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Editorial For The Special Issue On It And Climate Change, Aditya Ghose, Helen Hasan, Trevor Spedding
Editorial For The Special Issue On It And Climate Change, Aditya Ghose, Helen Hasan, Trevor Spedding
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A Selection of Papers from the Carbon-Centric Computing National Research Summit held at the University of Wollongong, November 24, 2008
Affects Of Strategic Leadership On Business Success - A Cross-Cultural Analysis From A Resource Based View, Georg Hirschi, Michael Jones
Affects Of Strategic Leadership On Business Success - A Cross-Cultural Analysis From A Resource Based View, Georg Hirschi, Michael Jones
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This paper concerns strategic leadership as it functions in businesses today. The research will outline which skills and characteristics are the most important for being a strategic leader. The influence of culture on leadership is also investigated, leading to the examination of the question of whether business strategy affects leadership. The paper links leadership with strategic management and discusses how a successful practice of leadership can help an organization create a unique and valuable market position, assisting the attainment of sustainable competitive advantage. The research demonstrates that strategic leadership is above the operational level of management and that strategic leaders …
Exploring The Issues In Sustainable Development Journal Reporting, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Luba Torlina, Jamie Mustard
Exploring The Issues In Sustainable Development Journal Reporting, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Luba Torlina, Jamie Mustard
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There is concern about the environmental claims organisations make in corporate social reports and advertising. Similar concerns may also occur with reporting of environmental initiatives in journals. This paper explores what information is being conveyed in academic and industry journals. In particular, we examine the types of projects that are discussed and the level of detail provided in the reporting of sustainable development initiatives to identify what is being communicated and whether there is substance to the reporting. The results show that there are issues with the lack of detail reported and its anecdotal nature.
Knowledge Sharing By Organisations In Sustainable Development Projects, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Luba Torlina, Jamie Mustard
Knowledge Sharing By Organisations In Sustainable Development Projects, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Luba Torlina, Jamie Mustard
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There are an increasing number of organisations seeing the benefits of implementing sustainable development practices within their processes and product design. However, there are a number of barriers that are preventing organisations from taking up this challenge. Some of these barriers could be reduced through the application of better external knowledge sharing. This paper explores the potential for sharing knowledge about sustainable development practices in academic and industry journals. Using content analysis, the types of projects that are discussed and the level of detail provided in the reporting of sustainable development initiatives by organisations are examined to identify what is …
Going Beyond Climate Ethics: Virtuousness In Climate Change Initiatives, Mario Fernando
Going Beyond Climate Ethics: Virtuousness In Climate Change Initiatives, Mario Fernando
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This paper examines the place of virtuousness in climate change initiatives and presents a framework to assess the extent of virtuousness in mitigation and adaptation strategies. Although some argue that climate change is fundamentally an ethical issue, compared to the scientific literature on climate change, the body of climate ethics literature is more recent and considerably smaller. According to Posas (2007), since the first warning of climate change by an oceanographer in 1957, the most significant milestones in terms of introducing an ethical perspective to climate change was the Buenos Aires Declaration in December, 2004. At the same time, there …
Ramsey-Friedman Optimality With Banking Time, Max Gillman, Oleg Yerokhin
Ramsey-Friedman Optimality With Banking Time, Max Gillman, Oleg Yerokhin
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This chapter conducts a Ramsey analysis within an endogenous growth cashin-advance economy with policy commitment. Credit and money are alternative payment mechanisms that act as inputs into the household production of exchange. The credit is produced with a diminishing returns technology with Inada conditions that implies along the balanced-growth path a degree one homogeneity of effective banking time. This tightens the restrictions found within shopping time economies while providing a production basis for the Ramsey-Friedman optimum that suggests a special case of Diamond and Mirrlees (1971).
Paragons And Dysfunctions: A Report On The First Asia Workshop On Institutional Analysis Organised By The Ronald Coase Institute, Alfredo R. Paloyo
Paragons And Dysfunctions: A Report On The First Asia Workshop On Institutional Analysis Organised By The Ronald Coase Institute, Alfredo R. Paloyo
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In January 2008, the Ronald Coase Institute conducted the First Asia Workshop on Institutional Analysis, in partnership with the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the Asia Competitiveness Institute of the National University of Singapore. This report highlights the general theme of the workshop: that well-functioning institutions are fundamental to development. This is shown by summarising two studies presented at the workshop and by contrasting two countries from Southeast Asia, i.e., the Philippines and Singapore.
Time Orientation, Task Characteristics, And Customer Performance, Nina Reynolds, Salvador Ruiz De Maya
Time Orientation, Task Characteristics, And Customer Performance, Nina Reynolds, Salvador Ruiz De Maya
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The present study illustrates that consumer time use preference moderates the effect of satisfaction with the task solution, but has no impact on level of performance. Results show that more complex tasks produce higher (lower) levels of satisfaction for polychronic (monochronic) consumers than simpler tasks. In contrast, prioritizing complex activities increases (decreases) satisfaction for monochronic (polychronic) consumers. Unlike task solution satisfaction, time orientation does not impact on task performance. These findings suggest that online retailers should emphasize site factors related to consumers' tasks that best suit the time use preference of their primary users in order to maximize customer satisfaction.
Individualised Rating-Scale Procedure: A Means Of Reducing Response Style Contamination In Survey Data?, Elisa Chami-Castaldi, Nina Reynolds, James Wallace
Individualised Rating-Scale Procedure: A Means Of Reducing Response Style Contamination In Survey Data?, Elisa Chami-Castaldi, Nina Reynolds, James Wallace
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Response style bias has been shown to seriously contaminate the substantive results drawn from survey data; particularly those conducted using cross-cultural samples. As a consequence. identification of response formats that suffer least from responst style bias has been called for. Previous studies show that respondents' personal characteristics, such as age, education level and culture, are connected with response style manifestation. Differences in the way respondents interpret and utilise researcher-defined fixed rating-scales (e.g. Likert formats), poses a problem for survey researchers. Techniques that are currently used to remove response bias from survey data are inadequate as they cannot accurately determine the …
The Role Of Knowledge Management In An Organisation's Sustainable Development, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Sukunesan Sinnappan
The Role Of Knowledge Management In An Organisation's Sustainable Development, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Sukunesan Sinnappan
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This paper intends to study the role that Knowledge Management has in development of sustainable organisations. Particularly, the researchers propose to examine key factors in the use of Knowledge Management and sustainable development that could be used to provide a measure in achieving sustainability. The research project is an exploratory study using a case study approach due to the limited amount of literature available on the use of Knowledge Management in sustainable development. The significance of this study is the opportunity to see how much impact Knowledge Management can make in the process of re-engineering an organisation along sustainable goals. …
Categorisation Of Knowledge Management Processes In The Development Of Sustainable Enterprises, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Sukunesan Sinnappan
Categorisation Of Knowledge Management Processes In The Development Of Sustainable Enterprises, Rosemary Van Der Meer, Sukunesan Sinnappan
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Sustainable development is a growing area of interest in organisations. Particularly those that have large energy demands for processing, use dwindling raw materials or produce a great deal of waste through production. Knowing those processes that can contribute to making an organisation more sustainable provides a great advantage both in terms of project implementation success and in measurable Triple Bottom Line returns. In previous research we identified that many of the Information Technology processes used to assist organisations in developing sustainable practices were more clearly suited as Knowledge Management processes (Van Der Meer and Sinnappan, 2008), however less empirical study …
Connectedness In Work Relationships And Quality Of Working Life: Evidence From Australian Call Centres, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Mario Fernando
Connectedness In Work Relationships And Quality Of Working Life: Evidence From Australian Call Centres, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Mario Fernando
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Although empirical studies examine how employees perceive their relationships with their coworkers, these studies fail to explain how the quality and strength of co-worker relationships determine the workers' overall quality of working life. Drawing from the growing workplace spirituality literature identifying connectedness at work as a key attribute of strong co-worker relationships and well being, in this paper, we examine the place of connectedness in the quality of co-worker relationships in two Australian call centres. Using the case study approach, we draw similarities and differences between two Australian call centres. Two quite different approaches to people management are found alongside …
The Distinction Between Tax Avoidance And Tax Evasion Has Become Blurred In Australia: Why Has It Happened?, John Mclaren
The Distinction Between Tax Avoidance And Tax Evasion Has Become Blurred In Australia: Why Has It Happened?, John Mclaren
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The distinction between tax avoidance and tax evasion has been well established in the Australian taxation system. However, for some time the Australian Government has ignored the difference between the two concepts when it comes to Australians using tax havens and being investigated as part of 'Project Wickenby'.1The Australian Government is deliberately labelling all attempts to minimise income tax through the use of tax havens and offshore financial centres (OFCs) as tax evasion and therefore a criminal act. There have been examples quoted in the press where the Australian Crime Commission, conducting investigations as part of 'Project Wickenby', have gained …
Method Variation In Calculating Perceived Change, Antonis C. Simintiras, Nina Reynolds
Method Variation In Calculating Perceived Change, Antonis C. Simintiras, Nina Reynolds
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Motivated by findings in the literature suggesting that error attributed to measures used in generating retrospective reports are excessive, this study explores error attributed to methods that individuals use for calculating change retrospectively. Preliminary findings indicate that method variation is present which, in turn, affects the reported change scores (i.e., the scores varied as a function of the calculation method used). These findings suggest that the accuracy and comparability of retrospective reporting might be improved if one controls for inter-individual calculation method variation. A brief discussion of the implications of the results along with suggestions for future research is provided.
Explaining Intention To Use An Information Technology Innovation: An Empirical Comparison Of The Perceived Characteristics Of Innovating And Technology Acceptance Models, Sam Jebeile, Robert Reeve
Explaining Intention To Use An Information Technology Innovation: An Empirical Comparison Of The Perceived Characteristics Of Innovating And Technology Acceptance Models, Sam Jebeile, Robert Reeve
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This study examines the issue of technology acceptance in a multi-campus secondary college in Sydney, Australia. Seventy-five teachers across two campuses were surveyed as to their perceptions regarding technology acceptance. Regression analysis was used to compare the explanatory power of the perceived characteristics of innovating model (PCIM), and the technology acceptance model (TAM). Both models explained a substantial amount of variation in technology acceptance. However, our findings suggest that it is preferable to use the PCIM, rather than the TAM, to explain intention to use an information technology innovation. Implications for both future research and practice are discussed.
Explaining Intention To Use An Information Technology Innovation: An Empirical Comparison Of The Perceived Characteristics Of Innovating And Technology Acceptance, Sam Jebeile, Robert Reeve
Explaining Intention To Use An Information Technology Innovation: An Empirical Comparison Of The Perceived Characteristics Of Innovating And Technology Acceptance, Sam Jebeile, Robert Reeve
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This study examines the issue of technology acceptance in a multi-campus secondary college in Sydney, Australia. Seventy-five teachers across two campuses were surveyed as to their perceptions regarding technology acceptance. Regression analysis was used to compare the explanatory power of the perceived characteristics of innovating model (PCIM), and the technology acceptance model (TAM). Both models explained a substantial amount of variation in technology acceptance. However, our findings suggest that it is preferable to use the PCIM, rather than the TAM, to explain intention to use an information technology innovation. Implications for both future research and practice are discussed.
The Relationship Between Accounting Profit And Economic Income, John Ryan
The Relationship Between Accounting Profit And Economic Income, John Ryan
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The reliance on economic concepts, most notably economic income, for the measurement of profit in financial accounting is misplaced. This paper explores the concept of economic income, contrasting it with the concept of profit in the conventional accounting model. The concept of individual economic income cannot be used for measurement of profit for a past period as the concept is based on the capitalisation of expectations and excludes "separate but correlated" concepts of profit and capital needed for capital maintenance.
Personal Income Tax Reform In Australia: A Specific Proposal, Binh Tran-Nam, Linh Vu, Brian Andrew
Personal Income Tax Reform In Australia: A Specific Proposal, Binh Tran-Nam, Linh Vu, Brian Andrew
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This paper examines the possibility that foreign aid financing for public capital accumulation in developing countries may lead to excess depreciation of capital. The depreciation rate on public capital is endogenised in a general equilibrium framework in which the government collects a consumption tax to finance maintenance and repair expenditures as well as public investment. Tow simple cases are formulated and analysed to show that excess depreciation of public capital may result from budgetary and international aid and financing distortions that skew allocations to new investment rather than to maintenance of existing capital.
Phone Ladies - Change Agents To Shape The Bottom Of The Pyramid: Experience Of Bangladesh, Shahriar Akter, Umme Hani
Phone Ladies - Change Agents To Shape The Bottom Of The Pyramid: Experience Of Bangladesh, Shahriar Akter, Umme Hani
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"If we stop thinking of the poor as victims of as a burden and start recognizing them as resilient and creative entrepreneurs and value -conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity will open up"(Prahalad, 2005). 'Village phone' is such a weapon of social revolution in rural Bangladesh that fights against poverty by facilitating entrepreneurship , reducing transaction costs, and substituting for slow, unreliable transport and postal systems. It is a tool to empower the nation's rural women with earnings, information, dignity and status. The women are now acting as change agents in rural Bangladesh by serving the community as …
Corporate Governance Reporting As A Voluntary Disclosure: A Study On The Annual Reports Of Square Group, Md. Habib-Uz-Zaman Khan, Suntu Kumar Ghosh, Shahriar Akter
Corporate Governance Reporting As A Voluntary Disclosure: A Study On The Annual Reports Of Square Group, Md. Habib-Uz-Zaman Khan, Suntu Kumar Ghosh, Shahriar Akter
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Corporate governance refers to the manner in which a corporation is directed, and laws and customs affecting that direction. It includes the laws governing the formations of firms, the by-laws established by the firm itself, the structure of the firm The issue of corporate governance are receiving greater concentration in both developed and developing countries as a result of the increasing recognition that a firm's corporate governance affects both its economic performance and its ability to access long term, low cost investment capital. The issue has been reinforced in the corporate sectors after the recent accounting scandals for companies like …
The Tax Offset For Entrepreneurs: A Critical Review Of The 25% Tax Offset Concession For Small Business, John Mclaren
The Tax Offset For Entrepreneurs: A Critical Review Of The 25% Tax Offset Concession For Small Business, John Mclaren
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From 1 July 2005, small business taxpayers using the Simplified Tax System and with a turnover of $50,000 or less are allowed a tax offset of 25 per cent on their tax payable. If turnover exceeds $50,000, the tax offset phases out at 1 per cent until the turnover reaches $75,000. This tax concession was part of the government's election statement made on 26 September 2004 in which the government stated that it wanted to assist and encourage small business entrepreneurs, particularly those set up from home. The steps involved in calculating the amount of tax offset that can be …
Should The International Income Of An Australian Resident Be Taxed On A Worldwide Or Territorial Basis?, John Mclaren
Should The International Income Of An Australian Resident Be Taxed On A Worldwide Or Territorial Basis?, John Mclaren
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Many countries impose income tax on the worldwide income of their residents or citizens. This is the case in Australia where 'Australian residents for tax purposes' must pay income tax on their worldwide income including statutory income such as capital gains and dividends. If the government of a country adopts a 'worldwide' basis for imposing income tax on its residents then the existence of tax havens and offshore financial centres becomes an important issue because income from passive investments may not be disclosed and subsequently taxed in Australia. The Australian Government has recently funded 'Operation Wickenby', in an attempt to …
Financial Liberalization Index For Nepal, Min B Shrestha, Khorshed Chowdhury
Financial Liberalization Index For Nepal, Min B Shrestha, Khorshed Chowdhury
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A financial liberalization index (FLI) for Nepal is constructed in order to show the degree or the level of financial liberalization at a particular time. FLI is calculated on the basis of principal components method following Demetriades and Luintel (1997), Bandiera, Caprio et al. (2000), Laeven (2003), and Laurenceson and Chai (2003). The index comprises eight policy components, viz, (1) interest rate deregulation (IRD), (2) removal of entry barriers (REB), (3) reduction in reserve requirement (RRR), (4) easing in credit control (ECC), (5) implementation of prudential rules (IPR), (6) stock market reform (SMR), (7) privatization of state-owned banks (PSB), and …
A Pda Based Point Of Care E-Health Solution For Ambulatory Care, Daniel Walsh, Carole Alcock, Lois Burgess, Joan Cooper
A Pda Based Point Of Care E-Health Solution For Ambulatory Care, Daniel Walsh, Carole Alcock, Lois Burgess, Joan Cooper
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The adoption of PDAs and mobile communication is expected to provide a solution to the use of computer technology by healthcare workers at the point-of-care. The Australian National Health Information Strategy, Health Online, is providing national leadership for approaches to address the quality and availability of information to assist in the planning and delivery of care. One area for potential growth is the availability and capture of information at the point of care by healthcare providers. A key factor in the lack of adoption of systems, is that traditionally health care information systems have been designed for desktop computing whereas …
When Non-Standard Work Becomes Precarious: Insights From The New Zealand Call Centre Industry, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Felicity Lamm
When Non-Standard Work Becomes Precarious: Insights From The New Zealand Call Centre Industry, Zeenobiyah Nadiyah Hannif, Felicity Lamm
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The issue of precarious employment has gained increasing currency over recent years, as OECD countries have shifted away from traditional standard employment models. Nevertheless, there has been little empirical research on the experiences of nonstandard workers and the links that can be established with precarious work. This article attempts to address this gap by introducing precarious employment as a sub-set of non-standard work and highlighting its distinguishing features. The Tucker model is introduced as a useful bridge between non-standard work and precariousness, and is used as a framework for examining employment experiences within two New Zealand call centres. Initial observations …
Handloom Industry On The Way Of Extinction: An Empirical Study Over The Pre-Dominant Factors, Shahriar Akter, Suntu Kumar Ghosh
Handloom Industry On The Way Of Extinction: An Empirical Study Over The Pre-Dominant Factors, Shahriar Akter, Suntu Kumar Ghosh
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Handloom industry in Bangladesh is having glorious past, questionable present and blurry future due to a lot of internal and external factors that are acting behind the scene. In this paper, we have identified those predominant factors that are moving the wheels of this industry slowly. And among them, shortage of working capital, high cost of raw material procurement, lack of organizing capability, inadequate technology and efficiency, and lack of policy support are major forces which are bitterly hit the handloom industry.
Globalisation And Enterprise Culture In Developing Economies: A Preliminary Assessment, Roshni Narendran
Globalisation And Enterprise Culture In Developing Economies: A Preliminary Assessment, Roshni Narendran
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The global environment has been susceptible to changes for centuries. In recent years, the process which have moved the world towards "global interdependence and exchange' have been known as globalisation (Mazuri, 2002). Globalisation led to changes in the social and economic environment, and in both developed and developing countries experienced opportunities for economic growth. This was an uneven process but provided opportunities for new entrepreneurial activities. According to Schumpeter (1934), entrepreneurial activities are the result of combinations from discovering new markets, new raw materials, new suppliers and new production methods. These entrepreneurial activities would enable opportunities to be exploited and …
Foster Carers In New South Wales: Profile And Projections Based On Abs Census Data, Peter Siminski, Jenny Chalmers, Marilyn Mchugh
Foster Carers In New South Wales: Profile And Projections Based On Abs Census Data, Peter Siminski, Jenny Chalmers, Marilyn Mchugh
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Administrative data on foster carers in New South Wales (NSW) are sadly lacking. Based on research commissioned by the NSW Department of Community Services, this paper uses the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census of Population and Housing and other data to provide up to date information on the characteristics of foster carers and the demographic trends that are influencing their numbers. Census data indicate that foster carer families are most likely to contain women aged 35-54 years, not in the labour force. Couples account for two thirds of all foster carers, with the majority of those couples also caring for …
The State Of Representative Participation In Australia: Where To Next?, Raymond Markey
The State Of Representative Participation In Australia: Where To Next?, Raymond Markey
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The article first examines the rationale for representative participation, and the circumstances under which it has spread internationally. It then surveys the existing data for representative participation in Australia, and presents a case for legislation to introduce a generalised system of German-style works councils. The paper concludes that the first step towards this end should be the instigation of a major research agenda to discover more regarding the elements of historical and contemporary practice which have accounted for success and failure in representative participation in Australia.
Envisioning Communication From The Edge, David Mckie, Judy M. Motion, Debashish Munshi
Envisioning Communication From The Edge, David Mckie, Judy M. Motion, Debashish Munshi
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In mapping movements on the edge, we explore how scholars redefine the boundaries of what constitutes research and practice. In The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty through Profits, a book that already promises to be one of the seminal business books of the 21 st century, C. K. Prahalad (2004) recounts his difficulties in finding a journal to publish the research that informed his book. Thanks to his earlier success with a prizewinning bestseller on more conventional business strategy, Competing for the Future (Hamel & Prahalad, 1994), Prahalad went on to find a book publisher despite …