Dr Edgar Brea

Research Fellow

School of Business

e.brea@business.uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Edgar Brea is a Research Fellow at the UQ Business School. He holds a Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering (UNIMET, Venezuela), a Master of Technology and Innovation Management (University of Queensland), and a PhD in Innovation Management (University of Queensland). He has over 15 years of consulting and research experience in the areas of strategy, technology and innovation management, and has worked with organisations from a variety of industries including banking, oil and gas, bioinformatics, as well as science organisations such as the CSIRO.

His current research focuses on the management of innovation processes within and between organisations. In particular, he explores ways to improve innovation productivity and performance, including: 1) adoption of artificial intelligence to enhance knowledge search, generation and management; 2) novel measures to monitor innovation activity using big data and analytics; 3) development of innovation models that increase the certainty and effectiveness of the innovation function in organisations.

Publications

Book Chapter (1)

Journal Article (1)

Conference Papers (7)

Thesis (1)

Research Reports (3)

Book Chapter

Brea, Edgar (2020). A developmental perspective on business model innovation: exploring sequences of change in high-performing IT firms. The crest of the innovation management research wave. (pp. 177-192) edited by Marcus Tynnhammar. Wilmington, DE, United States: Vernon Press.

Journal Article

Brea, Edgar and Ford, Jerad A. (2022). No silver bullet: Cognitive technology does not lead to novelty in all firms. Technovation 102643, 102643. doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102643

Conference Papers

Brea, Edgar (2022). Knowledge recombination and open collaboration for technological innovation: the machine learning technology case. Strategic Management Society 42nd Annual Conference, London, United Kingdom, 17-20 September 2022.

Brea, Edgar (2021). An empirical exploration of the role of artificial intelligence in enhancing innovation performance in organisations. 18th International Schumpeter Society Conference, Rome, Italy (virtual), 8-10 July 2021.

Brea, Edgar (2019). Business ecosystems and their multifirm business models: a framework for understanding ecosystem evolution. Strategic Management Society 39th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN USA, 19-22 October 2019.

Brea, Edgar, Hine, Damian and Kastelle, Tim (2018). Using data mining techniques to explore business model innovation processes. EURAM Annual Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 19-22 June 2018.

Brea, Edgar, Hine, Damian and Kastelle, Tim (2018). Business model evolution through a complex adaptive system lens: an examination using data mining of financial data. International Schumpeter Society Conference, Seoul, Korea, 2-4 July 2018.

Brea, Edgar, Hine, Damian and Kastelle, Tim (2016). Exploring trajectories of business model change. 16th Conference of the International Schumpeter Society (ISS), Montreal, Canada, July 2016.

Brea, Edgar, Hine, Damian and Kastelle, Tim (2016). Dynamics of business model innovation: a processual approach. Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange (ACERE) Conference 2016, Gold Coast, Australia, 2-5 February 2016.

Thesis

Brea, Edgar (2018). A developmental perspective on business model innovation: exploring sequences of change in high-performing IT firms. PhD Thesis, UQ Business School, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.124

Research Reports

Ford, Jerad and Brea, Edgar (2020). Thriving through innovation: Lessons from the top. Brisbane, Australia: CSIRO.

King, Sarah, Hine, Damian, Brea, Edgar, Cook, Hannah and Macdonald, Charlie (2014). Make for Asia: the emerging Asian middle class and opportunities for Australian manufacturing. Australia: CSIRO.

Brea, Edgar, Kambouris, Peter, Elfes, Alberto, Duff, Elliot, Bick, Marcel, Bonchis, Adrian, Tews, Ashley and Lopes, Lydia (2013). Lightweight assistive manufacturing solutions: improving Australia’s manufacturing competitiveness. CSIRO.