In spite of the extensive studies in online education, there is a lack of empirical study within the marketing paradigm. In Singapore, Internet-based education has not attracted as many students as had been expected. The scarcity of knowledge about consumer behavior in online education in...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the following choice issues among young consumers (Generation Y): how cultural values influence a student's decision on study destinations, and how cultural values influence student's preferred sources of information for university choice? High school...

Although branding has become the latest focus in tertiary education to attract international students, little has been written about the influence of brand message on student's choice of education destination in relation to other influence factors. Results from extensive questionnaire research...

Firm level empirical research on the impact of financing decisions on small business performance is scarce in the Australian context. This study adopts an instrument variable (IV) approach to analysis the impact of financing decisions, in particular, equity or debt obtained, on the performance...

In Australia, small businesses are defined by ABS as entities “employing less than 20 employees” (ABS 2008). In 2006 2007, 99% of businesses were considered as small businesses. Even though referred to as the “engine room of the Australia economy”, the small businesses are...