School of Management and Marketing

Mark is Head of the School of Management and Marketing and is based at the Bathurst campus of Charles Sturt University. Mark is also undertaking doctoral research examining the nature and strength of the relationship between world commodity prices, the Australian terms of trade, and the Australian exchange rate.

Prior to joining the University Mark had a sixteen year banking career with a major Australian bank. Over this time he worked in their International Trade, Financial Markets, Corporate Banking, and Regional Agribusiness Banking areas. His experience in corporate banking saw him work with some of the largest agribusinesses in Australia, in the wheat, cotton, chicken, dairy and beef industries. His experience in the financial markets involved foreign exchange, commodity futures and interest rate products and derivatives.  Between banking and University Mark volunteered at a vocational trade high school on the Pacific island of Pohnpei in Micronesia for two years.

Teaching Responsibilities

• Risk Management
• Commodity Pricing Management
• Financial Institutions Management
• Commercial Lending

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Member Faculty of Business Board
• Member Faculty Assessment Committee
• Member Australian Graduate Management Consortium Board
• University Employee Representative on Unisuper Consultative Committee  

Research Focus

• Terms of Trade
  
• Trade and Development
• Financial Markets
• Commodity Prices

Professional Activities

• Member of Australian Marketing Institute
• Member of Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society

Grants and Awards

$5,000 Internal Grant to undertake a pilot study on the development of an industry cluster in the mining and engineering cluster within the Orange, Cabonne, and Blayney local government areas.

Selected Publications

Books Chapters

• Frost, M. (2006). Recent trends in the Australian financial system. In (Ed) Santosh Sareen Australia and India Interconnections: Identity, Representation, and Belonging. Chp. 27. Mantra New Delhi.
• Frost M., & Crockett J. (2007). Communities of practice, clusters or networks? Prospects for collaborative business arrangements in the mining and engineering sector, central Western New South Wales. In Engagement and Change: Exploring Management, Economic and Finance Implications of a Globalising Environment Eds Parikshit Basu, Grant O'Neill and Antonio Travalglione. Chapter 21. Brisbane: Australian Academic Press.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Frost M., & Parton K. (2005). The role of local production and the world price in setting local wheat, wool, and beef prices. Australian Farm Business Management Journal 2(1), 38 - 45.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Frost M. (2004). Recent trends in the Australian financial system. Second International Conference of the Indian Association for the study of Australia, Australia - Identity, Representation, and Belonging. New Delhi, 15 - 17 January 2004.
• Frost M. (2004). Are farm gate prices related to price risk or production risk? Second Australian Farm Business Management Network Conference. Profit in an uncertain environment 5 - 7 December 2004 Orange.
• Frost, M., Crockett, J. & Parton, K. (2005). Preliminary analysis on the development of a cluster within the mining and engineering sector in the Orange, Cabonne, and Blayney region. Conference of the Centre for Regional Innovation and Competitiveness. Beyond Clusters: current practices and future strategies. Ballarat: University of Ballarat. 30 June - 2 July 2005.
• Frost, M. & Parton, K. (2009). From agriculture to mining: The impact of structural changes in Australian commodity exports on the Australian terms of trade. Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society 53rd Annual Conference. Cairns, Australia. 11 - 13 February 2009.
• Frost, M. & Bone, Z. (2009). A smorgasbord of agribusiness careers but too few students: Reflections from Australian higher education. International Farm Management 17th Conference - Agriculture: Food, Fibre and Energy for the Future. Sun. 19 - Fri. 24 July 2009. Illinois, USA: Bloomington/Normal.