Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to expose the impact of the shortage of senior academics,particularly professors, in Australian accounting schools, to relate the way one school addressed this shortage through a mentoring scheme, and to challenge existing institutional...

University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. July 2011. Major: Business Administration. Advisors:Harry Sapienza, & Srilata Zaheer. 1 computer file (PDF); x, 179 pages, appendices 1-3.

This study examines multiple reference effects in customers’ service evaluation regarding dining experiences in restaurants. Specifically, the present study explores the antecedent role of three reference points: focal, other, self-based and satisfaction in the development of customer...

This paper examines causality and parameter instability in the long-run relationshipbetween fertility and women’s employment. This is done by a cross-national comparisonof macro-level time series data from 1960–2000 for France, West Germany, Italy,Sweden, the UK, and the USA. By applying...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how Chinese managers perceive and respond to training and management development programmes that have been designed and delivered by Western experts, and of the extent to which such programmes have been successful in...

This paper focuses on the dynamics of international financial integration for a set of 13 industrial countries including Australia over the period 1990 to 2003 by analysing data on the level and composition of foreign assets and liabilities. The objective of the study is to provide insights into...

The viability of ethnic market targeting can be increased through high provider retention by customers. Concepts of loyalty and switching are explored and applied to a study of the Portuguese community in Sydney, Australia. Considering three classes of products, the aims are to examine...

With the growth in multinational business operations and greater use of international sources of finance, there has been a trend to increased uniformity in accounting and auditing standards. However, uniformity in auditing also requires uniformity in the application of those standards. This...

This paper sets out to consider the scale and scope of the value relationship functions of trading partners and of their connected relationships created in a cross-cultural framework. Using a previously-developed framework of relationship and network functions the paper presents the findings...