Jerry Courvisanos is a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, and Associate Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Federation Business School, Mt Helen Campus, Ballarat, Federation University Australia. Jerry’s basic research is focuses on understanding the processes of innovation and their impact on investment spending, business cycles, sustainable development and the long-term development of businesses and the economy. This work informs applied research into innovation and entrepreneurial activity for regional development. Jerry is coordinator of the Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship) stream which focuses on the economics, management and sustainability of innovation, while teaching entrepreneurship in the school’s MBA program at the Mt Helen campus and in China. He also is principal supervisor to PhD candidates in topics related to innovation, technology, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and economic development.
As an economist, Jerry has taught economics for 35 years in various universities in Australia. He has also advised local councils, regional development boards and social service organisations on effective approaches to identifying economic strengths and establishing new activities, especially in non-metropolitan regional areas. Jerry has published two sole author books, Investment Cycles in Capitalist Economies (Edward Elgar, 1996) and Cycles, Crises and Innovation: Path to Sustainable Development – A Kaleckian-Schumpeterian Synthesis (Edward Elgar, 2012). He is also leading editor of a book to be published in mid-2016 entitled Reclaiming Pluralism in Economics (Routledge, 2016), which is a festschrift honour of John E. King. Editorial Board on the following journals: American Review of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Analysis, Journal of Innovation Economics and Management, Interdisciplinary Studies Journal, and Manipal Journal of Management Sciences. He has published many articles in journals and books of readings.
