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Competition and the growth of non-standard employment : the case of the Australian construction industry
Toner, Phillip; Coates, Nick - University of Western Sydney; University of Western Sydney; … - 2006
Studies on globalisation suggest that a factor in the growth of nonstandard employment in developed economies has been the growing capacity of multinational corporations to arbitrage wage differentials across countries. This analysis applies in particular to industries subject to direct import...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482136
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Three Essays on Worker Turnover and Incentive Contracts in Labour Market Search Equilibrium
Zaharieva, Anna - 2010
Arbeitsmarkt und Prinzipal-Agent-Problemen aufgrund von asymmetrischen Informationen zwischen Firmen und Arbeitnehmern. Das …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471691
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Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects
Dimitrova, Teodora - 2006
The Dissertation "Social Dumping: Theoretical and Empirical Aspects" consists in three logical parts, each of them analyzing the nexus labour standards - labour market outcomes - globalization. The first part, Chapter 2, is a theoretical analysis of the effects of globalization on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009471741
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Risk preference and employment contract type
Farrell, Lisa; Brown, Sarah; Harris, Mark N.; Sessions, … - 2006
We explore the possibility that a systematic relationship exists between employment within a particular type of contract and risk preference. We exploit a set of proxies for risk preference, whereby some of the proxies capture risk loving behaviour (expenditure on gambling, smoking and alcohol)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475665
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Renaissance of entrepreneurship? : some remarks and empirical evidence for Germany
Bögehold, Dieter; Fachinger, Uwe - 2007
Übergänge zwischen Unternehmertum undinformellem Sektor einerseits sowie dem Arbeitsmarkt auf der anderen Seite. Neue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466404
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The mediating effects of perceived quality and risk on purchase intentions between prototypical and me-too brands
Quintal, Vanessa; Sims, Daniel - 2009
users comprised young adults, a survey was administered to a general student population at three universities in Australia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434779
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On-farm quality assurance in the redmeat industry of Australia
Kennedy, Anna - 2006
A series of on-farm quality assurance schemes for red meat producers across Australia were developed in the late 1990s … in Australia, indicating that the larger than average producers were implementing quality assurance. Based on previous … producers (22% of certified Flockcare producers) across Australia were initially approached. A total of 382 adopter surveys were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434786
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Expatriate selection, training, family issues and repatriation putting theory into best practice for expatriate success in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia
Neilson, George A. - 2002
expatriate management in fifty, multinational and international organisations in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia to contribute …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434796
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Applied analysis of labour and financial markets using time series methods.
MacDonald, Garry A. - 1997
in Australia and the efficiency of the Australian stock market. More specifically the thesis focuses on the time series …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434821
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An examination of the factors critical to the establishment and maintenance of competitive advantage for education services enterprises within international markets.
Mazzarol, Timothy W. - 1997
the United States. It then describes the education sector of Australia and its international education industry in depth … Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and United States are then outlined. Initial descriptive statistics suggest … series of in-depth interviews with fifteen education institutions in Australia.Two regressions were used to estimate the …
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