Research at Berwick
Faculty of Business and Economics Research Projects

The Faculty of Business and Economics is home to Berwick's most established cross-disciplinary research team, the Tourism Research Unit (TRU). TRU is highly regarded by their peers for research that responds to the current research needs of the tourism industry in Victoria, nationally and internationally.
Berwick academics also contribute to research in a broad range of areas including intellectual property law, division of labour, marketing communication, networking and accountancy, social capital and environmental business practices.
Accounting harmonisation in a developing, transitional country: Bosnia and Herzogovina
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researchers: Dr Mahendra Goyal and Mia Buljubasic
Across the Great Divide: The Economy of the Inland Corridor
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researcher: Associate Professor Lionel Frost
An exploration of regional destination branding: Case study of North East Victoria Australia
Tourism Research Unit (TRU)
Researchers: Fiona Wheeler, Professor Betty Weiler, Dr Warwick Frost
An exploration of the causes and nature of financial constraints in Gippsland
Researchers: Dr Jill Wright, Prof. Rob Brooks with J Tennant, J Jackson
An examination of relationship between accounting students' spreadsheet competency and current industry expectations
Researchers: Dr Mahendra Goyal, Dr Revendra Nandan and Dr Allen E-Loon
Bendigo Chinese Heritage Precinct Marketing and Interpretation Plan
TRU, City of Greater Bendigo, Victorian Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development
Researchers: Professor Betty Weiler, Dr Warwick Frost, Dr Jennifer Laing, Fiona Wheeler
Fostering pro-environmental behaviour of zoo visitors through strategic communication
Tourism Research Unit (TRU)
Researchers: Prof. Betty Weiler, Mr Liam Smith
How retirement communities may have a positive impact on levels of social capital amongst residents and the wider community
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researchers: Ass. Prof. Lionel Frost, Dr Andrea Kirk-Brown, Dr Andrea Howell, Dr Pieter Van Diijk, Elizabeth O'Brien
Impact of volunteer, sports-based institutions on levels of social capital in Australian rural and regional communities
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researchers: Ass. Prof Lionel Frost and Abdel Halabi
Layers of meaning: Historical studies in central Victoria's regional heritage 1834-1950
Researchers: Dr Keir Reeves (Monash University), Professor Alan Mayne (University of South Australia, Mr David Bannear (DSE Victorian Government)
Networks in knowledge-intensive industry: the case of a regional accountants' network in far North Queensland
Researcher: Ruvendra Nandan
New regionalism and the role of intermediary organisations in promoting regional development
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researcher: Chris McDonald
Optimising the development and use of persuasive communication to influence community behaviour in the Swan-Canning river system in Western Australia
Researchers: Dr Jim Curtis, Prof. Betty Weiler
Protected Area Tourists' Perceptions and Evaluations of the Host Community Exchange: Bruny and Magnetic Island
Tourism Research Unit (TRU)
Researchers: Brent Moyle, Dr Glen Croy, Prof. Betty Weiler
The analysis of disclosures requirements in the extractive industry from the adoption of Australian international financial reporting standards
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researcher: Dr Mahendra Goyal and Dianne Rodrigo
The negative effects of social capital through the effects of corruption
Faculty of Business and Economics
Researcher: Ratbek Dzhumashev
The impact of electricity industry restruction on Latrobe Valley
Researchers: Dr Jill Wright with R Valenzuela and D Chotikapanich
The impacts of population and recreation trends on park use in Victoria
Tourism Research Unit (TRU)
Researchers: Dr Jim Curtis, Kirsty Tumes
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