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Changing petroleum engineering education to meet industry demand
Department of Petroleum Engineering
The Department of Petroleum Engineering at Curtin University had its inception in 1998. For the last 10 years,it lectured the Masters in petroleum engineering course to local Australian and international students, graduatingmore than 200 students. The rapid increase in the price of oil during...
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Predictors and purchase intentions of counterfeits of luxury branded products
Phau, Ian - 2010
This paper extends two related studies in counterfeiting by Tom et al. (1998) on consumer attitudes toward, and purchase history of counterfeit goods and Cordell et al. (1996) on investigating the extrinsic cues brand, price and retailer influencing consumption of counterfeits. The three main...
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A conceptual investigation into brand mimicry in the luxury brand industry
Huimin, Teah; Phau, Ian - 2010
Copying, imitation, counterfeiting and knock-offs have been considered to be detrimental to the global economy and to innovation. While Mimicry has been applied to various areas of sciences such as engineering, biomimetics and behavioural sciences or even in areas of Management, it is however...
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Conceptualising the mediating role of inferences of manipulative intent between consumer skepticism and product judgment
Tien, Cheryl; Phau, Ian - 2010
This paper proposes a research framework on the antecedents of consumers' skepticism toward advertising and its related outcome variables; including inferences of manipulative intent, attitudes toward the advertisement and product judgment. The scope of the study will be limited to the industry...
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Consumers' skepticism toward advertising claims
Tien, Cheryl; Phau, Ian - 2010
This research provides some empirical findings of the relationships between the antecedents as well as the outcomes variables of consumers’ skepticism toward advertising. Consumer skepticism toward advertising is defined as the tendency toward disbelief of advertising claims (Obermiller and...
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Computer-based tools for decision support at the Hanford Site
Doctor, P.G.; Mahaffey, J.A.; Cowley, P.J.; Freshley, M.D. - 2008
To help integrate activities in the environmental restoration and waste management mission of the Hanford Site, the Hanford Integrated Planning Project (HIPP) was established and funded by the US Department of Energy. The project is divided into three key program elements, the first focusing on...
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Using the National Information Infrastructure for social science, education, and informed decision making
Tonn, B.E. - 2008
social science, education, and decision making (NII-SSEDM). NII-SSEDM will provide the necessary data, information, and … analysis and decision support tools; and materials and software specially designed for education. This paper contains: a vision …-12 education. Examples of near-term and mid-term goals (e.g., pre-and post Year 2000) are presented for consideration …
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BIG SKY CARBON SEQUESTRATION PARTNERSHIP
Susan M. Capalbo - 2008
comprehensive education and outreach program. At the first Partnership meeting the groundwork was put in place to provide an … alignments of carbon sequestration projects with existing federal and state cost-share programs. Finally, the education and …
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China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact
Fridley, David; Fridley, David; Zheng, Nina; Zhou, Nan; … - 2008
programs of consumer education and promotion in conjunction with retailers. …
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Real Time Pricing as a Default or Optional Service for C&ICustomers: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Case Studies
Barbose, Galen; Goldman, Charles; Bharvirkar, Ranjit; … - 2008
.g., interval metering deployment, customer education, and technical assistance)? …
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