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Club gaming in New South Wales, Australia: the transition to industry maturity

Hing, Nerilee - 1996

The New South Wales club gaming industry has existed for nearly forty years since the introduction of slot machines in …

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Gaming: An Emergent Discipline

Duke, Richard - 1995

Experiential learning efforts in the 1950s mimicked the logistic operational gaming of World War II; the results were … encouraging. Subsequently, funded research efforts over three decades focused on gaming phenomena. Computers permitted more … sought to employ gaming for developing strategic plans. Many gaming projects, national and international, presented the …

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The Effects of gaming on residential real estate prices and sales: A case study of Las Vegas: 1990--2008

Miller, Christopher Alan - 2009

This dissertation empirically investigates the effects of the gaming industry on a local economy, specifically housing … Vegas' relatively unrestricted gaming industry has on surrounding home prices and sales and analyzes the specific forces and … effects of the performance of a locale's gaming industry on the surrounding residential real estate market. This study …

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A Mathematical approach for optimizing the casino slot floor: A linear programming application

Ghaharian, Kasra Christopher - 2010

casino properties the bulk of gaming revenues are derived from slot machines. It is therefore imperative for casino operators …

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Building 'Relationally Integrated Value Networks' (RIVANS)

Anvuur, AM; Kumaraswamy, MM; Mahesh, G - 2011

Purpose - Advocacy for the re-integration of highly differentiated, at times fragmented, construction project 'teams' and supply chains has increased in this era of network competition, yet industry targets remain elusive. This paper aims to report on findings of research focused on the...

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Managing risks in construction projects: life cycle and stakeholder perspectives

Zou, P; Zhang, G - 2009

As an integral part of risk management process, effective risk transfer should be based on a collective understanding of risks in terms of their impacts, responsible project stakeholders as well as likely stages of occurrence in a project life cycle. Until now, most research has focused on...

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Aligning project stakeholder motivation through incentivisation : a client-driven approach

Rose, Timothy M.; Manley, Karen - 2010

The use of appropriate financial incentives within construction projects can contribute to strong alignment of project stakeholder motivation with project goals. However, effective incentive system design can be a challenging task and takes skillful planning by client managers in the early...

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Motivating construction organisations through incentives : a case study for client-side project managers

Rose, Timothy M.; Manley, Karen - 2010

Client-side project managers face challenges in motivating project organisations to pursue exceptional design and construction performance. One approach to improving the motivation of project organisations is by offering a financial incentive reward for the achievement of voluntary performance...

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Against the odds : small firms successfully introducing new technology on construction projects

Manley, Karen - 2008

The methods by which small firms overcome the disadvantages of their size to implement innovation on construction projects are examined through five Australian case studies. It is found that such methods include working with advanced clients, prioritising relationship-building strategies and...

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Motivational misalignment on an iconic infrastructure project

Rose, Timothy M.; Manley, Karen - 2010

Aligning the motivation of contractors and consultants to perform better than ?business-as-usual? (BAU) on a construction project is a complex undertaking and the costs of failure are high as misalignment can compromise project outcomes. Despite the potential benefits of effective alignment,...

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