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The client's complex decision-making environment on international mega projects

Siva, J. P. S.; London, K. - 2010

More than ever before, architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) firms are working on international mega projects. The mega project environment offers a range of opportunities for firms but is but is characterised by a high level of risk and uncertainty. International mega projects bring...

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Client leadership capacity on international projects : exploring the client's complex decision-making environment through a critical cultural political economy lens

Siva, Jessica; London, Kerry - 2010

The global construction environment offers stakeholders a range of opportunities but is characterised by a high level of risks and uncertainty. Internationalisation is a relatively new field of research in the AEC sector and past research has largely focused on explaining the behaviour of the...

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Postpositivism and Accounting Research : A (Personal) Primer on Critical Realism

Bisman, Jayne - 2010

of critical realism. A brief review of ontology, epistemology and methodology and the research philosophies and methods …

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The growth of ?connected? firms: a re-appraisal of Penrosian theory and its application to artisanal firms operating in contemporary business networks

Blundel, RK - 2002

The thesis is concerned with the growth of ?connected? firms, characterised as small firms that are engaged in stable spatial and vertical network relationships, involving a variety of actors, including larger firms. It locates these firms within the landscape of the ?New Competition?, (Best...

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Powerful players: How constituents captured the setting of IFRS 6, an accounting standard for the extractive industries

Cortese, C. L.; Irvine, H. J.; Kaidonis, M. - 2009

This paper illustrates the influence of powerful players in the setting of IFRS 6, a new International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) for the extractive industries. A critical investigative inquiry of the international accounting standard setting process, using Critical Discourse Analysis...

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Digging deeper: uncovering constituent discourse in the international accounting standard setting process for the extractive industries

Cortese, C. L.; Irvine, H. J.; Kaidonis, M. - 2006

setting an International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) for the extractive industries. Design/methodology …

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Powerful players : how constituents captured the setting of IFRS 6, a standard for the extractive industries

Cortese, Corinne; Irvine, Helen J.; Kaidonis, Mary - 2009

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Empirical evaluation of a service analysis and design methodology

Korthaus, Axel; Kohlborn, Thomas; Rosemann, Michael; … - 2009

, consolidated service analysis and design methodology. A challenge in design-oriented research is to evaluate the utility of the … newly created artefacts (here: the methodology), as they are often intended to become part of complex socio …-technical systems. Therefore, after presenting a brief overview of the consolidated methodology, the paper discusses possible approaches …

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How do we reach them? Comparing random samples from mobile and landline phones

Steffens, Paul R.; Tonelli, Marcello; Davidsson, Per - 2011

Quantitative studies of nascent entrepreneurs such as GEM and PSED are required to generate their samples by screening the adult population, usually by phone in developed economies. Phone survey research has recently been challenged by shifting patterns of ownership and response rates of...

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Success of Agile Environment in Complex Projects

Ghanbary, Abbass; Day, Julian - 2010

This paper discusses the impact of agile methodology in complex and modular interrelated projects based on the authors … dependent upon the employed methodology and project management. This is so because employed methodology plays an important … rapidly becoming popular in the software development industry. This paper examines this crucial role of agile methodology in a …

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