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Incremental entrepreneurship : best practice professionalization across generations
Morris, Mervyn J. - 2011
This chapter will introduce Australia’s Dennis family – a case of ‘incremental entrepreneurship’ in the business transition from the first to the second generation. Following the second generation’s formal involvement and ownership in the business, Dennis Family Corporation (DFC)...
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Sustainability – a new dimension in information systems evaluation
Piotrowicz, Wojciech Piotrowicz; Cuthbertson, Richard - 2009
The paper introduces new dimensions of Information Systems evaluation. Sustainability issues have increasing importance and their influence is compared with the Internet revolution. Customers, policymakers and business partners increasingly require the monitoring and reporting of the impact of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441409
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Sustainable supply chains – a framework for best practice assessment: results of the pilot study, BestLog project.
Piotrowicz, Wojciech; Cuthbertson, Richard; Islei, Gerd
This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project. BestLog (www.bestlog.org) is a research project initiated by the European Commission (EC) and financed from the 6th Framework Programme. One of the project goals is to identify...
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Implementing Vanilla ERP Systems: Factors to Consider in Strategy, Business Alignment, and Customization
Yick, Janice - 2011
This paper was completed as part of the final research component in the University of Oregon Applied Information Management Master's Degree Program [see htpp://aim.uoregon.edu].
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009447339
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Antecedents to Greening Data Centres: A conceptual framework and exploratory case study
Karanasios, S; Cooper, V; Deng, H; Molla, A; … - 2010
Data centre energy consumption is expected to increase organisational costs and CO2 emissions. Greening data centres can decrease these negative impacts. As a result, examining the antecedents to approaches for greening data centres in order to facilitate their widespread adoption is critical....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009481528
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Governance issues in accounting
Hutchinson, Marion R. - 2009
Purpose ? The purpose of this paper is to identify some key issues for the analysis of corporate governance based on the papers within this special issue including the Guest Editor's perspectives. Design/methodology/approach ? The five papers included in this special issue are summarized and...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434850
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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Success Story with International Cooperation
Matthews, M. - 2009
part of IAEA's Network of Centers of Excellence. The IAEA will foster cooperative training in and demonstration of waste …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435455
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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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ORNL implementation of new health and safety requirements (DOE Order 5480. 11)
Abercrombie, J.S. - 2008
controlled areas. The new order places distinct requirements concerning training at all DOE facilities. Radiation protection … training requirements are addressed, including the effective communication of operations changes to all employees. This paper … details the endeavors underway at ORNL in designing, developing, and delivering the training required by the new mandates …
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