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Influence of culture on project practices: Insights from Australian project managers in UAE

Cerimagic, Sabina - 2010

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to explore the workplace behaviours of Australian project managers working in the UAE, as examples of Western cultural adjustment. Design/methodology/approach – A 49-question survey was developed using SurveyMonkey. This software was used to collect and...

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The taxation consequences of futures in Australia

Markovic, Martin - 1990

Australian futures markets have experienced unprecedented growth in the past few years. The taxation implications for the majority of futures market participants who are traders are relatively straightforward. However, the taxation implications for non-traders are far from straightforward. This...

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Effects of reduction in heroin supply on injecting drug use: analysis of data from needle and syringe programmes

Day, C.; Degenhardt, L.; Gilmour, S.; Hall, W. - 2004

n early 2001 there was a dramatic decline in the availability of heroin in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, where … previously heroin had been readily available at a low price and high purity.1 The decline was confirmed by Australia's strategic … early warning system, which revealed a reduction in heroin supply across Australia and a considerable increase in price,2 …

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Australia's uncertain demographic future

Wilson, Tom; Bell, Martin - 2004

techniques to present the first comprehensive set of probabilistic population forecasts for Australia. We stress the … that there is a two thirds probability of Australia's population being between 23.0 and 25.8 million by 2026 and between 24 …

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Increasing profits and reducing risks in crop production using participatory systems simulation approaches

Meinke, H; Baethgen, WE; Carberry, PS; Donatelli, M; … - 2001

successful model applications. Specifically, we will give examples from Australia and South America (high climatic variability … (relatively low climatic variability, small areas, high input, technologically advanced). The contrast between Australia and …

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An analysis of changing management roles in small Australian services exporters in response to the stages in industry development

Hine, D. C.; Howard, D. - 2003

Life cycle models have become important in explaining the changing size structure of firms based on the carrying capacity of regions or industries. In particular, the population ecology model predicts stages of growth, maturity and eventually decline in the number of firms in an industry. There...

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Risk attitude, planting conditions and the value of seasonal forecasts to a dryland wheat grower

Marshall, GR; Parton, KA; Hammer, GL - 1996

The value of a seasonal forecasting system based on phases of the Southern Oscillation was estimated for a representative dryland wheat grower in the vicinity of Goondiwindi. In particular the effects on this estimate of risk attitude and planting conditions were examined. A recursive stochastic...

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Public Sector Property Strategies within Australia

Warren, Clive M. J. - 2002

competitive tendering and contracting with many services outsourced to the private sector. Australia readily adopted the new …

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Green turtle somatic growth dynamics in a spatially disjunct Great Barrier Reef metapopulation

Chaloupka, Milani; Limpus, Colin; Miller, Jeffrey - 2004

The growth dynamics of green sea turtles resident in four separate foraging grounds of the southern Great Barrier Reef genetic stock were assessed using a nonparametric regression modeling approach. Juveniles recruit to these grounds at the same size, but grow at foraging-ground-dependent rates...

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Tomorrow's Doctors: Review of The Australian Medical Workforce Advisory Committee (AMWAC)

Butt, D.; Lapsley, H.; Brooks, P. M. - 2002

The aim of this Review, prepared under the auspices of the Australian Health Ministers' Advisory Council, is to 1. Assess AMWAC's performance to date against its original terms of reference and assess to what extent have expectations been achieved? 2. Assess and make relevant recommendations on...

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