Ian's wider research interests include cultural tourism, attractions management, natural heritage attractions management, fundamentalism and religious tourism, regional and local tourism, genealogical tourism and small-town decline. Paul Miller canvassed the areas of travel, Aboriginality, and tourism in his PhD dissertation, which analysed travel writing and representations of the Aborigines in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These themes have broad implications for issues such as cultural tourism and the culture of tourism. His publications have developed a line of argument that sees the 'traveller' and the tourist not only as a product of culture and history but also as a producer of culture and history. Strategic Alliances Julian Lowe Julian has published widely in the area of collaboration, alliances and technology licensing.
Recent work includes a study of technology licensing in UK manufacturing.
The role of licensing in the technology strategy of the firm can be viewed as the 'buy' in the context of 'make or buy' technology decisions. However, technology markets might have substantial information imperfections and transaction costs. The tasks of finding a technology provider, transferring the technology inwards and absorbing it into commercially successful new products and processes, can inhibit the use of licensing agreements for technology acquisition. Data was collected on technology strategies, complementary assets, internal organisation and market structure. Analysis of the data suggests that strategies of 'buy and make' are complements rather than alternatives, and that extensive use of licensing requires substantial complementary assets to be in place.