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Analysing and modelling international trade patterns of the Australian wine industry in the world wine market
Boriraj, Jumpoth - 2008
Since the mid-1980s, trade liberalisation has encouraged the growth of Australia?s international trade. The Australian wine industry has been successful in the world wine market, achieving a significant growth in production and export sales since the 1990s. In this context, this thesis attempts...
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Shoppers' satisfaction levels are not the only key to store loyalty
Miranda, Mario J; Konya, Laszlo; Havrila, Inka - 2005
In this research study, grocery shoppers were interviewed to identify the factors that influence satisfaction with their primary store and the factors that encourage them to continue patronising this store despite being presented with an inducement to shop at another store. The study estimated...
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Tale of two Koreas
Ratten, Vanessa; Waechter, Estelle - 2007
The economic performances of North and South Korea over the past decade have differed significantly. This is largely due to the government policies of the two countries, which affect business in conflicting ways. Despite the differences in economic growth, there are a number of similarities...
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The Role of the external accountant in small firms
Breen, John P; Sciulli, Nick; Calvert, Cheryl - 2004
This paper details a second stage of a study into the use of small business computerised accounting systems (CAS), together with the role and impact of the accountant across businesses that use and do not use computerised systems. The most popular accounting software product is MYOB and the CAS...
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A cross-sectional analysis of value-drivers in the knowledge economy
Oh, K. B; Bose, Sanjoy; Billington, Nicholas - 2003
assets. The perceived value-drivers are identified from two sources, firstly for the e-commerce sector the value drivers are …, equity envestment, public policy and strategic management are discussed and explained. …
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Dynamic relations between stock prices and exchange rates in Sri Lanka: some empirical evidence
Wickremasinghe, Guneratne B - 2006
This paper examines the dynamic relations between stock prices and exchange rates in Sri Lanka. We use monthly data on four foreign exchange rates and the All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange for the period January 1986 to December 2004 in the empirical analysis. The time...
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Future considerations for the training and development of Australian quality managers
Stewart, Deb; Waddell, Dianne - 2003
quality management systems. This study reports on a survey of 235 Australian quality managers to determine their perceptions … respondents were divided between those who thought quality management would remain a discrete field and those who saw it being … absorbed by other management systems. The challenges of developing an appropriate training and development regime in this …
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Corporate sustainability: challenge to managerial orthodoxies
Dunphy, Dexter - 2003
emerging philosophy of sustainability. Management schools have been strongly influenced by economic rationalism, which … underpins the traditional orthodoxies presented in such schools. Sustainability represents an urgent challenge for management …
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"The Decline in Apprenticeship Training in the Electrical Industries in Victoria"
Worland, David; Doughney, James - 2002
A nation that pursues a knowledge-based approach to economic growth might be expected to view its skill base as an important component of this strategy and the rate of accumulation of trade skills as an important part of the skill formation story. Australia, in common with many other countries,...
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Utilisation and restrictiveness of covenants in Australian private debt contracts
Cotter, Julie - 1998
This paper investigates the accounting based covenants typically contained in the private debt contracts of listed Australian firms. In particular, cross sectional determinants of variation in covenant utilisation and restrictiveness are investigated. The primary source of data presented in the...
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