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Innovation and its interaction with market orientation : a study of Australian manufacturing SMEs

Low, David R. - University of Western Sydney; College of Business - 2006

In pursuing sustainable competetive advantage, firms undertake a range of strategic initiatives such as innovation … interaction of two or more strategies. This study explores the interaction between two strategies, innovation and market … orientation, and identifies key components of the market orientation construct that interact with the innovation process. This …

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An analysis of the financing of Sri Lankan small businesses and their use of ethnic networks to support their business endeavours

Devarajan, Jeyaraman - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2006

, particularly for Sri Lankan ethnic small businesses in Australia. The results further our understanding of raising capital by …

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Building a theory about change in Australian software firms

Rankine, Tim - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2008

This thesis describes the development of a body of theory explaining why the principals of Australian software firms have difficulty in changing the organizational structures of their businesses. The need for change is predicated on the view that availability of capital is an essential...

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Perceptions of privatisation and corporate performance : a study of Sydney airport stakeholders

Zakrzewski, Dorothea - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2009

Privatisation reforms have been embraced by different nations and implemented in various industry sectors since the 1980?s. Airports have been privatised with airport operators taking a more commercial positioning into account whilst catering for individual stakeholders. It is claimed that...

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Measuring efficiency and productivity in the Australian banking sector

Kourouche, Khaled - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2008

aggregate index provide a simple innovation to measuring and benchmarking the efficiency levels of the bank?s ratio analysis …

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Cashing-in or selling-out? : Management strategy in the implementation of traineeships in the retail industry

Ingersoll, Louise - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2006

employers. These reforms were instigated by a perceived change in Australia?s international competitiveness and an overall lack …

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Evaluating new product development performance in small to medium sized manufacturing firms

O'Mara, Charles Edward - University of Western Sydney; College of Business; … - 2009

Community funded research project carried out during 1997-9 and designated CIMA (Continuous Improvement in Global Innovation … methodology to support knowledge transfer in the product innovation process. The CIMA model suggested a relationship between … improvement, product innovation, performance measurement, and inter-project learning. This literature was centred largely on …

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