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How Demographic Characteristics Affect Mode Preference In A Postal/Web Mixed-Mode Survey Of Australian Researchers, Kieren Diment, Samuel Garrett-Jones
How Demographic Characteristics Affect Mode Preference In A Postal/Web Mixed-Mode Survey Of Australian Researchers, Kieren Diment, Samuel Garrett-Jones
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Early promise for the Internet as a tool to make social research questionnaires easier and cheaper to deliver is not fully realized. This study reports a mixed-mode survey of 1,100 Australian researchers. When respondents were given the choice to complete either web- or paper-based versions of a questionnaire, the majority chose the paper-based mode. Web respondents were more likely to be young, male, middle ranking, and working in information technology–related sectors. The authors highlight the need to determine how far alternate delivery modes increase response rates. For mixed-mode surveys to be financially and methodologically worthwhile, the authors propose that the …
Some Job Hunters Are What They Post, Michael D. Mann
Some Job Hunters Are What They Post, Michael D. Mann
Michael D. Mann
Plug a prospective employee's name into an Internet search engine, and you might be surprised at what you find. Web pages may tell hiring attorneys that the person they just interviewed wrote for an undergraduate newspaper or belonged to a specific sorority, but the Web may also reveal the recent interviewee's drink of choice and dating status. Law firms can use the Internet for their own recruiting needs, says attorney Michael D. Mann, but they should take what they read on the Web with a grain of salt.
A Transfer Pricing Apparatus For Measuring Value Added Along The Supply Chain: Reflections For Internet Based Inter-Organisational Relationships, Michael D. J. Clements, Nigel J. Price
A Transfer Pricing Apparatus For Measuring Value Added Along The Supply Chain: Reflections For Internet Based Inter-Organisational Relationships, Michael D. J. Clements, Nigel J. Price
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Inter-firm communication through advanced technology such as the internet, adds value to supply chain organisations through speed of information transference at a lower cost than traditional communication modes. However, the sharing of sensitive market information relies upon a strong inter-organisational relationship presence, displaying intangible qualities such as trust and commitment. These value added relational based characteristics are not as yet easily measured. This paper introduces and explains the concept of measuring value added along the supply chain from a transfer pricing perspective. This non-conventional supply chain (value-chain) perspective invites the reader to consider measuring added value as it moves between …