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Foreign bank efficiency in Australia: What makes a difference?
Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Williams, Barry - 2009
-owned banks operating in Australia. The relevance of both comparative advantage theory and new trade theory to multinational … banking in Australia will be tested. Design/methodology/approach – A three stage research method is employed. First, estimates … of foreign bank efficiency are drawn from a larger sample of domestic and foreign banks in Australia. Efficiency is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441745
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The Impact of Kinship on the Economic Dynamics of Transnational Networks: reflections on some South Asian developments
Ballard, Roger - 2001
Prepared for a Conference on Transnational Networks in Princeton in 2001, this paper explored the comparative dynamics of the trans-local networks which South Asian migrants from Mirpur (Pakistan), Jullundur (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh) have constructed around themselves.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468661
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National geprägte Unternehmenskultur am Beispiel Schwedens
Werner, Eva Charlotte - 2009
Unternehmenskultur ist ein interdisziplinärer Begriff. Einerseits findet er Anwendung im Rahmen der … international tätigen Unternehmen anhaften kann: Es ist dies die nationale Prägung von Unternehmenskultur. Eine sich stellende Frage … ist, ob es objektiv feststellbare nationale Besonderheiten und Spezifika in der Unternehmenskultur gibt. In der …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467159
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A study of the determinants of effectiveness in relational contracting
Cheung, Yan Ki Fiona - 2006
partnering have so far produced mixed results.The present study concerns two public sector organisations in Australia, where the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437999
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438063
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Developing a best practice framework for implementing public private partnerships (PPP) in Hong Kong
Cheung, Esther - 2009
Public Private Partnership (PPP) is a well established methodology for procuring public works projects. By incorporating the private sector’s expertise, efficiency, innovation, business sense, risk sharing, financing etc. into public works projects, the quality of public services and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438303
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Knowledge sharing : enablers and constraints in and Australian public sector organisation
Gardiner, Claire M. - 2009
Is the environment more arduous for knowledge sharing in a public sector organisation? The organising principles, operations, internal environment and power relations of public sector organisations exhibit distinctive characteristics in a range of dimensions which differ from corporate sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009438324
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E-Procurement Adoption Process: An Arduous Journey for an Australian City Council
Rahim, M; As-Saber, S - 2011
Unlike the private sector for which the adoption of e-procurement systems has widely been discussed, little is known about the motivations behind government agencies' introduction of e-procurement systems and the challenges they encounter in implementing them. This research addresses this gap...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481575
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Essays on the distributional impacts of government
Siminski, Peter, Economics, Australian School of … - 2008
Australia. It exploits a natural experiment by which some people gained entitlement to a price reduction through the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009484210
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Engendering an innovative culture and maintaining operational balance
Hyland, Paul W.; Beckett, Ronald C.; Reinvention Network - Central Queensland University; University of Western Sydney; … - 2005
This paper aims to identify key elements of innovative culture using innovation audit tools. The research seeks to determine if factors such as the ability to collaborate are important in building a culture that supports innovation. Many firms are continually scanning the environment for sources...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009482093