Professor Howard Dick
Profile
Career History
2006- Professor, Department of Management & Marketing, University of Melbourne
1998-06 Associate-Professor, Department of Management, University of Melbourne
1995-98 Senior Lecturer in Asian Economic History, Department of Business Development & Corporate History (formerly Economic History), University of Melbourne
1985-95 Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Newcastle
1976-85 Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Newcastle
1973-76 PhD Scholar, Department of Economics, Research School of Pacific Studies Australian National University
Research Interests
Asian Business
Corruption and Governance
Institutional Development
Global Logistics
Urbanisation in the Asia-pacific
Maritime history and policy
Country expertise: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Japan
Qualifications
PhD (ANU)
M.Ec. (ANU)
B.Ec. (Monash)
Referee and Review Activities
Editor, Southeast Asia Publications Series, Asian Studies Association of AustraliaEditorial Board, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
Research Centre Memberships
Co-Director, Melbourne Centre for International BusinessAssociate, Asian Law Centre
Research
Recent Publications
Books
Dick, H., & Peter Rimmer, Cities, Transport and Communications: The Integration of Southeast Asia since 1850, Palgrave, London (2003).Dick, H., Surabaya, City of Work: A Twentieth Century Socioeconomic History, Athens (Ohio): Ohio University Press (2002).
Dick, H., Houben, V., Lindblad, J.Th. & Thee Kian Wie, The Emergence of a National Economy: An Economic History of Indonesia, 1800-2000, Sydney: Allen & Unwin (2002).
Lindsey, T. & Dick, H. (eds), Corruption in Asia: Rethinking the Governance Paradigm, Sydney: Federation Press (2002)
Refereed Journals
Dick, H., ‘Survey of Recent Developments’, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 37, 1 (April 2001), pp. 7-42.Dick, H., ‘Representations of Development in 19-20th Century Indonesia: A Transport History Perspective’, Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, 36, 1 (April 2000), pp. 185-207.
Dick, H. & Rimmer, P., ‘Beyond the Third World City: The New Urban Geography of South-east Asia’, Urban Studies, 35, 12 (December 1998), pp. 2303-2321.
Significant Publications
Books
Dick, H., Fox, J. & Mackie, J.A.C. (eds), Balanced Development: East Java under the New Order, Singapore: Oxford University Press (1993).Butcher, J. & Dick, H. (eds), The Rise and Fall of Revenue Farming: Business Elites and the Emergence of the Modern State in Southeast Asia, London: Macmillan (1993).