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The Roles Of Size And Size Difference In Australian And Chinese Inter-Firm Collaborations, Yu (Aimee) Zhang, Zhiming Cheng, Charles Harvie Jun 2013

The Roles Of Size And Size Difference In Australian And Chinese Inter-Firm Collaborations, Yu (Aimee) Zhang, Zhiming Cheng, Charles Harvie

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

There has been considerable debate on the contribution and significance of firm size to the establishment, operation and success of business collaboration. One important source of this debate arises from differing definitions of firm size used in previous research. This paper uses firm size categories and size differences between collaborating firms to examine their contribution to the formation and performance of inter-firm collaboration in Australia and China. Both qualitative case study and quantitative data analyses are adopted in this paper. Results from both the qualitative case study and quantitative study in Australia and China show that size plays a significant …


Pre-Service Teacher Training In Gifted And Talented Education: An Australian Perspective, Kylie Fraser-Seeto Jan 2013

Pre-Service Teacher Training In Gifted And Talented Education: An Australian Perspective, Kylie Fraser-Seeto

Journal of Student Engagement: Education Matters

Our gifted and talented students come with a diverse and unique range of characteristics and abilities across a wide range of domains. Research supports the need for appropriate educational opportunities that matches their capabilities, and allows them to reach their full potential. However, a teacher’s capacity to adequately identify and program to meet the specific learning and developmental needs of gifted and talented students is not always addressed as part of pre-service teacher training. This is particularly striking given that research repeatedly supports challenging teacher attitudes toward, and beliefs about, gifted education in order to challenge misconceptions. Providing preservice teachers …