovators create the future. London/Melbourne: Macmillan.

Hindle, K. G. 1992. How to use organisational behaviour. A comprehensive analytical method for solving case studies and 'Real World' organisational problems. Melbourne: Learnfast Press.

Hindle, K. G. 1990. Giving Australia. A quantitative exploration of the philanthropic sector of the Australian economy for the 1988-1989 financial year. Melbourne: The Australian Association of Philanthropy Press in Association with Melbourne University.

Hindle, K. G., & Wigney, P. 1986. Understanding marketing research. A no tears no maths course for marketing managers. Sydney: Management Technology Education Pty. Ltd.

Accepted Book and Book Chapters:

Anderson, R. B., Scott MacAulay, Bob Kayseas, Kevin Hindle 2007. On Their Own Terms: Indigenous Communities, Development and the New Economy. In Shockley, Gordon (Editor), Non-market Entrepreneurship: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar. (Forthcoming).

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Editorships:

Hindle, Kevin and Klyver, Kim, Editors. Handbook of Research on New Venture Creation. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar.

Hindle, Kevin 2006. Editor. International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Vol. 3, No. 2 .

Refereed Conference Proceedings - Papers Published in Full:

Blackman, Deborah, & Hindle, Kevin 2006. Would using the psychological contract increase entrepreneurial business development potential? In Helen De Cieri, Anne Bardoel, Donna Buttigieg, Al Rainie, Kirsten McLean (editors), Proceedings of the Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work Conference, Monash University and King’s College London Prato, Italy, July, 1-4th. ISBN: 0-7326-2293-X.

Kayseas, B., Hindle, Kevin, Anderson, Robert 2006. Successful Indigenous entrepreneurship in Canada: a descriptive framework and causal explanation, a case study of the Osoyoos Indian Band. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 3rd International Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange. 224-240. ISBN 0 85590 817 3.

Hindle, Kevin & Mainprize, Brent 2006. Is the quality of entrepreneurial business plans related to the outcome of a new venture? Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 3rd International Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange. 760-775. ISBN 0 85590 817 3.

Klyver, Kim and Hindle, Kevin 2006. Do social networks affect entrepreneurship? A test of the fundamental assumption using large sample, longitudinal data. Anzam Conference 2006.

Klyver, Kim and Hindle, Kevin 2006. Foundation evidence of the relationship between entrepreneurs, financial issues and financial advisers. Proceedings of the 11th Finsia – Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies Banking and Finance Conference September 25-26, 2006. Melbourne Victoria.

Yencken, John, O’Connor, Allan and Hindle, Kevin 2006. Encouraging high expectation entrepreneurship: the implications of Australian policy practices. Conference Proceedings: 51st ICSB World Conference. Melbourne, Australia 18-21 June. Published in CD format. ISBN 0-9582632-6-4.

Kayseas, Robert, Hindle, Kevin and Anderson, Robert 2006. Fostering Indigenous Entrepreneurship: a case study of the Membertou first nation, Nova Scotia, Canada. Albuqurque Conference.

Yencken, John and Kevin Hindle 2005. Finding and filling the gaps in the Australian governments’ innovation and entrepreneurship support spectra. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2005: Proceedings of the Second Annual AGSE International Entrepreneurship Exchange. 329-353. ISBN 0 85590 809 2.

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Kayseas, Bob, Kevin Hindle, Robert B. Anderson, Ronald D. Camp II 2005. Corporate Aboriginal Alliances: a Case Study of the Osoyoos Indian Band. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Proceedings of the 2nd AGSE International Entrepreneurship ResearchExchange 225-240. . ISBN 0 85590 809 2

Hindle, Kevin 2004. Turning Entrepreneurship Research Findings into Practical Action Guidelines: the Example of Opportunity Assessment. In Gillin, L. Murray, John Butler, Evan Douglas, Kevin Hindle, Frank La Pira, Noel Lindsay, Dean Shepherd, John Yencken, Shaker Zara, (Eds), Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship in association with Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson College and Brisbane Graduate School of Business, 216.

Kayseas, Bob, Kevin Hindle and Robert B. Anderson 2004. How should we measure Indigenous entrepreneurship? A search for explanatory variables. Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM). Dunedin, New Zealand: University of Otago.

Jennings, D.F. and Hindle, K.G. 2004. Corporate Entrepreneurship and Equifinality: An Empirical Analysis of Strategy-Structure-Performance. National Academy of Management (USA) Best Paper Proceedings. 18-22, (AN 13863530).

Anderson, R. B., Hindle, K., Giberson, R. J., & Kayseas, R. 2004. Understanding Success in Indigenous Entrepreneurship: An Exploratory Investigation. In Gillin, L. Murray, John Butler, Evan Douglas, Kevin Hindle, Frank La Pira, Noel Lindsay, Dean Shepherd, John Yencken, Shaker Zara, (Eds), Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship in association with Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson College and Brisbane Graduate School of Business, 83-100.

Yencken, J., Rushworth, S., & Hindle, K. 2004. Australia's Strengths and Weaknesses in Technology Transfer and R&D Exploitation: GEM Australia "Experts" Views Compared with Public Policy and Other Published Data. In Gillin, L. Murray, John Butler, Evan Douglas, Kevin Hindle, Frank La Pira, Noel Lindsay, Dean Shepherd, John Yencken, Shaker Zara, (Eds), Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the First Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship in association with Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson College and Brisbane Graduate School of Business, 217-239.

Mainprize, B., & Hindle, K. 2003. A systematic approach to writing and rating entrepreneurial business plans. Paper presented at the Academy of Social Sciences Canada (ASAC), St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Anderson, R. B., Hindle, K., Dana, L. P., & Kayseas, R. 2003. Indigenous Land Claims and Economic Development: The Canadian Experience. Proceedings of the 2003 ANZAM Conference, Perth, Australia.

Lindsay, N., & Hindle, K. 2002. What matters to Australian entrepreneurship scholars? An exploratory survey of recent publications. Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference, Melbourne.

Mainprize, B., Hindle, K., Smith, B., & Mitchell, R. 2002. Toward the standardization of venture capital investment evaluation: decision criteria for rating investee business plans. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.

Hindle, K., & Mainprize, B. 2002. A critical evaluation of the standardisation potential of business plan evaluation aids (BPEA) used in venture capital investment decision-making. Paper presented at the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM).

Hindle, K., & Yencken, J. 2001. That troublesome 'E' word: entrepreneurship in the context of public research commercialisation, technological innovation and the wealth of nations. Paper presented at the Proceedings, Technology Transfer and Innovation (TTI 2001) Conference, Brisbane.

Hindle, K. G., & Rushworth, S. 2001. Regional differences in business start-up rates in Australia: implications for future research and public policy. Paper presented at the Australia New Zealand Academy of Management Conference, Auckland.

Hindle, K. G. 2001. Entrepreneurship education at University: the plus-zone challenge. Paper presented at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Symposium, Taipei, Taiwan.

Hindle, K. G., & Lloyd, A. 2000. Sweet talking to ethnic customers: a field experiment on the links between entrepreneurial business planning, cultural sensitivity and sales growth. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the ICSB World Conference 2000, Brisbane.

Hindle, K. G., & Dulmanis, P. 2000. Beyond e-commerce: an entrepreneurial business modelling method for profitable e-venturing. Paper presented at the Electronic Commerce: The End of the Beginning 13th International Bled Electronic Commerce Conference Proceedings, Bled, Slovenia.

Hindle, K. G., & Cutting, N. 2000. Can applied entrepreneurship education enhance job satisfaction and financial performance? An empirical investigation within the Australian pharmacy profession. Paper presented at the ANZAM 2000 Conference Proceedings: Refereed Stream. North Ryde, NSW.

Hindle, K. G., Noble, J., & Phillips, B. 1999. Are workers with a disability less productive? An empirical challenge to a suspect axiom. Paper presented at the ANZAM '99 Conference Proceedings: Refereed Stream, North Ryde, NSW.

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Hindle, K. G., & Rushworth, S. 1999. The demography of investor heaven: A synthesis of international research on the attitudes, behaviour and characteristics of business angels. Paper presented at the Financing the Future: Small Medium Enterprise Finance, Corporate Governance and the Legal System, Sydney.

Hindle, K. G., Wolfe, J., & Anghern, A. 1998. Crash landing at INSEAD: initiating a grounded theory of the pedagogical effectiveness of simulation games for teaching aspects of entrepreneurship. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 8th Annual Global Conference Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Fontainebleau France.

Hindle, K. G., & Leo, T. L. 1998. An exploratory investigation of informal venture capitalists in Singapore. Paper presented at the Refereed Proceedings of The 12th ANZAM International Conference, Adelaide.

Hindle, K. G. 1997. How to write an unsuccessful entrepreneurial business plan. Content analysis of the core prescriptions of the normative literature reveals a flawed paradigm. Paper presented at the Refereed Proceedings of the 11th ANZAM Conference., Monash University.

Hindle, K. G., & Wenban, R. 1997. An exploratory survey of Australia's informal venture capitalists: a predicate to theory building in the context of international angel research. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Wellesley, MA.

Hindle, K. G., Wenban, R., & Jennings, D. F. 1996. The seraphim profile of Australia's business angels: A survey of the identifying characteristics, behaviour patterns and investment criteria of informal venture capitalists in Australia. Paper presented at the ANZAM '96 Refereed Papers: Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), Wollongong.

Hindle, K. G. 1996. Gary Gladhand bucks the system. a case study in the teaching of financial mathematics and computer modelling. Paper presented at the South West Case Research Association Proceedings, Waco, Texas.

Hindle, K. G. 1993. Dynamic due diligence: an entrepreneurial business planning method for evaluating mergers and acquisitions: theory, case application and general implications. Paper presented at the 1992 ENDEC World Conference on Entrepreneurship, Singapore.

Hindle, K. G., & Gillin, L. M. 1993. Entrepreneurship: industry policy priorities and entrepreneurial education in Australia. Paper presented at the IntEnt92: Internationalizing Entrepreneurship Education and Training. Proceedings of the IntEnt92 Conference,, Dortmund.

Gillin, L. M., Hindle, K. G., & Sheddon, I. 1991. Fostering innovation: an integral component of industrial policy. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the Target 2000 Conference on Defence Industry Spin-offs for the 21st Century., Canberra.

Gillin, L. M., & Hindle, K. G. 1988. Some key success factors in Australian new venture management. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Wellesley, MA.

Hindle, K. G. 1984. Boffin bashers verses supertechs - who will win? Some thoughts on the efficacy of OR/MS techniques and their place in a philosophy of management. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 1983 Australian Management Educators' Conference.

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Refereed Conference Proceedings - Papers Published in Abstract:

Kayseas, Robert, Kevin Hindle and Robert Anderson 2007. An Empirically Justified Theory of Successful Indigenous Entrepreneurship. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 4th International Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange. Pagination forthcoming.

Klyver, Kim and Kevin Hindle 2007. Entrepreneurship and mass media – audiences’ perceptions of entrepreneurship stories in mass media. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 4th International Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange. Pagination forthcoming.

Klyver, Kim, Kevin Hindle and Denny Meyer 2007. Differences in Networking Activities among Australasian Entrepreneurs – Challenging the Universal Nature of Entrepreneurial Networking. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, 4th International Entrepreneurship and Research Exchange. Pagination forthcoming.

Moremong-Nganunu, Topyame, Kevin Hindle, and Everada Cunningham 2006. A critical description of the world’s largest skills enhancement program for entrepreneurs: a predicate to program evaluation. Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research: Proceedings of the Third Annual AGSE International Entrepreneurship Exchange. 699-701. .ISBN 0 855908173

Moroz, Peter, Kevin Hindle, and Robert Anderson 2006. The Role of Entrepreneurship Education in Commercializing Intellectual Property in Canadian Universities. Babson College Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Bloomington: Indiana University.

Kayseas, B., Kevin Hindle, et al. 2004. Corporate Aboriginal Alliances: a Case Study of the Osoyoos Indian Band. Proceedings of the AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia.

Anderson, Robert and Kevin Hindle 2003. Indigenous Land Rights: A Source of Entrepreneurial Capital? Paper presented at the Babson College-Kauffman Foundation Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson Park, Wellesley, MA.

Mainprize, Brent and Kevin Hindle 2003. Is the quality of entrepreneurial business plans related to the funding decision? Paper presented at the Entrepreneurship Research Conference 2003, Boston.

Hindle, Kevin and Michele Lansdowne 2002. Brave spirits on new paths: toward a globally relevant paradigm of Indigenous entrepreneurship research. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference.

Hindle, Kevin, and Gollis, Christopher 2001. Australia’s venture capital industry: past performance, present structure and future prospects. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2001, Jonkoping International School of Business. Jonkoping Sweden.

Hindle, Kevin 2000. An empirical and logical exploration of the strategic compatibility of best practice and product innovation: preliminary insights from Australian and New Zealand manufacturing industry. Abstracted in Spotts, Harlan E. and H. Lee Meadow editors, Developments in Marketing Science, Volume XXIII, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Academy of Marketing Science. Montreal, May 24-27. Coral Gables, Florida: Academy of Marketing Science. Full text: Swinburne Graduate School of Management Research Paper Series: 00-1. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology.

Hindle, Kevin, Robert Mittag and Murray Gillin 1993. A test of the ersatz venture capital hypothesis. Applying an amended theory of business planning to the survival and development of an insolvent enterprise. Paper presented at the Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, Wellesley, MA.

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Delivered Conference Papers:

Yencken, John, Allan O’Connor, and Kevin Hindle 2006. Encouraging high expectation entrepreneurship: the implications of Australian policy practices. Paper delivered to ICSB World Conference 2006. Melbourne: University of Melbourne.

Anderson, Robert, Macauley, W. Scott, Kayseas, Bob, and Hindle, Kevin 2006. On their own terms: Indigenous communities, development in the new economy. Paper delivered to Academy of Management Annual Meeting. Atlanta, Georgia, August 11-16.

Kayseas, Robert, Kevin Hindle and RobertAnderson 2006. Fostering Indigenous entrepreneurship: A case study of the Membertou First Nation, Nova Scotia. International Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship Conference. Albuquerque, New Mexico. June 19-22.

Klyver, Kim and Kevin Hindle 2006. Do social networks affect entrepreneurs? A test of the fundamental assumption using large, longitudinal data. Paper delivered to the 20th ANZAM Conference, Yeppoon (Australia), December 6 – 9.

Klyver, Kim and Kevin Hindle 2006. Foundation evidence of the relationship between entrepreneurs, financial issues and financial advisors. Paper delivered to the 11th Finsia-Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies Banking and Finance Conference, Melbourne 25-26 September.

Yencken, John, Kevin Hindle and Murray Gillin 2005. Measures Of Entrepreneurship and Technological Innovation: Case Studies of Spin-Off Companies. Paper delivered at SMU EDGE Conference, Bridging the Gap: Entrepreneurship in Theory & Practice, Melbourne: Melbourne University.

Hindle, Kevin and Kim Klyver 2005. Exploring the relationship between media cover and participation in entrepreneurship: initial global evidence and research implications. Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth and Public Policy: Second Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Budapest - Pécs (Hungary): University of Maribor.

Accepted Conference Papers:

Hindle, Kevin, and Peter Moroz 2007. Defining Indigenous entrepreneurship as a research field: discovering and critiquing the emerging canon. 2007 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Madrid, Spain: Instituto de Empressa. June 7 – 9.

Klyver, Kim, Hindle, Kevin, and Schøtt, Thomas 2007. Who Will Be An Entrepreneur? How Cultural Mechanisms And Social Network Structure Together Influence Entrepreneurial Participation. 2007 Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Madrid, Spain: Instituto de Empressa. June 7 – 9.

Hindle, Kevin, 2007. Formalizing the concept of entrepreneurial capacity. ICSB World Conference 2007. Turku, Finland: Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. June 13-15.

Moroz, Peter, Kevin Hindle and Robert Anderson 2007. Commercialization of new knowledge within universities: exploring performance disparities. ICSB World Conference 2007. Turku, Finland: Turku School of Economics and Business Administration. June 13-15.

Moroz, Peter, Kevin Hindle, and Robert Anderson 2007. Do Entrepreneurship Programs Matter? An Analysis of North American University Innovation Systems. Academy of Management Conference: Philadelphia.

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Research Reports and Monographs:

Hindle, Kevin, Lindsay, Noel, Klyver, Kim and Hancock, Gary 2007. National Entrepreneurial Activity Summary: A Summary of Key Observations from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 0. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Klyver, Kim, Hancock, Gary and Hindle, Kevin 2007. Entrepreneurial Participation in Australia in 2006: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 1. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hancock, Gary, Klyver, Kim, Lindsay, Noel and Hindle, Kevin 2007. Entrepreneurial Motivation in Australia in 2006: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 2. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hindle, Kevin, Klyver, Kim and Hancock, Gary 2007. Entrepreneurial Innovation in Australia in 2006: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 3. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Klyver, Kim, Hindle, Kevin and Lindsay, Noel 2007. Entrepreneurial Growth in Australia in 2006: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 4. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hancock, Gary, Lindsay, Noel, Hindle, Kevin and Klyver, Kim 2007. Entrepreneurial Finance in Australia in 2006: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 5. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hindle, Kevin, Hancock, Gary and Klyver, Kim 2007. Entrepreneurial capacity in Australia in 2006: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2006 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 6. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hindle, Kevin 2007. Vale GEM Australia? Australian Graduate School Of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, vol. 4, no. 7. Melbourne: Swinburne University Of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

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Hindle, Kevin and Klyver, Kim 2007. A Summary Analysis of Australian Entrepreneurial Activity 2006. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 4, No. 8. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.
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Hindle, Kevin and O’Connor, Allan 2006. National Entrepreneurial Activity Summary: A Summary of Key Observations from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 0. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hindle, Kevin and O'Connor, Allan 2006. Entrepreneurial Participation in Australia in 2005: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 1. Melbourne : Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128

O’Connor, Allan and Hindle, Kevin 2006. Entrepreneurial Motivation in Australia in 2005: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 2. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128

O’Connor, Allan and Hindle, Kevin 2006. Entrepreneurial Innovation in Australia in 2005: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 3. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128

Hindle, Kevin and O’Connor, Allan 2006. Entrepreneurial Growth in Australia in 2005: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 4. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

O’Connor, Allan and Hindle, Kevin 2006. Entrepreneurial Finance in Australia in 2005: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 5. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128.

Hindle, Kevin and O’Connor, Allan 2006. Entrepreneurial Capacity in Australia in 2005: A Summary of Salient Data from the 2005 GEM Australia National Adult Population Survey. Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 3, No. 6. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. ISSN 1448-7128

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Hindle, Kevin and O'Connor, Allan. 2005. Westpac GEM Australia: a Study of Australian Entrepreneurship in 2004. In K. Hindle, T. Mackaskill, & S. Yamin (Eds.), Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 2, No. 1. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology.

Hindle, K., & Rushworth, S. 2004. Westpac GEM Australia: a Study of Australian Entrepreneurship in 2003. In K. Hindle, T. Mackaskill, & S. Yamin (Eds.), Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Research Report Series, Vol. 1. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology.

Brennan, L. Valos, M. and Hindle, K. 2003. On-hired Workers in Australia: Motivations and Outcomes. RMIT Occasional Research Report. School of Applied Communication, RMIT University, Design and Social Context Portfolio Melbourne Australia.

Hindle, K., & Rushworth, S. 2002. Sensis™ Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: GEM Australia 2002. Melbourne: Swinburne University Press.

Hindle, K., & Rushworth, S. 2002. The GEM Australia 2002 focus report: Indigenous entrepreneurship in Australia. Melbourne: Swinburne University Press.

Hindle, K., & Rushworth, S. 2002. Entrepreneurship - A policy primer. Brisbane: Queensland Innovation Council, Department of Innovation and the Information Economy.

Hindle, K. G., & Rushworth, S. 2001. Yellow Pages® Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: GEM Australia 2001. Melbourne: Swinburne University Press.

Yencken, J., Hindle, K., Shepherd, S., & Guarneri, I. 2001. Yellow Pages Special Innovation Report - Small and Medium Enterprises. Melbourne, Australia: Pacific Access Pty. Ltd.

Hindle, K., & Rushworth, S. 2000. Yellow Pages® Global Entrepreneurship Monitor: GEM Australia 2000. Melbourne: Swinburne University Press.

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Selected Teaching Cases:

Hindle, K. G. 1998. B.E.S. Cups (A). Fontainebleau France: INSEAD.

Hindle, K. G. 1998. B.E.S. Cups (B). Fontainebleau France: INSEAD.

Hindle, K. G. 1998. B.E.S. Cups (C). Fontainebleau, France: INSEAD.

Hindle, K. G. 1996. Gary Gladhand bucks the system: a case study in the teaching of financial mathematics and computer modelling. Paper presented at the South West Case Research Association Proceedings, Waco, Texas.

Hindle, K. G. 1993. Lucas Leasing Limited: a case study in entrepreneurial financial modeling, Innovation And Entrepreneurship Teaching Monographs, Vol. no. 93-05-01. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology, School of Innovation and Enterprise.

Hindle, K. G., & Hancock, C. 1985. Kevin Carole Boutique Baron: A case study in marketing and advertising strategy: Australian Association of National Advertisers, AANA Press.

Hindle, K. G. 1985. The lightburn rideabout: A case study in marketing and advertising strategy: AANA Press.

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Occasional Manuscripts (includes teaching materials, policy papers and critique):

Hindle, K. G. 2000. Impact models of national entrepreneurship: tools for policy makers, Swinburne Graduate School of Management Research Paper Series, Vol. no. 00-4. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology.

Hindle, K. G., & Mitchell, D. 2000. Government fostering of entrepreneurship: a multi-framework critique of five programs in a major Australian government agency, Swinburne Graduate School of Management Research Paper Series, Vol. no. 00-3. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology.

Hindle, K. G. 1999. Columbus theory, ostrich strategy and Australia's third world status. An argument for a national entrepreneurship policy. Challenge Papers in the Application of Entrepreneurship Research, Vol. no.1. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology.

Hindle, K. G., & Diemont, A. 1992. A marketing and financial history of the Australian second board sharemarket. . Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Monographs, Vol. no 92-05-01. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology, Centre of Innovation and Enterprise.

Hindle, K. G., & Legge, J. M. 1992. How to write a business plan, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teaching Monographs, Vol. no.92-08-01. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology, School of Innovation and Enterprise.

Hindle, K. G. 1991. Entrepreneurship: a concise technical definition. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Monographs., Vol. no. 91-07-01. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology, Centre of Innovation and Enterprise.

Hindle, K. G. 1991. What Is a marketing case study and how do you solve It? A comprehensive methodology for solving marketing problems in theory and practice, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Monographs., Vol. no. 91-06-01. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology, Centre of Innovation and Enterprise.

Works in Progress:

Anderson, R. B., & Hindle, K. (W.I.P). The Theory of Indigenous Entrepreneurship.

Kayseas, Hindle and others. A case protocol for conducting interviews with Indigenous entrepreneurship respondents.

Hindle, K. (W.I.P). From small-i to Big-I Innovation: a formal model linking new knowledge to sustainable value through entrepreneurial capacity.

Hindle, K. (W.I.P). A conceptual framework for articulation of research paradigms.

Hindle, K., Mainprize, B., & Jennings, D. F. (W.I.P). The measurement of entrepreneurial performance: a general conceptual framework with a specific empirical application.

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PhD Supervisions:

Recent Completion

Supervised PhD Candidate, Brent Mainprize on a thesis entitled: The relationships between entrepreneurial business planning, private equity investment evaluation and new venture performance: general principles and specific evidence. Melbourne: Swinburne University of Technology. Degree awarded November, 2004.

Supervisions in Progress

Supervising PhD Candidate, Topoyame Moremong-Nganunu, on a thesis tentatively entitled: Entrepreneurship education in developing countries: A multi-perspective evaluation of the United Nations initiated 'Start and Improve Your Business Training Programme' in Botswana.

Supervising PhD Candidate, Bobby Kayseas on a thesis tentatively entitled: An empirically justified theory of successful Indigenous entrepreneurship.

Supervising PhD Candidate, Dhafar Al-Shanfari on a thesis tentatively entitled: Barriers to Entrepreneurial Entry in Oman.

Supervising PhD Candidate, Peter W. Moroz, on a thesis tentatively entitled: Developing entrepreneurial capacity in non-market environments.

Supervising PhD Candidate, Matt Pasco on a thesis tentatively entitled: The theory and practice of joint venturing in the context of Indigenous entrepreneurship.

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Selected recent journalism and non-academic publications

Hindle, Kevin & Klyver, Kim 2006. Dynamic or dud? National Account

 

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