deregulation of public service type infrastructure industries. In recent years, Australia's industry reform policies have … critically relied on rapid deregulation of major utilities such as telecommunication, gas and electricity. Although several … industries have been deregulated in the last two decades, our understanding regarding the impact of deregulation on residential …

This paper examines the responses of the Australian Retailers' Association to the deregulation of industrial relations …. The acceptance of enterprise bargaining both by employers and trade unions in Australia calls into question the ongoing … than 46 per cent of private sector employment in Australia. In the regulated industrial relations environment of the 1970s …

The economic theory that motivated the deregulation and privatization of the US electricity industry is seriously … neoclassical theory, monopoly should be preferred to competition. Second, while proponents of deregulation expected market … observed under the deregulation. Third, extensive empirical research has established that on the order of 95% of firms do not …

constructs were involved in the relationship. Research findings from an empirical study of 73 Australian manufacturing SME?s are …

in-depth interviews were conducted on fifty-four software firms in Australia and the findings discussed. …

Australian conditions through collaborative product development with a number of Australian SME manufacturing firms. This article … successful outcomes for the trial SME participants and have led to the creation of an online self-assessment tool to allow wider …

attending naturopathy and WHM practitioners in Australia; and (iii) focus group research carried out with Victorian consumers. …