Purpose ? Building project management requires real time flow of information between all the project team members or the supply chain members. In the present scenario, when project participants are geographically separated, adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) enables such...

In this globalized environment, Taiwanese firms have been very successful in achieving growth via international market expansion. In particular, the Taiwanese electronics industry has shown a dynamism lacking in comparable industries around the world. However, in recent years there has been a...

While Australian firms have generally recognised the value of continuous improvement (CI) in improving performance, many have yet to develop systems to ensure that the efforts of the CI program are focussed on issues of strategic importance to the company. In fact, as recognised in operations...

If energy conservation is such a good idea, why are we still having conferences to discuss ways to conserve? Why isn't every industrial building in America retrofit and the issue resolved? The list of answers to that question is probably as long, or longer than the list of presentations at this...

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published [following peer-review] in Management Research News, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Limited.

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of previous studies in the field of stakeholder management, and propose implications for the construction industry. Design/methodology/approach – Three major databases are searched: ABI, EI CompendexWeb, and ISI web of knowledge....

The paper aims to explore a major issue in international marketing: how to build a global brand in a way that makes a strong local connection. Using qualitative research methods on a single case, the Brisbane Goodwill Games, the processes used in the staging of this major sport event are...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to describe the impediments to information technology (IT) adoption and possible solutions in the context of business relationships by drawing on case studies conducted in both Australia and Finland in the heavy manufacturing sector....

Full-text of this article is not available in this e-prints service. This article was originally published following peer-review in Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, published by and copyright Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.

The digital revolution on the web/internet is believed to be having a major impact on the performance of firms’ purchasing and supply functions. Beyond anecdotal evidence however, little is known about the actual level of utilisation of web-based interaction technologies in purchasing and...