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- A Predictive Test of Pre-Testing Fundraising DM Materials
- This research examines whether pre-testing as typically used in advertising, can identify the most effective fundraising direct mail. It replicates a study undertaken by the Advertising Research Foundation validating pre-test measures in a new environment, and extends it to confirm that false winners are not identified. The initial tests show...
- White papers 2005-11-15
- A Literature Review: Investigations Into The Impact of Leadership Styles And Management Strategies
- This paper attempts to draw connections between the extensive literature on management and leadership in schools and the research on Information Communication Technology ICT integration. Studies show the problematic relationship of management and leadership practice with meaningful ICT integration (MacDonald 2006). The paper will distinguish transformative ICT integration from other...
- White papers 2007-01-24
- E-Ticketing Strategy And Implementation In An Open Access System: The Case Of Deutsche Bahn
- The paper describes the opportunities and challenges of e-ticketing in public transportation. While the concept of e-ticketing is prevalent in the airline industry, it is difficult to implement in an operating environment where the entire business strategy is based on an "Open access" system for flexible travelling. We present here...
- White papers 2006-03-01
- The Levels Of Information Technology Adoption, Business Network, And A Strategic Position Model
- Implementing Supply Chain Management SCM requires a higher level adoption of computer applications and infrastructures to leverage intra- and inter-firm transactions via systems integration. Various solutions are provided by Information Systems IS vendors and different levels of implementation for firms to adopt. Nevertheless, few strategic models of decision making have...
- White papers 2004-05-24
- The Role Of International Property Investments In The Global Asset Allocation Process
- This paper examines the factors, which influence diversification into international property in a globalised asset allocation process. Before the special characteristics of real estate investments like risk considerations, forms of investment, performance measurement, diversification effects or inflation-hedge qualities are discussed, the asset allocation process is reviewed briefly and the consequences...
- White papers 2004-01-23
- The Role Of Transportation In Logistics Chain
- The operation of transportation determines the efficiency of moving products. The progress in techniques and management principles improves the moving load, delivery speed, service quality, operation costs, the usage of facilities and energy saving. Transportation takes a crucial part in the manipulation of logistic. Reviewing the current condition, a strong...
- White papers 2005-06-12
- Knowledge Value Chain: Implementation of New Product Development System in a Winery
- This paper discusses the positive influence that knowledge creation exerts over organizational performance in regard to collaborative learning environmental and quality uncertainty. The paper shows the Knowledge Value Chain KVC would be the best means of expressing the environment and quality condition into corporation rather than the normal value chain...
- White papers 2005-02-08
- Adoption of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Solutions as an Effective Knowledge Management (KM) Tool: A Systems Value Diagnostic
- With Knowledge Management KM expertise widely recognised as having a significant impact on business performance, organisations are now eagerly leveraging from the competitive advantage offered by KM tools to enhance customer relationships. In recent years, the adoption of Customer Relationship Management CRM solutions has fast become prevalent in sectors such...
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Enhancing Organisational Performance Through Knowledge Innovation: A Proposed Strategic Management Framework
- The field of Knowledge Management KM has emerged strongly as the next source of competitive advantage. However, as to how KM practices can be employed in the pursuit of innovation has yet to be firmly established. Firstly, this paper describes the significance of knowledge by explaining the transition from 'Information...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- The Role of the United Nations in Conflict Resolution and Peace-Building in Timor-Leste
- The UN peacekeeping is a type of conflict resolution since its activities are based on third-party intervention. It is helpful to recall a distinction made between the traditional understanding of "Restoring peace" among nation-states and "Building peace" in war-torn societies. The former is defined as the cessation of acts of...
- White papers 2004-02-26
- COAST - An Operational Planning Tool for Course of Action Development and Analysis
- This paper presents a Course Of Action Scheduling Tool COAST, a military operational planning tool for Course Of Action COA development and analysis. COAST supports automated sequencing and scheduling of military tasks developed during an operational planning process. It is desirable that task sequences and schedules, also known as Lines...
- White papers 2004-06-14
- Model-Based Operational Planning Using Coloured Petri Nets
- This paper presents a framework for modelling military operational plans with Coloured Petri Nets CPN and its supporting computer tool, Design/CPN. A mapping relationship between key concepts of an operational plan and CPN constructs is established. Parts of an exercise campaign plan were modelled using the proposed framework, and state...
- White papers 2001-05-04
- Making Business Ethics a Competitive Advantage
- Transaction cost theory, the strategic resources model, and the practice of many successful companies show that ethics can be a source of competitive advantage, while models of management decision making demonstrate that ethical problems are not limited to seemingly intractable dilemmas in medicine and the environment. Empirical studies have shown...
- White papers 2001-11-06
- Rethinking the Ethics of Sport Business Practices
- Modern sport is an industry that produces and sells major products and services, it is part entertainment, part commercial advertising, with each element based on the profit motive. Sport in the second millennium is recognised as a business and it therefore faces the challenges of conducting ethical transactions in a...
- White papers 2003-03-14
- Exploring Consumer Perceptions of Visual Distinctiveness
- The term 'Distinctiveness' has been ascribed a number of differing meanings in marketing, but there is a common element of it being something that makes the brand stand out. Marketers seek to create distinctive brands and accompanying communication in the hope of creating greater communication cut-through and hence effectiveness and...
- White papers 2005-11-10
- Management Control Systems And Strategy: What's Been Happening?
- The point of departure of this paper is the agenda for further research advanced by Langfield-Smith (1997) in her critique of studies investigating the relationship between Management Control Systems MCS and strategy. In considering the ways in which subsequent MCS-strategy research has advanced our knowledge according to Langfield-Smith's initial observations,...
- White papers 2006-06-23
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- BTalk Turns 100 | BTalk Australia
- (26min 23) Welcome to the 100th episode of BTalk Australia. Back in June we kicked off a daily podcast, aimed at Aussies but intended to be of interest to BNet users the world over. Today you can hear the variety of topics we have covered so...
- Blog posts 2008-10-19
- Trapped in Our Capital Cities | BTalk Australia
- Our major cities are becoming more congested and more expensive. Will we reach a breaking point when businesses decide to move to secondary centres? Could this process be helped along with a cohesive nationwide approach to regional planning. Phil Dobbie talks to Dr Andrew Allen, Program Director...
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- The Living Low Paid | BTalk Australia
- (16min 48) There’s a concern that the unempoyment rate will rise this year, but what about those people working part-time for a low wage? It’s an increasing proportion of the Australian workforce yet it attracts little attention from policy makers. On today’s BTalk Australia Phil Dobbie talks...
- Blog posts 2009-03-04
- The ABC of Carbon | BTalk Australia
- (Episode 304; 16 minutes 04) This month author Ken Hickson released his book “The ABC of Carbonâ€, which looks at climate change and the opportunities businesses have to help correct it whilst driving efficiencies. The book has taken two years to research and write. The author is...
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
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