Volume 12 Issue 2 (1994)
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THE ECONOMIC RATIONALE OF UNIVERSITIES: A RECONSIDERATION
This paper is an attempt to make a contribution to current debates about the reform of higher education by using the work of Ronald Coase on the nature of the…
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TELEMATICS AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: A RESEARCH LITERATURE REVIEW
This research literature review reflects the historical development of research in telematics and regional development, focusing particularly on the inherent research paradigms. In an early phase (the 1960s and 1970s),…
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PRICING OF RESEARCH: WHAT WILL THE MARKET BEAR?
It has long been the practice of many competitive funding agencies to fund research at a level below full cost, and frequently to exclude salary costs. The implicit subsidy to…
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TV VIEWERS’ CHOICE: A TALE OF THREE CITIES
A comparison of options currently available to television viewers in three cities in Australia, Canada and the U.K. identifies more extensive choice in the last two countries. Geographic location, the…
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A SYMBIOTIC MODEL OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH
The proliferation of research collaborations amongst industry, university and public sector research organisations encourages and increases national innovative capacity. Innovation activities in research collaborations are governed by four major determinants…
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THE IMPACT OF TELE-NETWORKING ON RESEARCH
It is commonplace that communication technologies are altering the face of research…Networks have become an accepted part of the practice of science. Researchers continue to clamour for network capability, and…
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CORPORATE ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE IN THE AUSTRALIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
The Australian telecommunications equipment sector appears to have shown a marked improvement in international competitiveness since the mid-1980s. This paper analyses the causes of this growth in terms of responses…