Dr George Rivers - Researcher Profile

George Rivers

Address

Faculty of Business and Economics
Level 9, Building S

Contact Details

Tel: +61 3 9903 1462

Email: George.Rivers@monash.edu


Biography

George Rivers is Associate Dean (Research Collaboration) in the Faculty of Business and Economics. 

George has a Bachelor of Economics (Honours), a Masters of Economics and a PhD in industrial economics from Monash University.

He has worked in a range of industry-related research projects including, most notably, his research for the Royal Botanic Gardens on benefit transfer, which played a key role in securing $21 million from the Bracks Government for the construction of Stage 2 of the Australian Garden.  

Another example of his impactful industry engagement is his work on power line safety for Energy Safe Victoria, which was used as evidence by the 2009 Black Saturday Bushfire Royal Commission. He has also undertaken contract research for organisations including: the Department of Primary Industries; the Department of Sustainability and Environment; the Department of Justice; The Department of Business Innovation; the Australian Tax Office; and the Australian Institute of Building Surveyors. The range of research projects he has worked on has included: road safety; animal welfare; regulation reform; integrated water management; and ICT innovation and productivity.

George also has a strong record of building key relationships with external private organisations both in his former roles as Director of the Telstra/Monash Executive Training Program and Deputy Director of the MBA, and now as the Director of the Australia Lebanon Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 

George has an active commitment to the promotion of interdisciplinary research and has been involved in collaborative research activities with a number of areas across the University such as the Centre of Forensic Behavioural Science and the Faculty of Information Technology. Since 2010, George has acted as an academic research supervisor for the Australia New Zealand School of Government where he has supervised projects in the area of social housing, children in out-of-home care, and alcohol policy.

His research interests relate to the theory of the firm including mergers and acquisitions, downsizing and transaction costs.

 

Keywords

Industrial organisation, outsourcing, theory of the firm, health economics

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2003
MASTER OF ECONOMICS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1995
ECONOMICS (HONOURS)
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1993

Publications

Book Chapters

Rivers, G.S., 2003, An indirect approach to the identification and measurement of transaction costs, in The Economics of E-Commerce and Networking Decisions - Applications and Extensions of Inframarginal Analysis, eds Yew-Kwang Ng, Heling Shi, Guang-Zhen Sun, Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills UK, pp. 267-297.

Journal Articles

Ogloff, J.R., Davis, M.R., Rivers, G.S., Ross, S., 2007, The identification of mental disorders in the criminal justice system, Trends and Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice, vol 334, Australian Institute of Criminology, Australia, pp. 1-6.

Rivers, G.S., 2006, Transaction costs and the economic organisation of hospitals, Economic Papers- Economic Society of Australia, vol 25, issue 2, Economic Society of Australia, St. Ives NSW Australia, pp. 131-150.

Rivers, G., Geursen, G.M., 2001, An Alternative Framework for the Technological and Transaction Firm Models, International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, vol 1, issue 3/4, Inderscience, Enterprises Ltd, UK, pp. 400-413.

Conference Proceedings

Rivers, G., Geursen, G., 1999, Economic fundamentals of the firm: a new framework, Proceedings of the 9th ENDEC (Entrepreneurship Development Centre) World Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Singapore, 15-18 August 1999, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, pp. 909-923.

Rivers, G., Geursen, G., 1999, Economic fundamentals of the firm: a new framework, Proceedings of the 9th ENDEC (Entrepreneurship Development Centre) World Conference on International Entrepreneurship, Singapore, 15-18 August 1999, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, pp. 909-923.