Category Archives: Research

China Research Trip

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 23 June, 2010. Filed under China, Research, Technology. Tagged , , . No comments.
With two colleagues I have just finished almost two weeks of research interviews in China. The research took us to Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (flying in and out of Shanghai). Our project looks specifically at technology firms and predominantly those we might call new generation Chinese firms. New generation firms are style typically SMEs, though [...]

Brussels

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 6 December, 2008. Filed under Photography, Research. Tagged . No comments.
I was in Brussels for a workshop earlier this week. The workshop was about Asian management, with most of the papers having some China theme. It was great and has helped to reinvigorate my research interest. One of the nicest aspects was that there was typically about 30 mins after each presentation to discuss the [...]

Term time

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 22 September, 2008. Filed under China, Research, Teaching, Technology, Work. Tagged , , , . 1 Comment.
The last two weeks have been great. I took at trip to Greece for a friends’ wedding and managed to catch up with family and friends. The weather, food, beer and festivities were all fantastic. The weekend just passed was a trip to Oxford for the alumni weekend and the first event of my soon [...]

Social network analysis, structuration theory, and more

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 12 May, 2008. Filed under China, Japan, Research, Technology. 1 Comment.
I spent today tying to put some theoretical work in the context of my observations about economic and political change in East Asia over the last 150 years. In particular, I’ve been working through my reading and thinking about network society (see an earlier post), social network analysis, economic sociology and structuration theory. My hope [...]

Twenty four hours in Kyoto

Written by Darryn Mitussis. Posted on 11 May, 2008. Filed under Consumption, Japan, Personal, Research. Tagged , . 2 Comments.
Yesterday afternoon, after arriving and settling in my hotel, I wandered the central city area and caught up on some necessary shopping — a rugby top because it is cooler here than I expected and a small card wallet to replace the one I lost in Shanghai, the cards will have to wait until I [...]