Volume 10 Issue 1 (1992)
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CIS: A NEW FRONTIER FOR MIS
The era of customer service is seeing the development of a new branch of management information systems — consumer information systems (CIS). The CIS is fast becoming the source of…
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THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF RISK
There is growing debate about the release of genetically modifed organisms to the Australian environment, and current concern about the lack of a national approach to biotechnology regulation. The House…
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APPRAISING INVESTMENTS IN NEW TELECOM TECHNOLOGIES: THE CASE OF SWEDISH TELECOM
Investment management and investment appraisals of new technologies in Swedish Telecom’s network have been investigated in an exploratory manner. Investments in new telecom technologies are difficult to appraise because of,…
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NEW WINE INTO OLD BOTTLES: TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Technological progress involves conflicting consequences for the owners of intellectual property rights. On the one hand, the scope of these rights is enhanced and new subject matter is protected. On…
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SCIENTIFIC FRAUD AND THE POWER STRUCTURE OF SCIENCE
In the routine practice of scientific research, there are many types of misrepresentation and bias which could be considered dubious. However, only a few narrowly defined behaviours are singled out…
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IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES IN THE COMMERCIALISATION OF TECHNOLOGY: AN EVALUATION OF THE MIC PROGRAM
The MIC Program was the first systematic attempt of the Commonwealth Government to intervene in the supply of venture capital to emerging technology-based industry. The program has now been terminated,…
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THE TECHNOLOGY OF OPEN-RANGE CATTLE FARMING IN EARLY EUROPEAN AUSTRALIA
The technology of open-range cattle-farming in early European Australia was notable for a simplicity that bordered on the primitive. It was far less sophisticated than contemporary farming in the British…