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Why Do Businesses Use (or Not Use) Arbitration Clauses?

Drahozal, Christopher R.; Ware, Stephen J. - 2010

Some recent scholarship contends that arbitration is failing in its attempts to compete with litigation. When … arbitration does succeed in attracting customers, such as businesses including arbitration clauses in their consumer contracts … arbitration clauses in a sample of material contracts (such as loan commitments and merger agreements) filed with the SEC, and …

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Essays on Efficiency in Bargaining

Tiedemann, Jens A.G. - 2010

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11.471 Political Economy of Development Projects: Targeting the Poor, Fall 2007

Tendler, Judith - 2007

This course treats public-sector policies, programs, and projects that attempt to reduce poverty and unemployment in developing countries through directly income-generating activities and employment. Topics covered are (1) employment and local economic development, particularly as related to the...

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Relationship marketing: Its potential to enhance public-private sector initiatives

Faculty of Built Environment, Art and Design

In an effort to obtain value for money and eliminate waste and inefficiency, inherent within the public sector, Governments throughout the world are actively encouraging the private sector to become interested in funding public infrastructure projects. There are several examples within Australia...

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Stakeholder Engagement in Infrastructure Projects Through Art in Infrastructure Delivery

Furneaux, Craig W.; Brown, Kerry A.; McCabe, Angela C. - 2008

Government is a major client of infrastructure projects and can exert considerable influence on the industry sector through the government’s regulatory power and the sheer scale of procurement of public works currently underway in Australia at the moment. Government can also seek to satisfy a...

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Lessons of Corporate Entrepreneurship for Motivating Public Sector Employees

Morris, Robyn J. - 2007

This paper aims to contribute to the field of public entrepreneurship by addressing the question of what can public sector organizations learn from corporate entrepreneurship to create a more motivating work environment. The study develops a scale developed to measure key organizational work...

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Customer satisfaction measures in the public sector: what do they tell us?

Conroy, Denise K. - 2001

In attempting to devise customer satisfaction measures, there are a number of factors which can affect the interpretation of results - the nature of the customer, service provision, service quality and, for the public sector, the extent to which consumer sovereignty exists. It is the contention...

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A study of the determinants of effectiveness in relational contracting

Cheung, Yan Ki Fiona - 2006

The significance of a link between organisational culture and organisational performance has long been recognised in both mainstream management literature as well as in the construction management literature. Within the construction research domain, the impact of culture and organisation on...

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A critical review of the organisational structure, culture and commitment in the Australian construction industry

Cheung, Yan Ki Fiona; Rowlinson, Steve; Jefferies, Marcus - 2005

This paper reports the findings of a survey undertaken with a government department in Queensland, Australia and it focuses on the perceptions of professional personnel. A mismatch is found in both the organisational structure and organisational culture developed in the department. The level of...

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A holistic audit of managing intellectual property: IP management in the Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Steffens, Paul R.; Waterhouse, Michael - 2000

The management of intellectual property (IP) within Australian government research and development agencies has changed dramatically over recent years. Increasing expectations have been placed on utilising public sector IP to both underpin economic development and augment taxes by generating new...

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