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• Shell Companies As IPO Alternatives: An Analysis Of Trading Activity Around Reverse Mergers

  BNET - 2006-09-22

  While shell companies are convenient vehicles for small private firms to go public via a reverse merger, they are also often mentioned in the popular press in conjunction with stock price manipulation. The SEC Securities and Exchange Commission has imposed stricter rules on these companies to speed up disclosure of...

  Tags: Merger, SEC, University Of Melbourne, IPO, Analysis, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance

• An Analysis of Durations on the Disability Support Pension (DSP) Program

  BNET - 2004-05-01

  The paper examines the factors that determine the duration on the Disability Support Pension DSP program using administrative data. The authors estimate two models based on two competing assumptions: the first model takes the standard assumption in duration models that all recipients will eventually leave the program. The second one...

  Tags: University Of Melbourne, Analysis, Duration

• Positivist, Single Case Study Research in Information Systems: A Critical Analysis

  BNET - 2003-06-11

  Positivist, single case study is an important research approach within the information systems discipline. This paper provides detailed definitions of key concepts in positivist, single case study research and carefully analyses the conduct and outcomes of the Sarker and Lee study that examined the role of social enablers in Enterprise...

  Tags: Information System, University Of Melbourne, Analysis, Strategy, Management

• An analysis of the extent and nature of theft of equipment within the construction industry.

  - 2002-04-23

  Apr 23, 2002 Construction Contractor ABIX via COMTEX -- The University of Melbourne's Department of Criminology has conducted a study of theft in the construction industry. The study revealed that in the two years between 1999 and 2001, more than $A10m worth of equipment...

  Tags: analysis, University of Melbourne

• High-resolution imaging technique has many potential uses - ion microtomography - IMT - developed by Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California and scientists at University of Melbourne, Australia

  - 1991-06-01

  A powerful new tool for characterizing the shape and density of materials is believed to hold promise for use in a variety of industrial and medical areas, including the study of cancer ad Alzheimer's disease. Called ion microtomography IMT, the emerging technology produces detailed images of slices of objects...

  Tags: analysis, cell, imaging, PRODUCTIVITY, researcher, Sandia National Laboratories, technique, University of Melbourne