Professor Göran Roos

Adv. Dip. C, MBA, MSc

Professor: Srategic Design
Faculty of Health, Arts and Design
School of Design, National Institute for Design Research (NIDR)

Swinburne University of Technology
Research Expertise
Strategy, Innovation Management, Industry Policy, Intellectual Capital
Biography
Göran Roos is chairing the Advanced Manufacturing Council in Adelaide; is a member of the Economic Development Board; the Council for Flinders University, and CSIRO’s Manufacturing Sector Advisory Council. He is also a Stretton Fellow appointed by the City of Playford at University of Adelaide; Professor in Strategic Design in the Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia; Adjunct Professor at Mawson Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia; Adjunct Professor at ECIC, University of Adelaide, South Australia; Australia; Adjunct Professor at University of Technology Sydney Business School, Australia; and Adjunct Associate Professor in the College of Business, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
He was a member of the Prime Ministers Manufacturing Leaders Group and has been both a member of the board and chairman of the board for VTT International in Finland. He has held academic positions in Finland, UK, Norway, Japan and Sweden. He has been on the International Advisory Group (IAG) for DesignGov, the Australian Centre for Excellence in Public Sector Design as well as on corporate advisory boards.
Göran has worked as a consultant in more than 50 countries and is one of the founders of modern intellectual capital science and a recognised world expert in this field as well as a major contributor to the thinking and practice in the areas of strategy and innovation management as well as industrial and innovation policy.
Göran is the author and co-author of over one hundred books, book chapters, papers and articles on Intellectual Capital, Innovation Management, Strategy and Industrial Policy many of which have been recognised with awards. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Human Resource Costing and Accounting; the International Journal of Strategic Change Management; the International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital and the Journal of Intellectual Capital.
Göran was named one of the 13 most influential thinkers for the 21st Century by the Spanish business journal “Direccion y Progreso” and was appointed “Manufacturing for the Future” Thinker in Residence by the South Australian Premier for the year 2011 and an appointed member of the Prime Minister’s Manufacturing Leaders Group 2012/2013. He was selected for Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Top 10 Speeches 2013: A collection of the most influential and interesting speeches from the CEDA platform in 2013 for the speech: “The future of manufacturing in Australia: Innovation and productivity”.
Industry Experience
  • Selected for Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) Top 10 Speeches 2013: A collection of the most influential and interesting speeches from the CEDA platform in 2013 for the speech: “The future of manufacturing in Australia: Innovation and productivity” at the launch of CEDA’s major research publication for 2013, Australia Adjusting: Optimising national prosperity. (2013)
  • Invited to give the RMIT business innovation lecture on the 23rd February in Melbourne, Australia. (2012)
  • Invited “Manufacturing for the Future” Thinker in Residence for 2011 by the premier of South Australia (2011)
  • Recognised by the editorial advisory board of The Journal of Intellectual Capital for the paper: Burgman, R. and G. Roos “Empirical and Structural Evidence for the Increasing Importance of Intellectual Capital Reporting: Implications for the European Community and European Companies” Journal of Intellectual Capital, Vol. 8, No. 1, (2007) pp. 7-51 which was named as the Literati Club Awards for Excellence Outstanding Paper for 2007 for the title Journal of Intellectual Capital. (2008)
  • Recognised by the editorial advisory board of The Journal of Intellectual Capital for the paper: Burgman, R. J., Roos, G., Ballow, J. J. and R. J. Thomas, “No Longer ‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind,’ Intellectual Capital Approach in AssetEconomics LLP. & Accenture Inc.” Vol. 6, No. 2, 2005, pp. 588-614 which was named as Highly Commended Paper for 2005 for the title Journal of Intellectual Capital (2006)
  • Recognised by the editorial advisory board of The Journal of Intellectual Capital for the paper: Pike, S. and G. Roos, “Mathematics and Modern Business Management”, JIC, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2004. pp. 243-256 which was named as the Literati Club Awards for Excellence Outstanding Paper for 2004 for the title Journal of Intellectual Capital (2005)
  • Recognised by the editorial advisory board of The Journal of Intellectual Capital for the paper: Gupta, O. and G. Roos, “Mergers and Acquisitions Through an Intellectual Capital Perspective”, JIC, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2001, pp. 297-309 which was named as Highly Commended Paper for 2002 for the title Journal of Intellectual Capital (2003)