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British Transport History: Shifting Perspectives And New Agendas, Simon Ville
British Transport History: Shifting Perspectives And New Agendas, Simon Ville
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This chapter is a contribution to the festschrift of Derek Aldcroft, formerly Professor of Economic History at Leicester and Manchester. It offers a retrospective on his contribution to transport history and suggests new research agendas for the subject.
Encouraging Tutorial Attendance At University Did Not Increase Performance, Joan R. Rodgers
Encouraging Tutorial Attendance At University Did Not Increase Performance, Joan R. Rodgers
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
When tertiary education is subsidized the cost of poor student performance in university subjects falls not only on the individual student but also on society in general. Society therefore has an interest in promoting student performance. There is evidence in the literature that absenteeism from university classes is widespread and that absenteeism adversely affects student performance. In this paper I describe an incentive scheme that increased attendance of business and economics students in an introductory statistics subject at a typical Australian university. Like other authors I find a strong positive association between attendance and academic performance, both in the presence …
Profiling Vacation Segments With An Environment Protection Attitude – A Strategic Marketing Approach Towards Sustainability, Sara Dolnicar
Profiling Vacation Segments With An Environment Protection Attitude – A Strategic Marketing Approach Towards Sustainability, Sara Dolnicar
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The optimal way of implementing sustainable tourism is to identify that particular market segment that cares about environmental issues and does not perceive it as sacrifice to treat the destination’s resources with care. This study aims at reviewing past endeavours in this direction and empirically illustrate the approach suggested by characterizing the group of sustainable summer vacationers in Austria. These tourists turn out to offer a strong basis for the creation of a sustainable niche segment for future marketing action.
Explaining Union Mobilisation In The 1880s And Early 1900s, R. Markey
Explaining Union Mobilisation In The 1880s And Early 1900s, R. Markey
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The two great upsurges in Australian union mobilisation occurred in the 1880s and the first decade of the twentieth century. In both cases membership increased in scope and intensity: an expansion of the number of union organisations across a wider range of industries and occupations, as well as an increase of union density in industries and occupations where unions already existed. However, a major environmental difference between the two upsurges in mass unionism was the existence of a system of compulsory state arbitration, from 1901 in NSW and from 1904 in the Commonwealth. It has commonly been observed that the …
India: The Role Of Small-Scale Industries In An Emerging Economy, Shyam Bhati
India: The Role Of Small-Scale Industries In An Emerging Economy, Shyam Bhati
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The role of small-scale industries in the economic development of India in recent years is critically analysed in this paper. Various factors affecting the growth and development of small-scale industries and the problem faced by this vital sector of Indian economy is examined. The contribution of small-scale industries in employment growth, production, export promotion and other economic indicators are discussed. Conclusions drawn from the analysis of the data suggest that the various policy initiatives taken by the Government of India since independence have helped this sector to grow considerably. Some of the policies of the Government of India may, however, …
Operationalizing Segment Choice Criteria, Sara Dolnicar, Roman Freitag
Operationalizing Segment Choice Criteria, Sara Dolnicar, Roman Freitag
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Market segmentation has become one of the fundamental building blocks of strategic marketing during the last decades. Although the methodology of deriving market segments from survey data became more and more sophisticated, no operationalized list of selection criteria for alternative segment options has been introduced so far to the authors' knowledge. The purpose of this paper is (l) to illustrate the lack of operationalized segment choice (or attractiveness evaluation) criteria and (2) to make a first step towards filling this gap.
Identifying The Corporate Leaders, Simon Ville
Identifying The Corporate Leaders, Simon Ville
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In chapter two we used a range of aggregated time series and pooled cross-sectional data on the economy and firms to present a broad picture of the growth of big business in the Australian economy, and drew parallels with the experience of other nations. We were able to identify in which sectors our largest firms have been located, how this changed over the course of the twentieth century, and who these firms were. This provides the basis for a closer investigation of some of these firms in this and the subsequent chapters. Thus, in the current chapter, we develop the …
Institutional Isomorphism And The Adoption Of Lass In A Developing Country: Another Crisis Of External Dependence, Monir Zaman Mir, Abu Shiraz Rahaman
Institutional Isomorphism And The Adoption Of Lass In A Developing Country: Another Crisis Of External Dependence, Monir Zaman Mir, Abu Shiraz Rahaman
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper provides a critical evaluation of the recent decision of the Bangladeshi accounting profession to adopt all applicable International Accounting Standards. The paper argues that institutional legitimisation is a key factor that drives the adoption process. This argument is based on evidence of immense pressure that major international donor/lending institutions put on the Bangladeshi government and professional accounting bodies to adopt lASs not only to provide credibility to foreign investors but also ensure that accountability arrangements with lending/donor agencies are tight enough. Clearly, the government and other institutions in Bangladesh have very little option (if any at all) because …
Internationalisation Process: Revisiting The Uppsala Model In The Asian Context, J Rajendren Pandian, Ah Ba Sim
Internationalisation Process: Revisiting The Uppsala Model In The Asian Context, J Rajendren Pandian, Ah Ba Sim
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The Uppsala model of the intemationalisation process in terms of gradual incremental steps had been widely adopted in empirical research, particularly in the context of western multinational firms. We revisited this model in the context of Asian multinational firms. Examining case studies of Asian MNEs from Taiwan and Singapore in the textile and electronics industries, we found variations in the process postulated by the Uppsala model, and seek to explain them in terms of proactive actions and absorptive capacity perspective. Future research and limitations are also indicated.
An Appraisal Of Socially Responsible Investments And Implications For Trustees And Other Investment Fiduciaries, Paul U. Ali, Martin Gold
An Appraisal Of Socially Responsible Investments And Implications For Trustees And Other Investment Fiduciaries, Paul U. Ali, Martin Gold
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper examines the suitability for trustees and other investment fiduciaries of the class of investments known variously as "socially responsible", "ethical", "screened", "social" or "sustainable" investments, in the context of the legal duties imposed on fiduciaries to invest the fund entrusted to them in a prudent manner. The paper is intended to provide trustees and investment fiduciaries with the legal tools for appraising socially responsible investments, a task fraught with difficulties given the political sensitivities and controversies associated with such investments. An estimated $1.9 billion has been invested according to socially responsible investment r'SRI") strategies by Australian managed investment …
An Overview Of Export Processing Zones: Selected Asian Countries, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
An Overview Of Export Processing Zones: Selected Asian Countries, Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper surveys the literature on the perfonnance of Export processing Zones (EPZs) that have used a benefit-cost analytical framework. The survey reveals that as industrial development proceeds, the gap between market and opportunity cost of labour narrows and the interest on EPZs tends to disspear. Interest on EPZs may hold only if the zones generate private profit to domestic shareholders. Recent policy measures of World Trade Organisation may eventually result in lower rates ofprivate returns and may become a threat to existing and new EPZs.
Structural Change And The Older Male Worker In Australia, Martin J. O'Brien
Structural Change And The Older Male Worker In Australia, Martin J. O'Brien
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Unfavourable changes in the industry composition of employment overt he last two decades has been suggested as a reason for structural unemployment and declining labour force participation of older males in Australia. In this paper, the author explores this proposition by analysing employment data for older males over the 1984 to 1999 period. Standard shift-share analysis findings suggest that, although older males are over-represented in stagnant or declining industries and under-represented in growth sectors, the net aggregate effects of structural change for older males' employment trends are minimal. However, alternative methodologies presented reveal a number of interesting insights into the …
Trust, Choice And Online Shopping, Lawrence Ang, Chris Dubelaar, Boon-Chye Lee
Trust, Choice And Online Shopping, Lawrence Ang, Chris Dubelaar, Boon-Chye Lee
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Trust is a major issue in Internet transactions. This paper presents a model of trust on the Internet that focuses on three dimensions of trust. It investigates the perceived value a consumer places on these dimensions when set in the context of different product categories, price discounts, and delivery time. It is argued that the more willing an Internet merchant is to heed these three dimension of trusts, the greater the probability of transaction on the Internet.
"Fractured Tales For Teaching Accounting: A Journey Through Three Worlds?", Kathleen A. Cooper, Kellie M. Mccombie, Kathy M. Rudkin
"Fractured Tales For Teaching Accounting: A Journey Through Three Worlds?", Kathleen A. Cooper, Kellie M. Mccombie, Kathy M. Rudkin
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper discusses the present educational trends in the Western World, and in particular Australia, that endanger the prospect of critical thought in accounting education. Such trends include the commodification of the student and education, reductions in government funding, and the emergence of Online education. We believe that economic pressure brought to bear on what accounting, and how accounting is taught, should be resisted to preserve the integrity of learning outcomes for students. This then leads us to reveal our struggle to learn/teach in a critical sense. The paper evaluates various pedagogical approaches, and their consequences for teaching and learning …
Competition And Innovation: Small And Medium Enterprises In The New Economy, Boon-Chye Lee
Competition And Innovation: Small And Medium Enterprises In The New Economy, Boon-Chye Lee
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The advent of the "New Economy" has important implications for how small and medium-sized enterprises will compete. This. paper proceeds by examining the key characteristics of the industries of the New Economy, and what they mean from the perspectIve of innovation and competition for SMEs.
Paths Of Corporate Development: Directions And Methods Of Growth, Simon Ville
Paths Of Corporate Development: Directions And Methods Of Growth, Simon Ville
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In Scale and Scope Chandler explained the typical directions of growth followed by large scale American corporations who sustained their industry leadership. I This involved phases of horizontal and vertical integration to capture economies of scale and throughput, followed by product diversification in response to new scientific research, and internationalization to exploit their competitive advantages in foreign markets. This has not been a universal experience of all countries; successful British firms, for example, have been less vertically integrated and Japanese firms were for long reluctant to expand overseas. Typical methods of growth - internal expansion, mergers, and interfirm ventures - …
Analysis Of Information Cost Incurred In Foreign Exchange Risk Management By Smes, Shyam S. Bhati
Analysis Of Information Cost Incurred In Foreign Exchange Risk Management By Smes, Shyam S. Bhati
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In this study, the theory of Information Cost developed by Casson (1995) is used to explain the various intormatlOn cost associated with foreign exchange risk management by SMEs. From the application of Casson's theory, 1t 1S concluded that the SMEs incur maximum cost in collecting, communicating and synthesising information while managing foreign exchange risk. Also, the SMEs do not seem to have the potential to reduce these information costs because of ,their limited bargaining capacity in relation to service provIders. As such, SMEs would fit the description of "optimal" organisation as defined by Casson (1995) due to the trade-offmade by …
Evaluating The Knowledge Assets Of Innovative Companies, Helen M. Hasan, Maen Al-Hawari
Evaluating The Knowledge Assets Of Innovative Companies, Helen M. Hasan, Maen Al-Hawari
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In the current post-industrial society, knowledge is recognised as a primary source of a company's wealth. However knowledge assets are much more difficult to identify and measure than are the physical assets with which we are much more familiar. (Boisot 1998) As a company's innovative capacity may be dependent upon its ability to take advantage of its knowledge assets, it is important to be able to identify and measure those assets. While large companies can afford extensive knowledge management projects, there is a acute need for a method by which managers in smaller organisations can easily and reliably locate and …
Strengthening The Knowledge Economy, Samuel Garrett-Jones
Strengthening The Knowledge Economy, Samuel Garrett-Jones
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
What is knowledge ecomony? The knowledge economy could be defined as one where "comparative advantage [is] much less a function of natural resource endowments and capital-labour ratios and much more a function of technology and skills". 13 Its development is the product of two forces: a rise in the knowledge intensity of economic activities and an increasing globalization of economic affairs. It is driven by the revolution in information and communications technology, the increasing pace of technological change and by national and international deregulation. 14
The Organisation Of Knowledge: Optimising The Role Of Universities In A Western Australian 'Knowledge Hub', Tim Turpin, Jane Marceau, Samuel Garrett-Jones, Reg Appleyard, Dora Marinova
The Organisation Of Knowledge: Optimising The Role Of Universities In A Western Australian 'Knowledge Hub', Tim Turpin, Jane Marceau, Samuel Garrett-Jones, Reg Appleyard, Dora Marinova
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
A feature of globally competitive knowledge-based economies is that governments, universities and industry work together in these economies to create regional ‘knowledge hubs’. A knowledge hub is essentially a “region” with an ensemble of knowledgeintensive organisations located in both public and private sectors. Knowledge hubs have three major functions: to generate knowledge; to transfer and apply knowledge; and to transmit knowledge to others in the community through education and training. The present study was commissioned by TIAC with a view to developing options to optimise the role of WA’s universities in supporting a WA Knowledge Hub. Universities have an important …
Improving The System Of Financial Incentives For Enhancing Thailand's Industrial Technological Capabilities, Tim Turpin, Samuel Garrett-Jones, Paul Robertson, Siracha Charoenpanij, Peter Brimble
Improving The System Of Financial Incentives For Enhancing Thailand's Industrial Technological Capabilities, Tim Turpin, Samuel Garrett-Jones, Paul Robertson, Siracha Charoenpanij, Peter Brimble
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This report provides a summary of current international experiences with financial incentives for supporting technology development and identifies some important implications for public policy in Thailand. International experiences have demonstrated the broader public good that can be achieved through policies and public interventions that stimulate technology learning environments built around clusters or networks of firms and national support institutions. Financial incentives serve as a mediating influence to enhance the flow of knowledge from firms that are closer to a leading technological edge through to those firms where technological skills are lagging. They are therefore an essential tool available to governments …
Rehabilitation Of Mining Sites: Do Taxation And Accounting Systems Legitimize The Privileged Or Serve Community Interests?, Natalie P. Stoianoff, Mary A. Kaidonis
Rehabilitation Of Mining Sites: Do Taxation And Accounting Systems Legitimize The Privileged Or Serve Community Interests?, Natalie P. Stoianoff, Mary A. Kaidonis
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Accounting and taxation systems are considered as two coexisting institutional practices which claim to be neutral and to function for the benefit of society. These claims are examined with reference to the natural resources industry and the treatment of rehabilitation costs in Australia, as the impact of this industry, both economic and environmental, is significant. By comparing the practice of accounting in financial reporting and in taxation, the use of calculative and representational practices is exposed to identify contradictions, conflicts and disparities.
Racialized Gendering Of The Accountancy Profession: Toward An Understanding Of Chinese Women's Experiences In Accountancy In New Zealand, Soon Nam Kim
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In the last two decades or so there has been lively academic and political debate about the continued gendering process ofthe accountancy profession. Less attention, however, has been given to the impact of racialization of the accountancy profession on the lives of ethnic minorities and even less attention to ethnic minority women. Yet a growing body of evidence has forced critical researchers to clarify the additional barriers to success ethnic minority women face in the accountancy profession due to a confluence ofrace/ethnicity and gender/sex discrimination. This study of Chinese women accountants' experiences in New Zealand demonstrates that because of their …
The C-Oar-Se Procedure For Scale Development In Marketing, John R. Rossiter
The C-Oar-Se Procedure For Scale Development In Marketing, John R. Rossiter
Faculty of Business - Papers (Archive)
Construct definition, Object classification, Attribute classification, Rater identification, Scale formation, and Enumeration and reporting (C-OAR-SE) is proposed as a new procedure for the development of scales to measure marketing constructs. COAR- SE is based on content validity, established by expert agreement after pre-interviews with target raters. In C-OAR-SE, constructs are defined in terms of Object, Attribute, and Rater Entity. The Object classification and Attribute classification steps in C-OAR-SE produce a framework (six types of scales) indicating when to use single-item vs. multiple-item scales and, for multiple-item scales, when to use an index of essential items rather than selecting unidimensional items …
The Options For Future Assessment Models In Community Care, Kathy Eagar, Alan G. Owen
The Options For Future Assessment Models In Community Care, Kathy Eagar, Alan G. Owen
Sydney Business School - Papers
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Applying Critical Ethnographic Methodology And Method In Accounting Research, Kathy Rudkin
Applying Critical Ethnographic Methodology And Method In Accounting Research, Kathy Rudkin
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper provides a perspective on the methodological integrity of doing critical ethnographies. Critical ethnography investigates context specific social and cultural uses of accounting in an organization. This paper describes the nature and genealogy of ethnographic research. While this methodology satisfies calls for context specific and ideologically aware research, researchers need to be cognizant of their constitutive role in the ethnographic research they produce. Key limitations in ethnographic research identified are the limiting factors of language, the morphing effects of context, imperfections of the researcher, and ethical considerations surrounding the verification and ownership of data. Despite these limitations, strengths in …
Metacapitalism And The Politics Of The New Academy, George M. Mickhail
Metacapitalism And The Politics Of The New Academy, George M. Mickhail
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The salvationary promise of immortality is equally seductive let alone dominant in our personal and professional lives alike. The promise of an institution's global successful salvation is no different to the promise of humans' salvation. It has been the most revered ideal over the ages and religions promise to deliver such salvation. Consulting firms are no different, as they represent the modem religious experience to institutions, private and public alike. The prophets of consulting have been invoking such feelings of 'awe' with their 'symbols', like: Business Process Reengineering, Best Practice and so on, in rituals, such as: MetaCapitalim, engaged in …
Effective Teaching And Learning In Accounting Education: Examining The Linkages Between Students' Perceptions Of The Teaching Context, Students' Approaches To Learning And Students' Outcomes, Anne Abraham
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Research in accounting education has almost neglected both student perceptions of the learning context and their approaches to learning. Instead, studies have focused on either the teaching context or the outcomes of learning. This omission has meant that accounting educators often experience difficulty in understanding students conceive learning to be, how they perceive the learning task, or how they approach learning. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the perceptions, the approaches and the outcomes of students in a business subject in order to discover how these students learn and thus to provide some strategies which …
Minimising Attainment Deficit: A Leadership Process Theory, George K. Kriflik, Robert Jones
Minimising Attainment Deficit: A Leadership Process Theory, George K. Kriflik, Robert Jones
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Leadership as a process was found by RTA workers to fulfill their need for attaining their potential in their jobs. This article presents an overview of this substantive theory which emerged during a Grounded Theory study. Minimising Attainment Deficit, the process, comprises a number of Leader Strategies which aim to modify workplace conditions and so alter workers’ behaviours. The fundamental premise of this theory is the workers’ perceptions of their own potential and their perception of what they are currently achieving, and that any shortfall in achievement results in an Attainment Deficit. Minimising Attainment Deficit Unleashes workers to achieve higher …
Using Olap And Multidimensional Data For Decision Making, Helen M. Hasan, P. Hyland
Using Olap And Multidimensional Data For Decision Making, Helen M. Hasan, P. Hyland
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Managers see information as a critical resource and require systems that let them exploit it for competitive advantage. One way to better use organizational information is via online analytical processing and multidimensional databases (MDDBs). OLAP and MDDBs present summarized information from company databases. They use multidimensional structures that let managers slice and dice views of company performance data and drill down into trouble spots. For over a decade, proponents have touted these tools as the ultimate executive information system, but most of the hype comes from product vendors themselves. Based on our experience with several OLAP tools, we have developed …