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dc.contributor.authorWarren, Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorGibson, Chrisen
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-15T11:09:00Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/12548-
dc.description.abstractIn October 2011 surfboard manufacturer BASE abruptly closed its factory on the Gold Coast resulting in the direct loss of 50 jobs. A few days later, nearby D'Arcy Surfboards also announced it was shedding workers and downsizing from a state-of-the art purpose built factory into a backyard workshop. Each business exported surfboards internationally and employed some of Australia's best known surfboard-makers. The troubles facing these workshops added to those brewing at the very same in Australia's steel, aluminium, automotive and garment industries. With renewed public debate and media commentary on the future of manufacturing, we now face a crisis in 'making things' in Australia. To inform debate about this crisis, in this discussion paper we focus attention on one industry - surfboard-making - where Australia has had an international comparative advantage, and on which we have been doing extended, detailed qualitative and quantitative research for over three years. ... The question we seek to pose is: beyond the dollar what other factors play a role in shaping the economic fortunes of manufacturing industries? In light of debates about Australia's future in making things we offer a fresh perspective focusing not just on the high state of the Australian currency but the internal features of manufacturing industries and the regions within which they are based. As geographers we argue this type of research can reveal important insights into the current state of manufacturing. A geographical perspective is highly attuned to the moving parts of those industries that apply human effort in the conversion of basic materials into useful products.en
dc.languageenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAUSCCER Discussion Papersen
dc.titleManufacturing on the move? Beyond the high dollar in the debate about making things in Australia - the case of the Australian surfboard industryen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.subject.keywordsSocial and Cultural Geographyen
dc.subject.keywordsEconomic Geographyen
local.contributor.firstnameAndrewen
local.contributor.firstnameChrisen
local.subject.for2008160401 Economic Geographyen
local.subject.for2008160403 Social and Cultural Geographyen
local.subject.seo2008910210 Productionen
local.subject.seo2008869999 Manufacturing not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008861499 Machinery and Equipment not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.seo2008910202 Human Capital Issuesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolGeography and Planningen
local.profile.emailawarren7@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20130515-094830en
local.series.number2012/2en
local.contributor.lastnameWarrenen
local.contributor.lastnameGibsonen
local.seriespublisherAustralian Centre for Cultural Environmental Research (AUSCCER)en
local.seriespublisher.placeWollongong, Australiaen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:awarren7en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:12755en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleManufacturing on the move? Beyond the high dollar in the debate about making things in Australia - the case of the Australian surfboard industryen
local.output.categorydescriptionW Working Paperen
local.date.series2012en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.uow.edu.au/content/groups/public/@web/@sci/@eesc/documents/doc/uow123352.pdfen
local.relation.grantdescriptionARC/FT0991193en
local.search.authorWarren, Andrewen
local.search.authorGibson, Chrisen
local.istranslatedNoen
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local.year.published2012en
local.subject.for2020440602 Development geographyen
local.subject.for2020440404 Political economy and social changeen
local.subject.seo2020150510 Productionen
local.subject.seo2020150502 Human capital issuesen
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