New South Wales is at the forefront globally in the protection of labour standards in the clothing industry by regulating the supply chain from the bottom to the top, from home workers to clothing retailers. This is the first case in which retailers are effectively brought under a legal...

It will be argued that the neo-liberal policies of disinflation, which have governed the evolution of European monetary union, have contributed to the onset of ?Eurosclerosis? over the past two decades. These monetarist-inspired policies have set in motion the cumulative and self-reinforcing...

This article critically examines the tensions and challenges multinational mining companies (MNMCs,) face in the formation and control of the workforce in a developing country setting. Data gathered through extensive fieldwork, interviews and observation of Papua New Guinean mineworkers shows...

This paper explores multinational production-location decision in the context of intemational tax competition and unionisation oflabour market. The innovation of this paper is to make multinational production-location decision, tax packages and union-govemment wage bargaining endogenous that...

The decision-making strategies of pilots were examined using a linear modeling technique. Three hundred twenty-six American, 104 Norwegian, and 51 Australian pilots completed a scenario-based judgment task in which they assigned a comfort rating to each of 27 weather scenarios for each of three...

This article addresses the impact of brand extensions on the brand equity of luxury brands. A review of the developments in the luxury market has shown significant changes in demand and supply sides. The luxury market has been growing rapidly over the last 20 years, and luxury brands, formerly...

As the dynamics of innovation systems vary greatly between industries, policy-makers need to find specific critical points where their actions can encourage development. This paper uses a study of the Australian healthcare system to illustrate how a policy-relevant analytical template can both...

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...

This study is premised on the assumption that because of increased globalisation the trend towards strategic alliances is going to increase in the 21st century. This is evident in the phenomenal growth towards the establishment of alliances the world over despite high failure rates. The study...

Since the 1970s Australia has been one of the few countries that has progressively advanced the concept of gender pay equity. This achievement has largely been due the centralised, industrial tribunal-based, wage fixing system. The wage rates created by industrial tribunals have been able to...