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Dr Robert Wylie

Dr Robert Wylie

Honorary Lecturer
UNSW Canberra
School of Business

Professional and Teaching Experience

Bob Wylie specialises in public policy analysis, development and advice with particular reference to defence policy for Australian industry and civil infrastructure. His public policy expertise is based primarily on his 25 years as a policy advisor in the Australian Public Service - primarily in the Australian Defence Department but also in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and the Australian Treasury. After leaving public service in 2000 Bob joined an economic consulting firm. He specialised in the economics of Australian industry involvement in the supply and support of defence capability. He joined School of Business in 2007.

Bob's research interests centre around how Australia, as a small open trading economy, balances indigenous development and overseas procurement in supply and supporting the materiel needed to achieve its strategic objectives.

PhD Project

Title: The choices Australia makes in supplying and supporting the military platforms and systems it procures in pursuit of its strategic objectives

Supervisor: Emeritus Professor Peter Hall

Co-Supervisor: Associate Professor Stephan Markowski
Phone
+61 2 5114 5008
E-mail
r.wylie@unsw.edu.au
Location
Building 27, Room 319, School of Business, UNSW Canberra
  • Books | 2009
    2009, Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, (eds.), Routledge, London & New York, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
  • Book Chapters | 2016
    Wylie RC, 2016, 'Defence Procurement , Innovation, and Value for money', in Burgess K; Antill P (ed.), Emerging Strategies in Defense Acquisitions and Military Procurement, IGI-Global, pp. 167 - 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0599-0
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Hall P; Wylie R, 2015, 'Isolation and Technological Innovation', in Pyka A; Foster J (ed.), The Evolution of Economic and Innovation Systems, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 191 - 210
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2010, 'Arms Export Controls and the Proliferation of Military technology', in Goldsmith BE; Brauer J (ed.), Economics of War and Peace: Economic, Legal, and Political Perspectives, edn. 1, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, UK, pp. 53 - 68
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R, 2010, 'Defence Procurement and Industry Policy A small country perspective Conclusion', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), DEFENCE PROCUREMENT AND INDUSTRY POLICY, edn. Routledge Studies in Defense and Peace Economics, ROUTLEDGE, pp. 371 - 374, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000273992200017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Markowski S; Wylie RC, 2010, 'Australian Naval Shipbuilding Strategy 2009', in Bland DL (ed.), National Approaches to Shipbuilding and Ship Procurement, edn. 1st, Defence Management Studies Program, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. Canada, pp. 71 - 103
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Australian Defence value-adding chain evolution and experimentation', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 187 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Buyer-seller interation in Defence procurement', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 115 - 152
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Conclusion', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 371 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Demand:Military products, user requirements, and the organisation of procurement', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 45 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Government policy:Defence procurement and Defence industry', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 153 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Industry Case Study: Australian Naval Shipbuilding', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 323 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Introduction', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, edn. 1, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/word.2012.0016
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Managing the Defence Value adding chain: Australian procuement of over the horizon radar', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 354 - 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Procurement and the chain of supply:a general framework', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 11 - 44
    Book Chapters | 2009
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Supply: Defence Industry', in Markowski S; Hall P; Wylie R (ed.), Defence Procurement and Industry Policy: A Small Country Perspective, Routledge, London & New York, pp. 82 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203013694
    Book Chapters | 2006
    Wylie RC, 2006, 'Supplying and Supporting Australia`s military capability', in The Business of Defence - Sustaining Capability, edn. CEDA Growth 57, CEDA, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 50 - 63
  • Journal articles | 2017
    Markowski S; Chand S; Wylie R, 2017, 'Economic Growth and Demand for Military Expenditure in the Indo-Pacific Asia Region', Defence and Peace Economics, 28, pp. 473 - 490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2016.1274059
    Journal articles | 2014
    Hall P; Wylie R, 2014, 'Isolation and technological innovation', Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 24, pp. 357 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00191-014-0347-7
    Journal articles | 2011
    Markowski S; Wylie RC, 2011, 'Using commercial discipline to improve Australian defence procurement: Misplaced enthusiasm?', Contemporary Economic Policy, 30, pp. 448 - 462
    Journal articles | 2010
    Wylie R, 2010, 'Transforming Defense Capabilities: New Approaches for International Security', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, 64, pp. 486 - 487, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000279992500008&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Journal articles | 2010
    Wylie RC, 2010, 'Defence Industry Policy 2010: The Combet Iteration', Security Challenges, 6, pp. 59 - 77, http://www.securitychallenges.org.au/ArticlePDFs/vol6no3Wylie.pdf
    Journal articles | 2009
    Wylie RC, 2009, 'Supplying and Supporting Force 2030: Defence Policy for Australian Industry', Security Challenges, 5, pp. 117 - 126
    Journal articles | 2008
    Wylie RC; Hall PH, 2008, 'The Revolution in Military Affairs and Australia`s Defence Industry Base 1996-2006', Security Challenges, 4, pp. 57 - 80
    Journal articles | 2008
    Wylie RC, 2008, 'Facilitating Defence Trade Between Australia and the United States: A Vital Work in Progress', Security Challenges, 4, pp. 115 - 134
    Journal articles | 2007
    Markowski S; Wylie RC, 2007, 'The Emergence of European Defence and Defence Industry Policies', Security Challenges, 3, pp. 31 - 51
    Journal articles | 2007
    Wylie RC, 2007, 'A Defence Policy for Australian Industry: Are We There Yet?', Security Challenges, 3, pp. 53 - 71
    Journal articles | 2006
    Wylie RC; Markowski S; Hall PH, 2006, 'Big science, small country and the challenges of defence system development: An Australian case study', Defence and Peace Economics, 17, pp. 257 - 272
    Journal articles | 2006
    Wylie RC, 2006, 'Defence Industry Policy and Defence Accountability', Security Challenges, 2, pp. 15 - 24
    Journal articles | 2006
    Wylie RC, 2006, 'Defence IndustryPolicy and defence Accountability', Security Challenges, 2, pp. 15 - 24
    Journal articles | 2006
    Wylie RC, 2006, 'Supplying and supporting Australia's military capability', CEDA Growth, 57, pp. 50 - 63
  • Conference Papers | 2014
    Hall P; Wylie R, 2014, 'Defence System Innovations: How Procurement Makes a Difference', in Defence System Innovations: How Procurement Makes a Difference, International Public Procurement Conference IPPC 2014, Dublin, Ireland, presented at International Public Procurement Conference IPPC 2014, Dublin, Ireland, 14 August 2014 - 16 August 2014
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2012, 'Speciation in Technological Evolution: The Effect of Differential Selection Environments on Military Technology', in Proceedings of the 14th International Schumpeter Society Conference 2012, 14th International Schumpeter Society Conference 2012, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 1 - 23, presented at 14th International Schumpeter Society Conference 2012, Brisbane, Australia, 02 July 2012 - 05 July 2012, http://www.iss-evec.de/conference.htm
    Conference Presentations | 2009
    Markowski S; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Using Commercial Disciplines to improve Australian Defence Procurement: Misplaced Enthusiasm', presented at 2009 Pacific Rim Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Kyoto, Japan, 24 March 2009 - 27 March 2009
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Markowski S; Wylie RC, 2009, 'Using commerical discipline to improve Austarlian defence procurement: Misplaced enthusiasm', in Economics of arms procurement, trade and offsets, Thessaloniki, Greece, presented at 13th Annual International Conference on Economics and Security, Thessaloniki, Greece, 24 June 2009 - 26 June 2009
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Wylie RC, 2009, 'Arms Control and the Proliferation of New Technology', in The Economics of Wart and Peace: Economic, Legal and Political Perspectives, Third Australian Conference on the politics of and economics of peace and war, Sydney, presented at Third Australian Conference on the politics of and economics of peace and war, Sydney, 01 June 2009 - 02 June 2009
    Conference Papers | 2008
    Markowski S; Hall PH; Wylie RC, 2008, 'Australian Naval Procurement Cycles: Lessons for Other Small Countries', in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Acquisiton Research Symposium,, Acquisition Research: Creating Synergy for Informed Change, Vol 11, 5th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, NPS, Monterey, California, presented at 5th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, NPS, Monterey, California, 14 May 2008 - 15 May 2008