Australian Journal of Management articles from June 2007

Australian Journal of Management archives from June 2007

Playing with Qantas.(Qantas Airways Ltd.)(Editorial)
June 1, 2007... The flood of money looking for investment opportunities around the globe has resulted in two things: first, an increased rate of leveraged buyouts (LBOs), as management or private equity has succeeded in gaining control of publicly listed...

1 International evidence on the determinants of the decision to list.
June 1, 2007... Abstract: This paper offers empirical insights into the determinants of listing activity using, annual data sampled across 38 exchanges. Listing activity in developed countries stock markets is influenced by a range of variables which...

2 The market for Australian Vice-Chancellors.
June 1, 2007... Abstract: Are Vice-Chancellors and CEOs remunerated on the same basis? We analyse data from university annual reports on Vice Chancellors' remuneration over 1995-2002 and test whether there is alignment between the market for...

3 Australian evidence regarding the value-relevance of technical information.(Report)
June 1, 2007... Abstract: This paper employs an unconstrained version of Ohlson's (1995) residual income valuation model to evaluate the value-relevance of technical information in Australia. Specifically, we employ the methodology of Bettman, Sault and...

4 Psychic distance and Australian export market selection.
June 1, 2007... Abstract: The Uppsala internationalisation model developed the concept of psychic distance in the international business literature and proposed that firms select international markets based on 'psychic proximity'. The actual...

5 Time-changing alpha? The case of Australian international mutual funds.(Report)
June 1, 2007... Abstract: Tests for active management inevitably focus on long periods. Yet, implicit in these tests is the assumption that active management generates a stable excess return. We argue that this assumption is not appropriate for active...

6 Is there a cultural divide in Australian international trade?
June 1, 2007... Abstract: During the 1990's there was considerable debate in Australia about the desirability or otherwise of changing the nation's official trade focus away from traditional trading partners in Western Europe and North America to Asian...

7 The interaction between domain-relevant knowledge and control system design on creativity.
June 1, 2007... Abstract: I examine the effect of control system design, under conditions of high and low domain-relevant knowledge, on creativity. The results indicate that process-based control impedes creativity when domain-relevant knowledge is high,...

8 Violation of the psychological contract: the mediating effect of relational versus transactional beliefs.(Report)
June 1, 2007... Abstract: The nature of employees' psychological contracts has gained relevance in the last decade due to changes in the employment relationship. However, little research has been conducted in Australia. The present study examined the...

The Management Contradictionary.(Book review)
June 1, 2007... The Management Contradictionary by Benjamin Marks, Rodney Marks and Robert Spillane, 2006, (South Yarra, Vic.: Michelle Anderson Publishing), paperback, 125 pages. ISBN 0 85572 373 4 www.contradicta.com To quote the words of its own...