This article applies the concept of "innovation territories" to explain the recent export success of the Australian Wine Industry. Recent data collected from four "New World" wine producing countries are contrasted in order to investigate "innovation territories" that in the Australian context...

This paper develops a conceptual framework to examine the factors impacting on the adoption of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and its impact on retail supply chain performance. RFID has been applied successfully in closed systems for some time. However, recent technology improvements and...

The Australian Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) program is typical of the ways many governments are seeking to promote cross-sector R&D collaboration. Scientists are key resources in these organizational arrangements. However, there is only fragmentary information available about why and when...

The Australian Arts industry is a vibrant and dynamic sector of the economy. It encompasses both visual and performing arts. This paper is part of a wider study into marketing communications, branding and relationships in this industry. It is unique in that it reports the findings of a research...

Over the last decade numerous academic, industry and government studies have suggested that Australia has experienced a sustained decline in apprentice training rates and that this is contributing to shortages in core vocational occupations. This article redresses significant deficiencies in...

The research presented in this thesis aims to improve our knowledge regarding the impact of privatisation and deregulation of public service type infrastructure industries. In recent years, Australia's industry reform policies have critically relied on rapid deregulation of major utilities such...

The rapid increase in international capital flows is one of the most significant developments in the global economy in recent decades. International portfolio diversification brings potential benefits to investors by offering investors the opportunity to insulate their portfolios from domestic...

Previous research on loyalty programs in Australia has shown the benefits gained by partners in these programs. This paper develops this research and introduces the concept of network development in loyalty programs. It builds on the theory of network development (Hertz and Mattson, 2004) and...

This paper examines whether the firm-level and the industry-level cross-sectional volatility (CSV) contains any incremental information about the future market-level volatility in Australia. We analyze daily equity returns data from 2 January 1992 to 31 May 2004. Using a conditional volatility...

If models are simplified pictures of reality, current international market selection process (IMSP) models do not pass the test of reality. Further, there has been limited research carried out in Australia on this issue. Using grounded theory methodology, this article explores how a...