Australian Journal of Management articles from June 2002

Australian Journal of Management archives from June 2002

Simulating economics. (Editorial).(Abstract)
June 1, 2002... After a lacuna of several years (a consequence of the death of my late wife) I recently returned to active simulations of the interactions among players in an oligopoly, work which dates back to 1988, in order to prepare a new paper with my...

On the determinants of derivative usage by Australian companies.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper provides an examination of the determinants of derivative use by Australian corporations. We analysed the characteristics of a sample of 469 firm/year observations drawn from the largest Australian publicly listed...

Technical language, advice understandability, and perceptions of expertise and trustworthiness: the case of the financial planner.
June 1, 2002... This study examines the relationships among the extent of use of technical language in an advisory context, the understandability of the advice offered, perceptions of the adviser's expertise and trustworthiness, and the subsequent persuasion...

Additions to and deletions from an open-ended market index: evidence from the Australian all ordinaries.(Statistical Data Included)
June 1, 2002... Abstract: The shares of companies added to (deleted from) closed-end indices such as the S&P 500 experience significant positive (negative) abnormal returns. We examine companies added to or deleted from an open-ended market index where...

Regulating termination charges for telecommunications networks.
June 1, 2002... Abstract: This paper considers the effects of regulating termination for interconnected, but otherwise unregulated, telecommunications networks. We develop two models, the first that involves fixed market shares and the second, based on...

Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organisations Across Nations.
June 1, 2002... by Geert Hofstede, 2001, Second Edition, (Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA) US$97.95, hardcover, pp. 596. The publication of this second edition of Culture's Consequences marks an important moment in the field of cross-cultural studies. The first...