Ms Hermina Burnett (Entrepreneurship)
Associate Dean Post Graduate Degrees

PhD (in progress) Swinburne University
MBA, Swinburne University
Grad. Cert. T & L, Swinburne University
BEd, Prof. Kohnstamm College, The Hague Netherlands

Murdoch Business School
Murdoch University
Tel: + 61 (08) 9360 2707
E-mail: h.burnett@murdoch.edu.au

Hermina Burnett is the Associate Dean Post Graduate Degrees. She lectures in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (at the Murdoch Business School, where she teaches units in entrepreneurship, innovation and organisational learning at undergraduate and postgraduate level. A graduate of the Master of Business Administration program (distinction) and a currently submitting a Ph.D at Swinburne University, Melbourne, she has previously taught entrepreneurship, innovation, marketing and management courses at Swinburne University and RMIT University in Melbourne, and at the Singapore Institute of Management. After migrating to Australia from the Netherlands, Hermina founded and operated a number of successful small businesses, before starting a business consultancy focussing on strategic business planning and coaching. Between 1999 and 2001 she was the General Manager of New Business Development Service, a federally-funded small business survival program for the Northern Metropolitan Region of Melbourne.

Key Publications & Research

Research Interests:

• Entrepreneurship & Innovation Education
• New Venture Development & Business Incubation
• Serial (and concurrent)Entrepreneurship
• SMEs & Family Business

Publications:

Refereed Articles and Publications in Academic Journals

• Burnett, H.H.M. and McMurray, A.J. 2004 'Exploring the influence of communication on small business innovation and readiness for change', Journal of New Business Ideas and Trends', Vol. 2, No. 2. pp. 1-11.
• Burnett, H.H.M, 2008 ‘ Designing and implementing an undergraduate course in entrepreneurship in Australia using experiential and problem-based learning techniques ’, Training & Management Development Methods, UK, (in press).
• Schaper, M, Holloway, D and Burnett, H 2008 ‘Who’s Wealthier: Entrepreneurs or Employees? International Journal of Business & Globalisation (in press).

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Burnett, HHM and McMurray, J 2008 ‘ Exploring Business Incubation from a family perspective: How Start-up Family Firms experience the Incubation Process in Two Australian Incubators’, 19 th SEAANZ conference, Sydney.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and Campbell, A. 2008, 'A new perspective on entrepreneurial trait analysis: adding non-linear views to traditional perceptions', 5th AGSE Conference, 5-8 February 2008, Melbourne, Australia.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and Flood, A. 2007, "Designing and implementing Experiential (EL) and Problem Based Learning Methods (PBL) in entrepreneurship education: the development of an undergraduate course in social entrepreneurship", 19th Annual SEAANZ Conference, 'Building sustainable growth in SIMEs', 23-26 September 2007, TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, Manukau, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Van Beveren, J. and Burnett, H.H.M. 2006, "How to find that winning business name? The process of choosing a business identity for a new venture", International Council for Small Business (ICSB) 51" Annual conference, 18-21 June, 2006, Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and Yamin, S., 2006, "Creating dynamic communities by developing new entrepreneurs: a comparative study of an Australian and European incubator model", 3rd Annual conference AGSE, 10-12 February 2006, Unitech, Auckland, New Zealand.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and Yamin, S. 2005, "The relationship between entrepreneurial activity and innovation practices within three small business incubators: A social capital perspective". Refereed paper, 18th Annual SEAANZ Conference, 'The role of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in rural, regional and urban development', 26-29 September 2005, University of New England, Armidale, Australia (short listed best paper award).
• Burnett, H.H.M. and Yamin, S. 2005, "The influence of social capital on new business development in incubators: a conceptual framework for economic development" Global Business and Technology Association (GBATA) International Conference "Global Markets in Dynamic Environments: Making positive Connections through Strategy, Technology and Knowledge", 12-14 July 2005, Lisbon/Leiria, Portugal.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and McMurray, A.J. 2005 "Innovation in small business incubators: how idea generation, networking and client interaction lead to innovative practices in start-ups", 2"d Annual conference AGSE, 10- 12 February 2005, Swinburne university of Technology, Hawthorn, Australia.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and McMurray, A.J. 2004 'Comparing family and non-family variables in small business incubators: an exploratory study on family team dynamics and mentoring processes', Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 18th annual conference 'People First - Serving Our Stakeholders', 8-11 December 2004, Dunedin University of Otago, New Zealand.
• Burnett, H.H.M. and McMurray, AJ, 2004 'Guidance and networking in a small business incubator environment for new entrepreneurs: a study on entrepreneurship, mentoring and networking processes. 17th Annual SEAANZ Conference 'Entrepreneurship as the Way of the Future', 26–28 September 2004, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane (runner up best paper award).
• Burnett, H.H.M. and McMurray, A.J. 2003 'Exploring the influence of communication on small business innovation and readiness for change'. SEAANZ Ballarat 2003, 28 September - 1 October 2003, Ballarat, Australia

Conference Papers and Seminar Papers

• Burnett, H.H.M. and Stroobach, A. 2007 ’Creating Global Communities: a comparative study of an Australian and Dutch combined incubator cluster model’ Small Business Development Conference, 28-31 October 2007, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth W.A.
• Burnett, H.M.M. 2003, ‘The influence of communication on the success of micro and small business: a case study’ Master Thesis, AGSE, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.

Teaching

Units Taught

Hermina Burnett is presently the Unit Co-ordinator for

• BUS215 Business Feasibility & Management Concepts
• BUS274 Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• BUS331 Applied Business Innovation
• BUS378 Knowledge and Organisational Learning
• MBS629 Enterprise and Innovation Management
• MBS699 Managing Not-for-profit Enterprises

Teaching Development and Awards

Hermina was awarded:

• ‘Outstanding Student 2002’ prize in ‘Organisational Change Management’, Swinburne University (AGSE), Hawthorn.
• Shortlisted in 2003 for the ‘Best MBA Research Project’, finishing in fourth place in a field of over one hundred submissions.
• Shortlisted for various best paper awards during 2004 and 2005
• 2008 2 nd prize award for qualitative methods in the 2008 at the 5 th AGSE conference, Melbourne
• 2008 Best paper Award for the 19 th SEAANZ conference, Sydney.

University and Community Service

Hermina is Vice-President of The Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand (SEAANZ).

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