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The roles of Categorization Theory and confirmation bias in Australian owned brands

Cheah, Isaac; Phau, Ian - 2008

The paper proposes a research framework to study the influence of country of origin cues, consumer economic nationalistic and consumer ethnocentric tendencies toward product judgement of and the willingness to buy Australian brands. Categorization theory, confirmation bias and schema congruity...

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Design infrastructure: Australian developments

Love, Terence - 2005

The paper reports preliminary findings from research into Australia's design infrastructure. Design infrastructure …The research indicated that there exist significant weaknesses in Australia's design infrastructure. By implication and … suggestions for organisational and funding initiatives to improve Australia's design infrastructure in ways that will enable …

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A Classification of Factors Influencing Participation in Collusive Tendering Agreements

Zarkada-Fraser, Anna; Skitmore, Martin - 1998

construction organisations in Australia. First, the respondents’ perceived impact of the list of variables on their expressed …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437476

Identifying the determinants of construction innovation

Manley, Karen - 2006

This exploratory paper examines the drivers and obstacles to construction innovation. It is based on a large-scale survey of nearly 400 businesses in the Australian construction industry conducted in 2004, and twelve in-depth case studies of innovation on Australian construction projects between...

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Effective Financial Incentive Mechanisms: An Australian Study

Rose, Timothy; Manley, Karen - 2007

The use of financial incentives in construction projects has been seen as a way to improve short term motivation, collaboration and reinforce long term commitment between project stakeholders. Yet, very little empirical research has been conducted into how financial incentives should be applied...

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Assessing the value of different business strategies to innovation by firms in the construction industry

Manley, Karen; McFallan, Stephen; Swainston, Mike; … - 2008

This original empirical research was conducted to explore the relationship between business strategies and innovation implementation by project-based firms. The relative importance of five types of business strategies was assessed, concerning: (1) employees, (2) marketing, (3) technology, (4)...

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The potential contribution of small firms to innovation in the built environment

Manley, Karen; Marceau, Jane; Parker, Rachel L.; … - 2008

The methods by which small firms overcome the disadvantages of their size to implement innovation on construction projects are examined here through five case studies. It is found that such methods include working with advanced clients, prioritising relationship-building strategies and using...

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An integrated framework to assess financial reward systems in construction projects

Rose, Timothy M.; Manley, Karen - 2011

Motivation is a major driver of project performance. Despite team member ability to deliver successful project outcomes if they are not positively motivated to pursue joint project goals, then performance will be constrained. One approach to improving the motivation of project organizations is...

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Beyond the Bubbles: Identifying other purchase decision variables beyond country of origin effect that make Australians buy Champagne

Morton, Anne-Louise; Healy, Marilyn J.; Rivers, Cheryl J. - 2004

The study of country of origin effect (COOE) examines how consumers perceive products emanating from a particular country. In this paper, we propose a model of Champagne purchase decision variables that places COOE as secondary to situational purchase context. Our model uses Australian...

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An application of the CBBE model to assess brand loyalty for a long haul travel destination

Bianchi, Constanza; Pike, Steven D. - 2010

results of an investigation into destination brand loyalty for Australia as a long haul destination in a South American market … mix of previous visitors and non-visitors to Australia. Findings suggest that destination brand awareness, brand image … was not significantly related. The results also indicate that Australia is a more compelling destination brand for …

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