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What it means to be 'critical' in relation to international business : a case of the appropriate conceptual lens

Carr, Adrian - University of Western Sydney; College of Arts; School … - 2006

Purpose ? The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the usage of the word critical in the social sciences, to review how being critical is a process through which criticism is a positive act, and to highlight the relevance of such a perspective in relation to international...

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The entrepreneur in the Born Global firm in Australia and Sweden

Andersson, Svante; Evangelista, F. U. - Halmstad University; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

Purpose ? The purpose of this research is to identify and analyse the common characteristics and behaviour of entrepreneurs that affect the establishment of Born Global firms. The differences between the Australian and Swedish contexts will be scrutinized. Design/methodology/approach ? This...

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Internationalisation strategies for SME's in the decade ahead : are our theories relevant?

Fletcher, Richard; SME-Entrepreneurship Global … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney - 2008

Purpose- To demonstrate that different theoretical approaches are required for the internationalisation of SME?s. Design/methodology/approach- A comparison is made of existing theories and approaches with the actual behaviour of SME?s findings-The internationalisation of SME?s requires different...

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International market selection process : an investigation of the relevance of business operating environment

Rahman, Syed H. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

Different researchers have recommended different decision frameworks for international market selection. As parts of those decision frameworks, most researchers have recommended for the evaluation of macro-environmental and business operating environmental variables. However, few attempts have...

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Organisational and strategic considerations in international market selection

Rahman, Syed H. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

Selecting the right market(s) to enter is critical for business success and longevity. Various researchers have prescribed several decision models for international market selection. The proposed models generally confirm the importance of using market size and the level of economic development...

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Relationship marketing in a developing country : the case of Bangladesh

Rahman, Syed H. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006

It has been generally argued that the highly collectivist nature of the Eastern cultures make them more receptive to relationship marketing (RM). However, so far, a very little research has been done on RM in developing countries. Purpose of this study was twofold: one to gain the Bangladeshi...

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A comparative study of the management styles of marketing managers in Australia and the People's Republic of China

Poon, Patrick; Evangelista, F. U.; Albaum, Gerald S. - Lingnan University; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005

Purpose ? The objective of this paper is to compare the management style of marketing managers in Australia with the counterparts in the People's Republic of China (PRC). Design/methodology/approach ? Based on the differences in cultural dimensions and context, five hypotheses related to...

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A holistic approach to internationalisation

Fletcher, Richard - University of Western Sydney - 2001

Previous research into internationalisation has viewed it as being an export-led phenomenon. Although this is a phenomenon that extends to other activities such as licensing and manufacture overseas, it is usually considered from an ?outward? perspective. In this paper it is argued that...

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Rethinking 'business is business' : a criticalist perspective on teaching business ethics

Fallon, Wayne; Australian Association for Professional … - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005

This paper reports on a study into student perceptions of a Socratic approach to teaching business ethics. The paper lays out a criticalist proposition that there is a discourse of ?ethics-in-business? in which ethics are, pragmatically, subsumed by a more strategic economics focus to business...

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Trust assessment in wireless ad-hoc networks

Hallani, Houssein; Shahrestani, Seyed A. - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2009

trustworthy nodes. This clearly depends on evaluation of trust and trustworthiness of the nodes. This paper proposes an approach … that is based on soft computing to establish quantifiable trust levels between the nodes of an ad-hoc network. The … information on trust levels are then used in the routing decision making process. Extensive simulator studies that utilize the …

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