Biography
Dr Matt Mount is an assistant professor in strategy and innovation within the Department of Management at Deakin University. His primary area of expertise is in strategy and innovation process, with a particular focus on the socio-cognitive mechanisms that influence how organizational actors navigate the formation of strategic and innovative ventures and problems, generation of meaning, selection and evaluation decisions, and complex institutional domains. Theoretical topics of interest include social and managerial cognition, institutional theory, strategy process, strategic contingency theory, technology innovation, framing, and sense-making. He tends to use a multitude of quantitative and qualitative methods, albeit from a predominantly positivist paradigm. Currently, he has been conducting a series of studies on the use of crowdsourcing to facilitate innovative and strategic decision-making.
Read more on Matt's profileResearch interests
- Strategy Process
- Innovation Process
- Institutional Process
Affiliations
- Member, Academy of Management.
- Member, European Group for Organizational Studies.
- Member, Strategic Management.
- Member, Strategic Management Society.
- Member, Technology and Innovation Management.
- Editorial Board, Journal of Management Studies.
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Organization Science, Journal of Management Studies, California Management Review, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Research Policy, International Journal of Operations & Production Management and R&D Management.
Teaching interests
- Strategic Management
- Innovation Management
- Organization Theory
Professional activities
Publications
Innovation climate: a systematic review of the literature and agenda for future research
Alexander Newman, Heather Round, Shuanglong Wang, Matt Mount
(2020), Vol. 93, pp. 73-109, Journal of occupational and organizational psychology, Chichester, Eng., C1
M Mount, S Clegg, T Pitsis
(2020), pp. 1-10, Long Range Planning, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Design thinking inspired crowdsourcing: toward a generative model of complex problem solving
M Mount, H Round, T Pitsis
(2020), Vol. 62, pp. 103-120, California management review, London, Eng., C1
A socio-cognitive model of innovation adoption and implementation
Tabish Zaman, Matthew Mount, Tyrone Pitsis, Rory O'Connor, Stephen Dean
(2018), Vol. 3, pp. 45-70, Cognition and innovation, Bingley, Eng., B1-1
I Cabras, M Mount
(2017), Vol. 29, pp. 489-506, International journal of contemporary hospitality management, Bingley, Eng., C1-1
I Cabras, M Mount
(2017), Vol. 55, pp. 71-82, Journal of rural studies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Community cohesion and village pubs in Northern England: an econometric study
M Mount, I Cabras
(2016), Vol. 50, pp. 1203-1216, Regional studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Economic development, entrepreneurial embeddedness and resilience: the case of pubs in rural Ireland
I Cabras, M Mount
(2016), Vol. 24, pp. 254-276, European planning studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Exploring technological process innovation from a lifecycle perspective
S Milewski, K Fernandes, M Mount
(2015), Vol. 35, pp. 1312-1331, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Bingley, Eng., C1-1
M Mount, S Milewski, K Fernandes
(2015), Vol. 69, pp. 20-37, International Journal of Technology Management, Olney, Eng., C1-1
Social media: a tool for open innovation
M Mount, M Martinez
(2014), Vol. 56, pp. 123-143, California management review, Thousand Oaks, Calif., C1-1
Rejuvenating a brand through social media
M Mount, M Martinez
(2014), Vol. 55, pp. 13-17, MIT Sloan Management Review, Cambridge, Mass., C1-1
S Babu, S Pratap, G Lahoti, K Fernandes, M Tiwari, M Mount, Y Xiong
(2014), pp. 1-29, Maritime Economics & Logistics, United Kingdom, C1-1
Adoption of free and open source software within high-velocity firms
M Mount, K Fernandes
(2013), Vol. 32, pp. 231-246, Behaviour & information technology, Abingdon, Eng., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Transforming DAPM: Business Process Improvement to realise a transformed NDAC
Prof Amanda Pyman, A/Prof Ambika Zutshi, Dr Matt Mount, Dr Heather Round, A/Prof Ahmed Ferdous
- 2018: $120,000
- 2017: $50,063
A Vision for the Future: NDAC Future State Implementation
Dr Matt Mount, Prof Amanda Pyman, Prof Andrew Noblet, A/Prof Andrea Vocino, Prof Michael Polonsky, Prof Rens Scheepers
- 2019: $786,112
- 2018: $363,636
Independent Medical Examiner (IME) Quality Assurance Process redesign.
Dr Matt Mount, Prof Judy Currey, Dr Huw Flatau Harrison, Ms Stephanie Sprogis
- 2021: $20,000
- 2020: $20,000
Supervisions
Boris Radickovic
Thesis entitled: Dual Role of Absorptive Capacity for Exploitative and Exploratory Learning
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Management