Prof David Low ~ Adjunct Professor

Professor David Low was the Dean of the College of Business, Law and Governance at James Cook University until June 2018. David holds a Doctorate in Marketing and Management, and is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Public Accountants.

He has a wide variety of both industry and academic management and boardroom experience. Prior to commencing at JCU David was Head of School for the School of Marketing at the University of Western Sydney a position he held for 5 years.

David has also held a number of directorships in Sydney including Chair of the Riverside Theatres Advisory board and President of the Western Sydney Business Connection – both are organizations operating in Western Sydney both organizations were part of the business community served by UWS.

David’s research interests include Cross Cultural Issues; Country of Origin Studies; Ethnicity, Market Orientation, Firm Performance, E-Marketing; Innovation, SME’s and the use of technology in business value chains. David has just co-edited a book on E-Novation and Web 2.0.

Prior to joining academia David gained extensive experience in industries as diverse as Manufacturing, Retail, Professional Services, Entertainment, Construction and IT. Positions held included roles such as CFO, Channel/Product Manager and General Manager.

David has held a number of community positions in North Queensland:

• Australian Festival of Chamber Music: Finance Committee Member
• Rockhampton Regional Council: External Audit Committee
• Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy: Member of Executive
• Townsville Chamber of Commerce: Board Member
• Australian Institute of Company Directors: Townsville Committee Member
• Regional Development Australia Townsville and North West QLD: Committee Member

Interests

Professional

• Arts and Business links, Directors Duties and Governance

Research

• Cross Cultural Issues; Country of Origin Studies; Ethnicity, Market Orientation, Firm Performance, E-Marketing; Innovation, SME’s and the use of technology in business value chains as well as Social Marketing

Experience

• 2014 to 2018 - Dean, CBLG, JCU (Townsville)
• 2011 to 2014 - Head of School, JCU (Townsville)
• 2004 to 2011 - Head of School, UWS (Sydney)
• 2001 to 2003 - Lecturer, UTS (Sydney)

Research Disciplines

• Econometrics (3802)
• Marketing (3506)
• Applied economics (3801)

Fellowships

• 1988 - Fellow of Institute of Public Accountants

Memberships

• 2009 - Graduate Member of Australian Institute of Company Directors

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Nyundo L, Whittaker M, Eagle L and Low D (2021) Adaptation of community-based distribution of family planning services to context-specific social networks: a case of marriage counsellors in Lusaka district, Zambia. BMC Health Services Research, 21.
• Saleem M, Eagle L and Low D (2021) Determinants of eco-socially conscious consumer behavior toward alternative fuel vehicles. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 38 (2). pp. 211-228
• Nguyen T, Chaiechi T, Eagle L and Low D (2020) Dynamic impacts of SME stock market development and innovation on macroeconomic indicators: a post-Keynesian approach. Economic Analysis and Policy, 68. pp. 327-347
• Nguyen T, Chaiechi T, Eagle L and Low D (2020) Growth enterprise market in Hong Kong: efficiency evolution and long memory in return and volatility. Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, 27 (1). pp. 19-34
• Nguyen T, Chaiechi T, Eagle L and Low D (2020) Dynamic transmissions between main stock markets and SME stock markets: evidence from tropical economies. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 75. pp. 308-324
• Low D and Eagle L (2019) What’s wrong with science? Has science become a (contested) belief system? Social Business, 9 (2). pp. 105-126
• Nguyen T, Chaiechi T, Eagle L and Low D (2019) SME stock markets in tropical economies: evolving efficiency and dual long memory. Economic Papers, 39 (1). pp. 28-47

Book Chapters

• Eagle L, McCarthy B, Hay R, Osmond A and Low D (2019) Stakeholder perceptions of the importance and effects of sustainability education. In: Clean Green and Responsible: soundings from down under. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 65-86
• McCarthy B, Eagle L, Osmond A and Low D (2019) Social marketing and residential electricity consumption: every kilowatt matters. In: Clean, Green and Responsible? Soundings from Down Under. CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 107-132

Conference Papers

• Nguyen T, Chaiechi T, Eagle L and Low D (2020) Feedback of macroeconomic indicators to shocks in second-tier stock market development and innovation within Kaleckian framework: Hong Kong case study. [Abstract from the 2019 International Conference on Applied Economics]. In: ICOAE 2019: International Conference on Applied Economics, 4-6 July 2019, Milan, Italy
• Nguyen T, Chaiechi T, Eagle L and Low D (2020) Return and asymmetric volatility transmissions between main stock market and second-tier stock market: the case of Hong Kong. Economics and Finance Readings: selected papers from Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics & Finance. In: 2019 Asia-Pacific Conference on Economics and Finance, 25-26 July 2019, Singapore
• Eagle L, McCarthy B and Low D (2018) Winds of change: a study of the acceptability of renewable energy in regional Australia. Proceedings of the the International Social Marketing Conferences. In: International Social Marketing Conference: broadening cultural horizons in social marketing, 15-17 July 2018, Singapore

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 68+ research outputs authored by Prof David Low from 2008 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Completed

• Constructing the contraceptive decision-making process: a framework for family planning programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. A Zambian case study (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Second-tier stock market efficiency and dynamic impacts on macroeconomic development: evidence from tropical economies (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Exploring regional small business engagement with Facebook technology (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Conquering the digital divide: with a digital native who never was (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• No signal here: self-development and optimal experience from digital-free tourism (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The engagement of women and technology in agriculture (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Towards non-technological innovation: communicating environmental science to the tourism workforce (2023, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Model of eco-socially conscious consumer behaviour related to choice and use of personal cars: evidence from an emerging economy (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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