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Model for management of whole life cycle risk uncertainty in the private finance initiative (PFI)

de Lemos, Teresa; Betts, Martin; Eaton, David; de … - 2001

Good risk management is central to the success of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). It aims at identifying all the risks involved in a PFI project, calculating the financial consequences, establishing mitigation procedures, and allocating those risks to the parties best able to manage them....

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A FR.E.S.H idea

Bennett, Matthew John-Paul; Doshi, Shyam; Vale, Gilson - 2009

This paper explores the possibility of including human factoring in a business process model. The importance of doing so is twofold: (1) The organization becomes transparent in its processes as all participants (human, activities and events) are identifiable. (2) Including human factoring allows...

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Entrepreneurship as Growth; Growth as Entrepreneurship

Davidsson, Per; Delmar, Frederic; Wiklund, Johan - 2002

Business growth has become a major theme in the rapidly expanding field of entrepreneurship research. Entrepreneurship researchers are not alone, however, in showing an interest in business growth. Therefore, there is reason to ask whether and under what conditions the study of growth really...

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Knowledge and the boundaries of the firm : implications for the construction industry

Galvin, Peter; Tywoniak, Stephane; Sutherland, Janet - 2008

Organisational structure is synonymous with a firm's knowledge – both today and in respect of a firm's future knowledge stocks. For some, this may seem obvious, yet for most scholars (and practitioners) this is not the case, as structure – particularly where the boundaries of the firm lie...

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New Zealand Post: Banking on growth

Luke, Belinda G.; Verreynne, Martie-Louise - 2005

New Zealand Post Limited (NZ Post) had provided mail services for more than 160 years and was one of the few postal organisations in the world operating in a deregulated market. While mail services were referred to as the engine room of NZ Post, there was an awareness of both the decreasing...

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The significant of public asset management framework application for Indonesian local governments : Opportunities and challenges

Hanis, Muhammad Hasbi; Trigunarsyah, Bambang; … - 2010

The purpose of this paper is to emphasis the significance of public asset management in Indonesia that is by identifying opportunities and challenges of Indonesian local governments in adopting current practice of Public Asset Management System. A Case Study, in South Sulawesi Provincial...

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Enhancing security and continuity management at international airports

Barnes, Paul H.; Sinclair, Natalie - 2010

specific onsite issues airport operators liaise with a range of organisations which set and enforce aviation-related policies …-technical contexts place considerable pressure on airport management to facilitate coordination of what are often conflicting goals and … participants active in airport security and crisis management. A further aspect of this issue is how airport management systems …

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The nexus of Value Chain Integration and e-Business applications on Public Sector Agriculture R & D Management

Matthews, Judy H.; Shulman, Arthur D.; Wissemann, Arnold; … - 2002

This paper examines the potential impact of interconnectivity of supply chain partnerships through electronic means (e-business practices) on the governance and management of Public Sector Agriculture R&D in Australia. We review the global forces driving the move towards supply chain...

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Transnational business masculinities : media representations of gender and management in global mining corporations

Pini, Barbara; Mayes, Robyn; McDonald, Paula K. - 2010

This paper examines Australian media representations of the male managers of two global mining corporations, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton. These organizations are transnational (or multinational) corporations with assets and/or operations across national boundaries (Dunning and Lundan, 2008), and...

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Asset Management and Governance: Analysing Vehicle Fleets in Asset-intensive Organisations

Mardiasmo, Diaswati; Tywoniak, Stephane; Brown, Kerry A.; … - 2008

For physically asset-intensive organisations asset management processes and intervention strategies are considered a crucial element, as there is heavy reliance on optimal performance of assets in order to maximise organisational performance and business goals. There is a tendency for...

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