Perth‚ Western Australia‚ in 1960‚ he is the author of several novels for adults‚ including Shallows (1986)‚ a novel set in a whaling town‚ and Cloudstreet (1991)‚ the tale of two working-class families rebuilding their lives‚ both won prestigious Miles Franklin Awards in Australia. A theatrical adaptation of Cloudstreet toured Australia‚ Europe and the USA to universal acclaim. His novel That Eye‚ the Sky (1986) was adapted for theatre by Justin Monjo and Richard Roxburgh‚ and also made into a film
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The evolution from corporate social responsibility to supply chain responsibility: the case of Waitrose The Authors Laura Spence‚ Centre for Research into Sustainability‚ School of Management‚ Royal Holloway‚ University of London‚ Egham‚ UK Michael Bourlakis‚ Business School‚ Brunel University‚ Uxbridge‚ UK Acknowledgements The research on which this paper is in part based was funded by the Institute for Business Ethics. The authors would like to thank seminar participants at Cardiff Business
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THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS: PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE OF AN ORGANIC APPROACH Associate Professor Chris Durden School of Business James Cook University PO Box 6811 Cairns‚ Qld 4870 Australia Phone: +7 4042 1015 Fax: +7 4042 1474 chris.durden@jcu.edu.au Professor Hector Perera Department of Accounting and Finance Division of Economic and Financial Studies Macquarie University‚ Sydney Australia hperera@efs.mq.edu.au THE ROLE OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING IN ORGANIZATIONAL
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explored. Utilizing Battese and Coelli specification‚ we estimate stochastic frontier production function and SCP equations with output and efficiency measures as endogenous variables. An empirical application to U.S. trucking carries over the period 1994-2003 with emphasis on the agricultural commodity and refrigerated food products carriers is examined. Results reveal that the variables average haul‚ average load and market concentration significantly affected the efficiency of firms with 2-8 number
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friendships that our friends are listed in. We as the readers don’t realize it but her article is very true. We all have friends in each of these categories. Marion‚ in this article‚ listed several types of friendships. There are buddies‚ who go the extra mile for you and would do anything you would ask of them and in return you would do the same. There are the relative friends. This friend is a family member with whom you just click with. Your opinions about every family member are the same and they can
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academe: How schooling obscures the life of the mind. New York: New York University Press. Hargreaves‚ A. (1994). Chapter 4: Postmodern paradoxes: The context of change‚ Changing teachers‚ changing times: Teachers ’ work and culture in the postmodern age. (pp. 47-92). London: Cassell. Huberman‚ M.‚ Thompson‚ C. L.‚ & Weiland‚ S. (1997). Paradigmatic Accounts of Teaching Careers. In M. Huberman & C. L. Thompson & S. Weiland (Eds.)‚ International Handbook of Teachers and Teaching (pp. 64-77). Dordrecht:
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glamour. Everything said and done‚ one have to weigh the potential risks vs. the potential rewards as celebrity endorsements are always a high-risk‚ high-reward situation and there is always a human element that you might not know about.( Miller 1994) 1.2 Research Aim The topic of celebrity endorsements and its elements is heavily documented in academic literature‚ but what makes this research interesting is that it enables us to understand the celebrity endorsement process from an Indian
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on Integrated Marketing Communication Programs Kotler‚ P. (1997). Marketing Management. (9th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall International Leisen‚ B Lundahl‚ U. & Skärvad‚ P.H (1992). Utrednings Metodik för Samhällsvetare och Ekonomer. Miles‚ M. & Huberman‚ M. (1994). Qualitative Data Analysis. (12th ed.) Thousand Oaks‚ CA: Sage Publishing Patel‚ R. & Tebelius‚ U. (1987). Grundbok I Forskningsmetodik . Lund: Studentlitteratur. Percy‚ L. (1997). Integrated Marketing Communications. Chicago: NTC Business
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The Chihuahuan desert is large area of the northern Mexico and runs into the southern part of the United Stated which include west Texas. The region of the desert has a high altitude of 1000 to 1500 meters which fall to about 350 meters along the Rio Grande River. Summers are very hot and the winter are somewhat cool‚ which some night frosts. Rainfall in this area is about 20-30 cm which mostly happens during the summer time. In most of the Chihuahuan Desert most of it has calcareous soil that
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Sustainable supply chain management across the UK private sector Helen Walker Cardiff Business School‚ Cardiff University‚ Cardiff‚ UK‚ and Neil Jones Alliance Boots‚ Nottingham‚ UK Abstract Purpose – Increasingly‚ private sector companies are aiming to buy and supply products and services in a sustainable way‚ termed “sustainable supply chain management” (sustainable SCM)‚ using purchasing and supply to reduce negative impacts on the environment‚ economy and society. There is often a gap
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