Thorburn, LJ, J Houghton:
Environmental Business in the ACT: Mapping the Landscape report prepared for Business ACT, September 2002. (Available from the Reports section of this website)
Bivell, V and LJ Thorburn, (2002):
Venture Capital and the Healthcare/ Bioscience Sector in Australia and New Zealand 1996-2001, for order inquiries please email admin@advanceconsulting.com.au
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(2002): The Australian Venture Capital Industry:
Developments and Trends, AXISS Australia Executive Briefing, March 2002. www.axiss.com.au
Thorburn, LJ, JV Langdale and J Houghton (2002):
Friend or Foe?: Leveraging Foreign Multinationals on the
Australian Economy report prepared for the Australian
Business Foundation, January 2002.www.abfoundation.com.au)
Advance® Consulting & Evaluation Pty Ltd
(2000), Case studies on IP management in biotechnology,
engineering and science, a report for IP Australia,
February 2001 (www.ipaustralia.gov.au
)
To access the case studies:
For Benthic Geotech, select Engineering as the
Discipline, and Year 4 as the Year of Study; For BresaGen select
Biotechnology as the Discipline and Year 4 as the Year of Study;
and for Anatomics select Science as the Discipline and Year 4 as
the Year of Study.
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(2000) Report on CRC Spinoffs, report prepared for the
Department of Science Industry & Resources, October 2000
(available as download from the Reports
section of this website).
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(2000) Commercialisation of Agricultural Biotechnology: A
Case Study of Bt Cotton in Australia, report prepared for
the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 2000.
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(2000), Biotechnology Activities in the Australian Capital
Territory, a report to the ACT Chief Minister’s
Department, February 2000.
Advance Consulting & Evaluation (2000), Biotechnology
West: Strengths, Weaknesses and Opportunities, a report to
the Western Australian Technology and Industry Advisory Council
December 2000 (www.wa.gov.au/tiac)
Advance Consulting & Evaluation (2000), Performance
Enhancing Drugs and Biotechnology Companies, a report
prepared for the Pharmaceuticals Section, Department of Industry,
Science and Resources, August 2000.
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(1999) Australian Biotechnology: An Overview (1998),
paper prepared for Australia-Korea Biotechnology Workshop,
December 1998, Biotechnology Australia (DISR).
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(1998) The NSW Biotechnology Industry - An Overview,
report for the NSW Innovation Council, launched by the Deputy
Premier in August 1998.
Ernst &Young, Advance Consulting &
Evaluation and Lanning, S (1998) Market Analysis of
Life Sciences and Health Services and Products, completed
for Department of Industry Science and Tourism, June 1998.
Advance Consulting & Evaluation
(1998) Case Studies of Spinoffs from CSIRO - Trends and
Policy Implications, report plus 60 case studies, May
1997.
Gann, D, Phillimore, J and Thorburn, LJ (1997) Over-specification
of Engineering Services, report to the SEC Group and
Department of Energy Construction Sponsorship Directorate,
Technopolis Ltd (UK).
Thorburn, LJ and K Manley (1997) The Role
of the Research System in Learning Economies, report to
the Pro-Vice-Chancellors (Research) Subcommittee of the Australian
Vice Chancellors’ Committee, October 1997.
Thorburn, LJ (1997) Technology Transfer
Through Spinoff Companies: CSIRO - 1985 to 1995, CSIRO
(launched by the then Minister for Science, Hon Peter McGauran
MP).
Thorburn, LJ (1996) Ten Years of Spinoff
Companies from CSIRO Australia, CSIRO, 1996.
Technopolis Ltd and Sussex Interactive
Multi-Media International (1996) Multi-media @ Work: The
Business Case, report on use of multi-media technologies
by SME's in the UK, Department of Trade & Industry (UK).
Technopolis Ltd (1995) Best Practice
Provision of Technology-related Services, report to the
Portuguese Industry Association.
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JOURNAL ARTICLES
Thorburn, LJ and Hopper, K (2004) The 2003 Australia & New Zealand BioIndustry Review, Asia Pacific Biotech News, Vol 8, No 4, 2004, pp 181-186
Thorburn, LJ (2003) Quiet revolution down under, Trans Pharma International, Vol 2, No 1, Autumn 2003, pp 28-34
Thorburn, LJ (2002) Strategic Manoeuvres in Biotech, Australian Biotechnology News, September 27 2002.
Thorburn, LJ (2001) Fostering High
Tech Spin-offs: a Public Strategy for Innovation, STI
Review, August 2001.
Thorburn, LJ (2001) Australian
Biotechnology: A Growing Industry, Global Outsourcing
Review, August 2001.
Thorburn, LJ (2001) Recent Investment
Trends in Australian Biotech, Bioshares, March 2001, pp
24-27.
Thorburn, LJ (2001) Australian
Biotechnology – A Growing Industry, Global Outsourcing
Review (forthcoming, August 2001)
Thorburn, LJ (2001) Trends in Biotechnology
Financing, Bioshares Magazine, March 2001
Thorburn, LJ (2000) Commercialization of
Bt Cotton in Australia, Les Nouvelles, December 2000, pp
163-166.
Thorburn, LJ (2000) Knowledge Management,
Research Spin-offs and Commercialisation of R&D in Australia,
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 17(2): 257-275.
Thorburn LJ (1999) Australian
Biotechnology: A Growing Industry, European
Biopharmaceutical Review, December 1999.
Thorburn, LJ (1999) Biotechnology in the
ACT, Asia Pacific Biotechnology News 3(15): 356-357.
Thorburn, LJ (1999) Ten Trends in
Australian Biotech, Australasian Biotechnology 9(3):
151-157 (www.aba.asn.au).
Thorburn, LJ (1998) Experience Using
Spinoff Companies in Technology Transfer, Les Nouvelles,
March 1998, pp10-14.
Thorburn, LJ (1998) Innovation by
Australian Biotechnology Companies, Australasian
Biotechnology 8(5), October 1998, pp280-288 (www.aba.asn.au).
Thorburn, LJ and Hopper, K (1998) Lobbying
Government: The DIY Approach, Today’s Life Sciences,
April 1998, pp12-15.
Thorburn, LJ (1998) The Contribution of
Venture Capital to Biotechnology in the UK and Australia,
Australian Venture Capital Journal, July 1998, pp16-17. (Edited
summary of presentation to the Australasian Biotechnology
Association’s Annual Conference, 20 April 1998).
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BOOK AND CONFERENCE REVIEWS
Thorburn, LJ (2000) ATICCA 2000 Conference
Report, R&D Enterprise, 3(4), 35-36.
Thorburn LJ (2000) "Making PCR: A
Story of Biotechnology" Paul Rabinow, Prometheus Vol.
18 No. 1, 2000.
Thorburn, LJ (1999) "Business
Incubators in Economic Development—an Initial Assessment in
Industrialising Countries" – R Lalkala and J
Bishop, Prometheus, Vol 17, 1999
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PUBLICATIONS EDITED
Thorburn LJ, ICON, quarterly newsletter of the CSIRO
Institute of Information Science & Engineering, June 1988 -
September 1992.
Thorburn, LJ and Till, MR (1988) Overview of Agricultural
Remote Sensing in Australia, CSIRO Office of Space Science
& Applications (Publication 023).
Thorburn LJ, Space Industry News, bi-monthly
newsletter of the CSIRO Office of Space Science &
Applications, November 1987 - November 1988.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Thorburn, LJ (2004): Technology management and Biotechnology - aligning technology management and business strategies for industry and economic growth. Presentation at FIA Workshop, Santiago, Chile, 5 April 2004 - www.fia.gob.cl/forma/gestiontec/index.htm
Mathews M, Steen J, Liesch PW,Thorburn LJ (2003): Transaction Cost and Organisational Capabilities Complementarity in High-Technology Firm Internationalisation. Presentation at Competitive Paper Session with EIBA 29th Annual Conference, Copenhagen, December 2003.
Thorburn, LJ (2003): Business Models - Routes to Market. Presentation at Meat and Livestock Australia's BioActives Conference, Gold Coast, 8 November 2003.
Thorburn, LJ (2003): Environmental Biotechnology Overview. Paper presented to ACT Environmental Biotechnology Roundtable, Environment Australia, Canberra, 31 July 2003.
Thorburn, LJ (2003): Friends or Foes? - Using Customer and Supplier Links to Innovate and Grow Your Business. Presentation at the Queanbeyan Business Enterprise Centre Monthly Breakfast, Queanbeyan, August 2003.
Thorburn, LJ (2003): High Growth, High Tech Business Development - Global Challenges and University Responses. Keynote presentation at the 23rd International Council on Small Business Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 9 June 2003.
Thorburn LJ and Moore, C (2003): Workshop on Performance Evaluation Tools and Techniques, Best Practice Evaluation of Government Grants Conference, Canberra, 18 February 2003, IIR Conferences
Thorburn LJ and Moore, C (2003): Effective Performance Management of Your Grant Program, Best Practice Evaluation of Government Grants Conference, Canberra, 19-20 February 2003, IIR Conferences
Thorburn, LJ and Moore, C (2003) Workshop on Performance Evaluation Tools and Techniques, Best Practice Evaluation of Government Grants Conference, Canberra, 18 February 2003, IIR Conferences
Thorburn, LJ and P Mendes (2002) Doing Licensing Deals in Austral-Asia, paper presented at LES Annual Meeting, Chicago, 22-25 September 2002
Thorburn, LJ and P Mendes (2002) Commercialisation Kickstart Workshop, presented at Biotechnology 2002, Marcus Evans Conferences,
Sydney, 29-30 April 2002
Thorburn, LJ (2001) Trends in Biotechnology Financing , paper presented at Current Trends in the
Biotechnology Industry Conference, Marcus Evans Conferences,
Sydney, 27-28 March 2001
Thorburn, LJ and Mendes, P (2000), Strategic,
Managerial and Legal Issues in Commercialising a Biotechnology
Startup or Spinoff Company, workshop presented at
Financing and Funding Biotechnology Conference, 29 November 2000.
Thorburn, LJ (2000) Benchmarking the
Creation of Biotechnology Research Spinoffs, paper
presented to ABA 2000 conference, biennial conference of the
Australian Biotechnology Association, Brisbane, 3-6 July 2000
Thorburn LJ (2000) Government Policies to
Encourage Creation of Spinoff Firms from Academic Institutions,
presented at APEC Symposium on Intellectual Property Rights,
Sapporo, Japan, 28 February – 1 March 2000.
Thorburn, LJ (1999) Institutional
Structures and Arrangements at Public Sector Laboratories,
paper presented at OECD Workshop on High Technology Spinoffs,
Working Group on Innovation and Technology Policy, Paris, 8
December 1999.
Thorburn LJ (1999) Commercialisation and
Innovation Through Spinoff Companies, presented at
ATICCA Conference, University of Sydney, 20 September 1999.
Thorburn, LJ (1998) An Historical
Perspective on the place of Spinoff Companies in the
Commercialisation of Australian Publicly Owned Innovation,
presented at the LES ANZ/ATICCA Conference on Spinoff Companies,
University of Sydney, 14 June 1998.
Thorburn, LJ (1998) Comparing Australian
and UK Venture Capital Investments in Biotechnology, presentation
to Annual Conference, Australian Biotechnology Association,
Stamford Hotel, Adelaide, 19-23 April 1998. (Text of presentation
reprinted in Australian Venture Capital Journal, July 1998).
Thorburn, LJ, (1998) The Contribution of
Venture Capital to Biotechnology in the UK and Australia,
presented at ABA Conference, Adelaide, April 1998.
Thorburn, LJ (1998) Knowledge
Management, Spinoff Companies And New Technology-Based Firms In
Australia, paper presented at Conference on Knowledge
Creation Management in Asia, Singapore, March 1998.
Thorburn, LJ (1998) Spinoff Companies and
New-Technology-Based Firms in Australia, paper reporting
survey of 185 research spinoffs, presented at Manufesto
Conference, Melbourne (CSIRO), 22-25 September 1998.
Thorburn, LJ (1997) Financing Spinoffs,
paper presented to conference on Profiting from Technology
Inve$tment$, Strategic Industry Research Foundation, September
1997.
Thorburn, LJ (1997) Sustaining R&D in
Business Enterprises - The Role of Spinoff Companies,
paper presented to Conference on Sustainable R&D, IIR
Conferences, Sydney, June 1997.
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STEERING COMMITTEE
MEMBERSHIP
ACT Health & Medical Research Council, 2003.
Australian Biotechnology Association, 2000, Steering
Committee for the Restructuring of the ABA, 2000.
Commonwealth of Australia, September 1994,
Intelligent Exports and the Silent Revolution in Services,
study by LEK Partnership, August 1993 - August 1994.
CSIRO, August 1993, Towards Successful
Support for Australia's Small & Medium Enterprises,
study by McKinsey & Co., April-June 1993.
