Selected publications, presentations and ongoing research our team is involved in. This page grows as work is released, so it is worth returning to check for new updates on our latest findings and policy insights.
Conference Presentation
Empirical evidence on how procurement professionals navigate ambiguity when implementing Indigenous procurement policies in practice.
Manganda, A.M., Hippolyte-Blake, D., et al., 2026, International Research Society for Public Management Conference.
Publication
A systematic review of how procurement policy targeted at Indigenous suppliers has been designed, implemented and evaluated, and what the evidence says about where it works and where it does not.
Manganda et al., 2025, Australian Journal of Management.
View Article: Making sense of the Indigenous procurement policy literature using a policy life cycle lensConference Presentation
Applies the Indigenous entrepreneurship ecosystem framework to regional MSME policy in the Caribbean, with implications for how small and micro enterprise policy is designed in non-Western contexts.
Hippolyte-Blake, D., & Manganda, A.M., 2025, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference.
Conference Presentation
Examines Australia's development aid approach to climate policy in the Pacific and Caribbean, drawing on critical development theory to assess what the aid relationship produces in practice.
Hippolyte-Blake, D., & Manganda, A.M., 2025, Australian Political Studies Association Conference.
Publication
This paper draws on interviews with Aboriginal entrepreneurs to examine how they navigate the competing demands of commercial viability and cultural obligation - and the strategies they develop to do both on their own terms.
Manganda et al., 2023, Indigenous Business and Public Administration.
View Article: 'I flip the switch': Aboriginal entrepreneurs' navigation of entrepreneurial imperatives.Publication
This paper examines how Indigenous entrepreneurs in New Zealand balance cultural values with the demands of operating in mainstream markets, with implications for how policy and support programmes are designed.
Manganda et al., 2022, Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy.
View Article: How Indigenous entrepreneurs negotiate cultural and commercial imperatives: Insights from Aotearoa New Zealand.For citation information or to discuss any of this research, contact us.
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