UQ Summer Research Scholar Program: Insights and Reflections from the Pitching Research 'I-TEMPLATES' Team

Spanning a 10-week period over the Southern Summer of 2016-7, six University of Queensland Research Scholars signed up to be part of a unique cohort focused on “pitching research” [PR] – in the “i-TEMPLATES” team. The Summer Research Scholars engaged in a range of pitching activities including: creating reverse engineering pitches for assigned and selected papers; attending the UQAPS Pitching Final; a pitch “sparring” exercise; a “fantasy pitching” exercise; a mentor-supervised reverse engineered pitch; a self-directed personal pitch exercise; collaborating on “pitching research letter” papers and pitching-related “champion” roles. The set of activities involved both individual and group work, as well as developing both written and oral skills – but, critically all related to research. The current paper provides a narrative review of this unique pitching research program.

[1]  Asma A. Qureshi.  Conceptualizing Schwartz Values in University Preference Decisions: A Pitch , 2016 .

[2]  Syed Khuram Shahzad.  Private Firms’ Adaptation to Climate Change within the Context of Developing Countries: A Pitch , 2016 .

[3]  Martina K. Linnenluecke,et al.  Determinants of the perceived importance of organisational adaptation to climate change in the Australian energy industry , 2017 .

[4]  Millicent Chang,et al.  The Effect of Voluntary versus Mandatory Adoption of Trading Policies on the Returns to Insider Trades , 2014 .

[5]  Rui Xue.  Study of the Contagion Mechanism for Opening Risk of Emerging Equity Markets in BRICS Countries: A Pitch , 2016 .

[6]  Peter Dixon,et al.  In Praise of (Some) Red Tape: A New Approach to Regulation , 2016 .

[7]  E. Friedman,et al.  Corporate Governance in the Asian Financial Crisis , 2000 .

[8]  Peter A. Dacin,et al.  Reputation for Product Innovation: Its Impact on Consumers* , 2010 .

[9]  Imam Salehudin.  'Reverse Engineering' the Pitching Research Template: A Simple Tool to Help Understand the Academic Literature , 2017 .

[10]  Searat Ali.  Corporate Governance and Stock Liquidity in Australia: A Pitch , 2016 .

[11]  Bogdan Alexandru Ratiu.  A Reversed Engineered Pitch Based On Rietveld (2016), “Creating Value through the Freemium Business Model: A Consumer Perspective” , 2016 .

[12]  Darren Henry,et al.  Partial-control versus full-control acquisitions: Does target corporate governance matter? Evidence from eight East and Southeast Asian countries , 2016 .

[13]  Michael J. Turner,et al.  Hotel Management Contracts and Deficiencies in Owner-Operator Capital Expenditure Goal Congruency , 2010 .

[14]  Robert W. Faff,et al.  A ‘Snowballing’ Pedagogic Strategy for Pitching Research: An Illustrative Example in Finance , 2017 .

[15]  K. F. Chan,et al.  Diversification, rationality and the Asian economic crisis , 2010 .

[16]  Muhammad Atif.  CEO Compensation and Firm's Cash Holding: A Pitch , 2016 .

[17]  Michael J. Turner,et al.  Factors affecting biasing of capital budgeting cash flow forecasts: evidence from the hotel industry , 2012 .

[18]  Saphira Rekker.  Converting Planetary Boundaries into Action, a New Approach to Meeting Global Greenhouse Gas Targets: A Pitch , 2016 .

[19]  Robert W. Faff,et al.  Pitching Research Lite: A Reverse-Engineering Strategy for Finding a New Research Direction , 2017 .

[20]  Matthew L. Brenner.  Investigating Chef-Leader Behaviour Impacts on Subordinate Work Team Identification: A Pitch , 2016 .

[21]  P. Mumby,et al.  Executives’ engagement with climate science and perceived need for business adaptation to climate change , 2015, Climatic Change.

[22]  Margaret Kiley,et al.  Supervisors' Conceptions of Research: What are they? , 2005 .

[23]  Timo Busch,et al.  Organizational adaptation to disruptions in the natural environment: The case of climate change , 2011 .

[24]  Gaia Rubera,et al.  Drivers of Brand Commitment: A Cross-National Investigation , 2010 .

[25]  Paul Schneider,et al.  Price and Earnings Momentum in Australian Stock Returns , 2012 .

[26]  Hossein Rad.  Pairs Trading and Market Efficiency Using an Adaptive Market Hypothesis Framework: A Pitch , 2016 .

[27]  Stacey Beaumont,et al.  An Investigation of the Short‐ and Long‐Run Relations between Executive Cash Bonus Payments and Firm Financial Performance: A Pitch , 2015 .

[28]  Pascale G. Quester,et al.  How does brand innovativeness affect brand loyalty , 2016 .

[29]  L. Pedersen,et al.  Asset Pricing with Liquidity Risk , 2003 .

[30]  Peter Ellis.  To Find a Standard Format That Measures the Activities of a Micro, Small or Medium Business Entity. A Pitch , 2016 .

[31]  Tuomo Vuolteenaho,et al.  Explaining Returns with Cash-Flow Proxies , 2005 .

[32]  Dewan Mostafizur Rahman.  Investor Sentiment, Executive Compensation, and Investment – Some International Evidence: A Pitch , 2016 .