Volume 9 Issue 1 (1991)
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ADVANCES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE INNOVATION STRATEGIES OF FIRMS
The ability to appropriate newly-generated technical knowledge is a key to the strategic behaviour of firms. Therefore, institutional and organisational arrangements are eventually challenged and transformed by major new (Schumpeterian)…
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CHANGING MARKETS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES OPPORTUNITIES AND HAZARDS FOR CONSUMERS
Bad debts and non-performing loans are sending shock waves round the world financial system. Simultaneously, banks and other financial institutions are having to grapple with changes induced by the internationalisation…
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THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UPON ECONOMIC SCIENCE
Rapid advances in information technology seem likely to change radically its usefulness for the economics profession. This paper reviews the range of existing applications and those that will probably emerge.…
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PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S EXPORT-CROP RESEARCH: PAST RETURNS AND EXPECTED ECONOMIC EFFECTS
The project described in the paper is the first attempt to provide an economic evaluation of export-crop research in PNG. The institutional framework is outlined to provide a context for…
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THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF TWO AUSTRALIAN WOMEN SCIENTISTS TO ITS WOOL INDUSTRY
By the early 1960s there was a general decline in the consumption of wool, Australia’s leading export. Prices were falling and it became clear that wool was suffering from the…
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KNOWLEDGE AS CAPITAL: INTEGRATED QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Quality of any product or service depends on the quality of the underlying process of its design, production and delivery. Quality, as customer-defined fitness for use, is to be pulled…
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GASES
The opportunity for efficiency gains in energy end-uses is viewed as perhaps the single most important factor determining future levels of energy consumption, and therefore emissions of carbon dioxide (a…
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SOCIAL ASPECTS OF TELEPHONE USE IN AUSTRALIA
A review of the social aspects of domestic telephone use in Australia indicates that the area remains in its infancy, but has revealed a general positive attitude toward the telephone…
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AUSTRALIAN, US AND UK TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS
A comparison of the results of surveys of Australian, US and UK technology transactions confirms earlier work on the limited role of patents and the wide range of transactions encompassed…