Purpose ? The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the usage of the word critical in the social sciences, to review how being critical is a process through which criticism is a positive act, and to highlight the relevance of such a perspective in relation to international...

This thesis describes the development of a body of theory explaining why the principals of Australian software firms have difficulty in changing the organizational structures of their businesses. The need for change is predicated on the view that availability of capital is an essential...

Critical reflection upon nursing practice is pivotal in achieving optimal patient outcomes. Implicit in this statement is knowledge about and an understanding of the implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP). Aim: This study sought to evaluate baseline knowledge in order to assess and...

This paper focuses on the effects of organizational context on the acquisition of tacit and explicit marketing know-how by the local partner from staff of the foreign partner firm in an IJV (international joint venture). Organizational context consists of management features and matching...

The web services paradigm provides organizations with an environment to enhance B2B communications. The aim is to create modularized services supporting the business processes within their organization and also those external entities participating in these same business processes. Current web...

Institutional investors have typically involved commercial property in their core portfolios for stable and income-oriented returns, particularly concentrated on low-risk traditional property sectors including office, retail and industrial property. Recent years have seen the strong growth in...

Asset-rich organisations (utilities) within Australia have entered into an era of environmental change, imposed largely by successive Federal and State Governments wanting to exact financial returns from these State Owned Corporations (SOCs). These changes have created a shift in the paradigms...

Environmental issues are becoming increasingly important in organization theory and practice. Corporate environmentalism is emerging as a process of addressing environmental issues facing business firms. In this paper I examine managerial perceptions of corporate environmentalism and describes...

Since year 2000 Advance enterprise Information Management Systems Research Group (AeIMS) has been studying how Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) can make use of advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to become globally competitive by making the business processes efficient...

Privatisation reforms have been embraced by different nations and implemented in various industry sectors since the 1980?s. Airports have been privatised with airport operators taking a more commercial positioning into account whilst catering for individual stakeholders. It is claimed that...