Tasmania’s Place in the Asian Century. White Paper. Government of Tasmania: Hobart. Contributing author. 2013. TasmaniasPlace_inthe_AsianCentury_WhitePaper

A framework for analysing bilateral research cooperation agreements relating to reciprocity. FEAST Discussion Paper prepared for the Acces4EU Project FP7-244485. With Merrilyn Fitzpatrick. 2010. AUS-ACCESS4EU_Analyse_bilat_agreements_v2d-1

Mapping Australia’s research strengths from an international perspective. FEAST Discussion Paper prepared for the Acces4EU Project FP7-244485. With Bev Biglia, Kerrie Glennie and Paul Harris. 2010. D1_4_Australia_research_strength-2

A Comparison of Australian and European Union research performance profiles. Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation. Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation FEAST Discussion Paper 2/09. 2009 Matthews_ComparisonAustralian2009

Giving preparedness a Central Role in Science and Innovation Policy. Discussion Paper commissioned by the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS). Sole author. 2009 Second preparedness paper

Innovation in the Public Sector: Enabling better Performance, Driving New Directions. Australian National Audit Office Better Practice Guide. Canberra. Contributing author. 2009 innovation_in the_public_sector

Public Sector Innovation: A Review of the Literature. Report prepared for the Australian National Audit Office: Canberra. 2009 Suppl_Literature_Review

Fostering creativity and innovation in cooperative federalism – the uncertainty and risk dimensions. In, Critical Reflections on Australian Public Policy. Australia New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG).  Monograph. 2009 ANZSOG book chapter

A Bibliometric Analysis of Australia’s International Research Collaboration in Science, Engineering and Technology: Analytical Methods and Initial Findings. Forum for European-Australian Science and Technology cooperation. FEAST Discussion Paper 1/09. 2009 Matthews_Bibliometric2009

How Intangible Networks Can Boost the Innovation Odds. Chapter in Inside-the-Innovation-Matrix. Australian Business Foundation. With Bob Frater. 2008

Science and Innovation Policy and the New (and Old) Economics of Creativity. Cultural Science. Vol (1) No.1. ISSN 1836-0416. Cultural Sci Vol 1(1)

Energy Research and Development in Australia 2008 – A Statistical Profile of Expenditure. Report prepared for the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. Canberra. Sole author. 2008

Capacity building and risk management in commercialisation: lessons from the Radiata experience. Innovation: Management, Policy & Practice. Vol 9 no. 2 Invited article for a special issue examining the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Sole author. 2007 Radiatajournalarcticle.

Managing uncertainty and risk in science, innovation and preparedness: why public policy should pay more attention to financial and geopolitical considerations.  Discussion Paper commissioned by the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS).  August. Canberra. Sole author. ISBN 0-9775991-0-8. 2006 First Preparedness Paper FINAL

Energy Research and Development in Australia: A Statistical Profile of Expenditure.  Report prepared for the Energy and Environment Division, Australian Government Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources.  An in-depth ‘stock-take’ of what we know and don’t know about Australia’s energy R&D effort in an international context. Sole author.  ISBN 0642 724156. 2006

Commonwealth Support for Science and Innovation: Options for Developing an Analytical Perspective. Report prepared for the Science and Innovation Mapping System Taskforce, Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training.  Published as part of set background papers. Sole author. 2003 BudgetAnalysisFINAL

Creating and Exploiting Intangible Networks: How Radiata was able to improve its odds of success in the risky process of innovating. Detailed analytical case study prepared for the Science and Innovation Mapping System Taskforce, Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training.  Published as part of set background papers. (with Bob Frater). 2003 intellectual_property_research_institute_of_australia_occasionalpaper_0113

Providing the Machinery of Science: Defining a Whole-of-Government Strategy for Securing Access to Critical Research Facilities, Australian Research Infrastructure Project. Academy of Science Discussion Paper. Influential proposal to improve the capacity for international engagement in science and technology. Sole author. 2002 machinery of science

International Trends in Public Sector Support for Research and Experimental Development: A Preliminary Analysis.  Report for the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training:  Evaluations and Investigations Program. With Ron Johnston. 2000 Matthews and Johnston 2000 DEST.

Enabling the Virtuous Cycle: Identifying and Removing Barriers to Entrepreneurial Activity by Health and Medical researchers in the Higher Education Sector. Report no. 00/14. Evaluations and Investigations Programme, Higher Education Division, Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. Canberra, Australia. ISBN 0 642 45535 X, ISBN (internet) 0 642 45536 8. (with Ron Johnston and Mark Dodgson). 2000. Enabling the virtuous cycle

A Global Perspective on Australian R&D and Innovation Effectiveness. Paper prepared for the Australian Agri-Food Congress 2000. Melbourne 16-17 August. Published in conference proceedings. 2000

Key Issues in Research Commercialization: The Case of Australia.  R&D Enterprise Asia Pacific, 2(1). (With Ron Johnston). 1999

Research Priorities for Supporting the Product Introduction Process in the Aerospace Industry, Refereed Conference Paper, International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED). Finland, August. Published in Conference proceedings. (With Peter Deasley and Trevor Broughton). 1997.

Measuring Productivity and Operations. MBA Course Unit (B889, Block 3, Unit 5), Open University, Milton Keynes. Principal author with assistance from OU course team. 1994

‘Reconciling Diversity and Scale: Some Questions of Method in the Assessment of the Costs and Benefits of European Integration’, Revue D’Economie Industrielle, No. 59 (Special Issue on ‘Technological Diversity and Coherence in Europe), (with F. McGowan). 1992 Reconciling diversity and scale

Analysis of Private and Public Sector Funding of Research & Development in the UK Construction Sector. Report prepared for the Construction Policy Directorate of the Department of the Environment, (with Innovation Policy Research Associates Ltd).  1992

‘A Technology Perspective on the Information Economy’ in (eds) Locksley, G. Robins, K., Understanding Business, Technology and Geography, London: Pinter, (with I. Miles). 1992

‘Structural Change and Patterns of Production and Trade’, in Freeman, C., Sharp, M., Walker, W., (eds) Technology and the Future of Europe: Global Competition and the Environment in the 1990s, London: Pinter, (with C. Saunders, and P. Patel). 1991

Cultural Difference and Subjective Rationality: Where Sociology Connects with the Economics of Technological Choice, in Hodgson, G. and Screpanti, E. (eds) ‘Rethinking Economics: Markets, Technology and Economic Evolution’, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, (with M. K. Farmer). 1991

Significant Modes of Utilisation and Diffusion of Science and Technology: The UK Case, Contribution to Commission of the European Communities’ MONITOR/ FAST Project.  FAST Working Paper. (with F. McGowan). 1990