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Towards a globalized communications strategy: perceptions from New Zealand (2002)
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Looks at the globalization of communications in New Zealand, in the compelling and evolutionary global marketplace. Explores the impact of environmental issues on marketing communications. Managers must reach out to and communicate with customers, c... Read More about Towards a globalized communications strategy: perceptions from New Zealand.

To what extent is Veblen an open-systems theorist? (2002)
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The concept of open systems (OS) is increasingly influential. Several institutionalists, including William Kapp, have used the concept, but Geoffrey Hodgson argued that it is currently underdeveloped. This paper aims to stimulate a clarification of t... Read More about To what extent is Veblen an open-systems theorist?.

Trade union strategy and renewal: The restructuring of work and work relations in the UK aerospace industry (2002)
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The adoption of new management strategies and flexible working practices in the manufacturing industry has caused a fragmentaion of the traditional collective base of British trade unions. Such changes have led some commentators to argue that, in ord... Read More about Trade union strategy and renewal: The restructuring of work and work relations in the UK aerospace industry.

Theory and practice in experiental learning in higher education (2002)
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Violence, values, and the electronic media environment (2002)
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This article originated as a contribution to informed debate on public policy issues surrounding a review of New Zealand broadcasting policy. The issue, however, has implications well beyond the New Zealand market. Public debate on broadcasting has f... Read More about Violence, values, and the electronic media environment.

Economic implications of a tax on TV advertising: The New Zealand case (2002)
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Direct to the consumer promotion of prescription drugs: A review of the literature and the New Zealand experience (2002)
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Future marketers: Future curriculum: Future shock? (2002)
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The gendered dynamics of relationship marketing: An initial discussion of the health and fitness industry (2002)
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The last two decades witnessed the increasing popularity of relationship marketing amongst academics and practitioners. As the initial euphoria begins to settle, more considered questions about the concept are emerging. One area that needs further in... Read More about The gendered dynamics of relationship marketing: An initial discussion of the health and fitness industry.

An optical method for assessing scratch damage in bulk materials and coatings (2002)
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Watch Your Back Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education (2002)
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This article attempts a critical reappraisal of the part played by 'trust' in management education. Our main contention is that trust is being perceptibly eroded by a range of factors that find their genesis in a wider set of social relations within... Read More about Watch Your Back Reflections on Trust and Mistrust in Management Education.

Boylan and O'Gorman's causal holism: A critical realist evaluation (2002)
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Boylan and O'Gorman have recently elaborated an interesting new perspective called causal holism, which attempts to go beyond developments in rhetoric and realism. The aim of this paper is to evaluate causal holism from the perspective of critical re... Read More about Boylan and O'Gorman's causal holism: A critical realist evaluation.

Rethinking leadership in local government: The place of 'feminine' styles in the modernised council (2002)
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The focus of this article is on the quality and nature of local authority leadership. Local government leadership is male- dominated and appears to be stuck in a mould that is associated with orthodox male views that emphasise operational management... Read More about Rethinking leadership in local government: The place of 'feminine' styles in the modernised council.

The implications of e-commerce for strategy (2002)
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Central banks and market interest rates (2002)
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In a worm of endogenous money, the central bank's role in monetary policy is reduced to the setting of a very short-term official rate of interest, which indicates the price at which it will make liquidity available to the banking system. However, it... Read More about Central banks and market interest rates.

The link between culture and strategy in manufacturing SMEs (2002)
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Explaining the Euro's initial decline (2002)
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The 1520-1640 "Great Inflation": an early case of controversy on the nature of money (2001)
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Improving control through effective performance measurement in SMEs (2001)
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Research has demonstrated that the use of performance measures in SMEs (small to medium sized enterprises) is limited. Financial measures, which are required for examination by external stakeholders, are generally well developed. However, operational... Read More about Improving control through effective performance measurement in SMEs.

Market orientation and the response of UK financial services companies to changes in market conditions as a result of e-commerce (2001)
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The UK financial services industry is changing rapidly, particularly as a result of developments in distribution, notably with e-commerce. The aim of this study is to apply the conceptual framework of market orientation to explain how a number of fin... Read More about Market orientation and the response of UK financial services companies to changes in market conditions as a result of e-commerce.