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An Examination Of Poverty In South Asia With Special Reference To Sri Lanka, Arusha V. Cooray
An Examination Of Poverty In South Asia With Special Reference To Sri Lanka, Arusha V. Cooray
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
South Asia comprises India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, the Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan. With a population of approximately 1.4 billion it encompasses about two-thirds of the world's poor. One of the biggest challenges facing South Asia today is the issue of combating poverty. The purpose of this paper is to review the development record of South Asia and provide recommendations for the reduction of poverty in the future. However, Afghanistan is excluded from the study due to the non-availability of most data. Sri Lanka has been an outlier in relation to its South Asian counterparts with regard to its …
Australian Online Newspaper: An Exploratory Study On Internet Savvy Users Using Q-Methodology, Nor Hazlina Hashim, J. A. Meloche
Australian Online Newspaper: An Exploratory Study On Internet Savvy Users Using Q-Methodology, Nor Hazlina Hashim, J. A. Meloche
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper reports on the results of a study of online newsreaders. The study used Q-methodology to investigate the perception of online newspaper use with a group of Internet-literate participants in Australia composed of university students and academics. The relatively recent emergence of Internet facilities now enables news to circulate more quickly and more comprehensively online than in any other form. Yet online news has not replaced other forms of news distribution; it has tended to complement them. Thus, this study seeks to gain an understanding of online news from the perspective of active Internet users.
Consumer Response To Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: An Investigation Of Two Necessary Awareness States, Alan Pomering, Sara Dolnicar
Consumer Response To Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: An Investigation Of Two Necessary Awareness States, Alan Pomering, Sara Dolnicar
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Consumers increasingly expect companies to make a broader contribution to society. The business benefits of doing so, however, are currently not evident. Prior studies conclude that consumers’ purchase decisions are positively influenced by socially responsible initiatives. However, this insight appears to be of little practical relevance if the level of awareness of such initiatives among consumers is very low. McWilliams and Siegel (2001) emphasise that if CSR is to act as a point of differentiation, awareness of a firm’s CSR activities is crucial. We empirically test this awareness level. In doing so we respond to Maignan’s (2001) call for research …
Tacit Knowledge, Explicability And Creativity: A Study Of The Australian Film Industry, I. Alony, M. L. Jones
Tacit Knowledge, Explicability And Creativity: A Study Of The Australian Film Industry, I. Alony, M. L. Jones
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper explores the links between the sharing of tacit knowledge, the explication of tacit knowledge, and creativity, in the Australian Film Industry (AFI). Subject to harsh conditions including staff turnover, tight budgets and schedule constraints, the AFI does not formulate repositories of explicit knowledge. Instead, it relies on the sharing of tacit knowledge for its success. In this setting, the explication of tacit knowledge is studied. Two concepts arise from the qualitative data, and are explored in this paper. (1) Tacit knowledge has various levels of explicability, which can be conceptualized by an ‘Explicability Zone’. (2) There is a …
Rebels Without Applause: Time, Politics And Irony In Action Research, R J. Badham, Karin Garrety, M. Zanko
Rebels Without Applause: Time, Politics And Irony In Action Research, R J. Badham, Karin Garrety, M. Zanko
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Purpose of this paper: This paper seeks to raise for discussion and reflection some of the key dynamics of action research projects-in-practice. It focuses in particular on how action researchers broker academic and client interests, and how this brokering shifts over time. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on participant observation, drawing on the reflective and processual accounts of action researchers involved in a collaborative academic-industry-government project. Findings: The paper argues that the scope of action research projects to effectively address the needs of both audiences is compromised by managerialism in universities and organizations. However, the emergent and chaotic nature of …
Savings, Investment And Growth In India: An Application Of The Ardl Bounds Testing Approach, R. Verma
Savings, Investment And Growth In India: An Application Of The Ardl Bounds Testing Approach, R. Verma
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper considers savings, investment and economic growth for India using annual time series data for the period 1950/51 to 2003/04. The analysis uses Perron’s innovational outlier model to conduct unit root tests which endogenously determines a structural break. The empirical results show that the null hypothesis of unit root cannot be rejected for gross domestic product. Moreover, the results show that the most significant structural breaks over the last five decades correspond to the wars, regime change and the nationalisation of the banks. The study also utilises the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to test for cointegration. Whilst the …
A Toolbox For Public Relations: The Oeuvre Of Michel Foucault, Judith Motion, S. R. Leitch
A Toolbox For Public Relations: The Oeuvre Of Michel Foucault, Judith Motion, S. R. Leitch
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In this article, we provide a brief introduction to the work of Michel Foucault. Our focus is on the major themes of Foucault’s work: discourse, power/knowledge and subjectivity. We demonstrate the rich contribution that Foucauldian theory can make to public relations practice and scholarship by moving beyond a focus on excellence towards an understanding of public relations as a discourse practice with power effects.
Corporate Brands And Social Brands: Co-Branding Gm-Free And Uk Supermarkets, S. R. Leitch, S. Davenport
Corporate Brands And Social Brands: Co-Branding Gm-Free And Uk Supermarkets, S. R. Leitch, S. Davenport
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In this paper we introduce the concept of “social brands” and examine the potential for co-branding between corporate brands and social brands to enhance or damage the value of corporate brands. Co-branding has been theorized in terms of the relationship between the brands of organizations, products and services. However, from a discourse perspective, issues may also be understood to function as what we term “social brands” that may be incorporated in a co-branding strategy. We deploy Leitch and Richardson’s (2003) brand web model to analyze the potential benefits and dangers of forming co-branded relationships with social brands. We draw on …
Consumer's Product Comprehension: Limitations Of Past Work And Recommendations For New Directions, Amina Ait El Houssi, Sara Dolnicar
Consumer's Product Comprehension: Limitations Of Past Work And Recommendations For New Directions, Amina Ait El Houssi, Sara Dolnicar
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Advertising has to effectively explain new products to consumers. Product comprehension research provides the theoretical insights needed to do so. Yet, results from product comprehension research are limited because the stimuli used were not really new products and the validity of the comprehension measures used is questionable. We contribute by providing a brief literature review supporting the above claims and proposing two improvements for future work: the use of extensive pre-studies to identify stimuli of varying innovativeness levels and the inclusion of services new to consumers, not the market. Empirical illustrations of the value of both propositions are provided.
A Guest Lecturing Program To Improve Students' Applied Learning, Janette K. Rowland, Jennifer Ann Algie
A Guest Lecturing Program To Improve Students' Applied Learning, Janette K. Rowland, Jennifer Ann Algie
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Initial research findings are presented on the benefits of a guest lecturing program currently being implemented by a School of Marketing at an Australian University. The program entails establishing relationships between the Marketing School and leading marketing corporations. Individual employees from these companies are matched to appropriate marketing subjects and asked to deliver a lecture demonstrating theory in practice. Academics have the opportunity of building research contacts with guest lecturers which may result in linkage grants, thus improving the research-teaching nexus. The development process and initial outcomes of establishing the program could be used by other Universities to improve their …
An Assessment Of The Research Performance Of Commerce Faculties In Australia, Abbas Valadkhani, Simon Ville
An Assessment Of The Research Performance Of Commerce Faculties In Australia, Abbas Valadkhani, Simon Ville
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There is a growing policy focus in Australian higher education on quantitative research performance assessment. However, most of the analysis has addressed aggregate performance at the institutional level, an approach inconsistent with recent policy emphasis on diversity among universities, and one that ignores performance variations across disciplines. We use cluster analysis to classify one of the ten broad fields of education, that is, management and commerce. Using averaged and available data for 2000-2004 on various research measures, partial rankings are provided. Factor analysis is utilised to generate full-multidimensional rankings within the resulting clusters. Our results show that low total research …
The Impact Of Large Firms In Promoting Economic Growth, Exports, And Regional Integration: A Chandlerian Perspective, Elias Sanidas
The Impact Of Large Firms In Promoting Economic Growth, Exports, And Regional Integration: A Chandlerian Perspective, Elias Sanidas
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Chandler's work is well known. He has amply demonstrated that large firms played a huge role in the economic take-off and development of countries such as Germany and especially the USA. In this paper his thesis is extended to the whole world, by considering various countries, economically itegrated regions, their exports and economic achievement. The largest firms in the world are examined in this context. Chandler's thesis is thus confirmed wth this analysis and some quantitative evidence is provided in that respect. In addition, integration seems to take place even without the existence of formal agreements due to the presence …
Partnership With Partial Commitment: A Game Theoretic Approach, Amnon Levy
Partnership With Partial Commitment: A Game Theoretic Approach, Amnon Levy
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This paper derives the Nash-equilibrium degrees of commitment to a partnership where lack of full commitment fuels suspicion and increases potential losses for partners. The Nash-equilibrium commitment of each partner increases with her internal return, quitting cost and costs of being deserted and with her counterpart's external return and intrinsic capacity to detect lack of full commitment, but diminishes with her external return and intrinsic capacity to detect her counterpart's lack of full commitment and with her counterpart's internal return, quitting cost and costs of being deserted.
Traditional Audit Techniques And Human Behaviour At Undergraduate Level - Answering The Call For Audit Education Reform, Annamaria Kurtovic
Traditional Audit Techniques And Human Behaviour At Undergraduate Level - Answering The Call For Audit Education Reform, Annamaria Kurtovic
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
As educators, we have a responsibility to society to ensure that our students receive adequate learning and training. In recent years, there have been continued calls for reform within the accounting profession, particularly regarding auditor training. The following paper will analyse how a newly developed framework, the Fusion Framework, is applied to the curricula of an undergraduate auditing and assurance course, with the aim of influencing reform in audit education. In turn assuring that graduates are provided with the necessary knowledge and skills to not only meet the regulatory requirements but also the expectations of the wider market and investors. …
Alignment Of Buyer And Supplier Expectations In The Transportation And Logistics Service Industry, Tim R. Coltman, John Gattorna, Byron Keating
Alignment Of Buyer And Supplier Expectations In The Transportation And Logistics Service Industry, Tim R. Coltman, John Gattorna, Byron Keating
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Supply chain management (SCM) research has tended to focus on the planning and management of a broad range of activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and management of logistics. However, the domain is increasingly recognising the significance of coordination and collaboration between channel partners. As such, there is a need to better understand how channel partners make decisions; and in particular, whether there is an alignment in the expectations of these partners. In this study we use an agency theory approach to explore the relative importance of various supply chain components to reveal the decision-making trade-offs that occur when …
An Evaluation Of The Usefulness Of Cash Flow Ratios To Predict Financial Distress, Leonie Jooste
An Evaluation Of The Usefulness Of Cash Flow Ratios To Predict Financial Distress, Leonie Jooste
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Purpose: With the introduction of the cash flow statement it became an integral part of financial reporting. A need arose to develop ratios for the effective evaluation of cash flow information. This article investigates cash flow ratios suggested by various researchers and suggests a list of ratios with the potential to predict financial failure. Design: The cash flow ratios suggested by researchers, from as early as 1966, are investigated and eight cash flow ratios selected for inclusion in an analysis to predict financial failure. Ten failed entities are selected for a cash flow evaluation by means of the selected ratios …