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1	Foreign IPO capital market choice: understanding the institutional fit of corporate governance Moore, Curt B., Filatotchev, Igor, Bell, R. Greg, Rasheed, Abdul A. 08 1900 (has links) (PDF) While product market choices have been central to strategy formulation for firms in the past, the integration of financial markets makes the choice of capital markets an equally important strategic decision. We advance a comparative institutional perspective to explain capital market choice by firms making an IPO in a foreign market. We find that internal governance characteristics (founder-CEO, executive incentives, and board independence) and external network characteristics (prestigious underwriters, degree of venture capitalist syndication, and board interlocks) are significant predictors of foreign capital market choice by foreign IPO firms. Our results suggest foreign IPO firms select a host market where the firms' governance characteristics and third party affiliations fit the host market's institutional environment.
2	Mixed-Integer Programming Methods for Transportation and Power Generation Problems Damci Kurt, Pelin 29 September 2014 (has links) No description available. Industrial Engineering Operations Research
3	A comparison between an Australian and a Swedish company's internationalization process, within the food sector Haglund, Paulina, Ekborg, Sanna January 2011 (has links) Summary Title of the thesis: A comparison between an Australian and a Swedish company's internationalization process, within the food sector. Seminar date: 2011-10-12 Course/subject: International marketing, master thesis 15hp Authors: Sanna Ekborg, Paulina Haglund Supervisor: Svante Andersson Keywords: Internationalization process, Swedish and Australian company within the food sector, Gourmet Garden, Örneborgs Delikatesser, market choice,entry modes, reactive/proactive behaviour. Purpose:The purpose of our study is to describean Australian and a Swedish company within the food sector, and analyze which factors affect the differences and similarities in the companies' internationalization processes. Research method: The research is qualitative and the analysis is deductive. Empirical study: Our empirical study is based on two companies, Australian Gourmet garden and swedish Örneborgs Delikatesser. Our empirical data consists of indepth interviews with the CEO, Chief Operating Officer and marketing manager. Theoretical framework: Internationalization in the food industry, the Uppsala model approach, the network approach, international entrepreneurship and internationalization through innovation. Results: Our research has showed that there are differences in the internationalization process between the two companies. Our Australian company has a more proactive approach to internationalization, while our Swedish company has a reactive approach. it may be due to their different export traditions. Internationalization process Gourmet Garden Örneborgs Delikatesser market choice entry modes proactive/reactive behaviour
4	Curriculum contestation : analysis of contemporary curriculum policy and practices in government and non-government education sectors in Western Australia Griffiths, Joanne January 2008 (has links) [Truncated abstract] The aim of this study was to analyse the changing dynamics within and between government and non-government education sectors in relation to the Curriculum Framework (CF) policy in Western Australia (WA) from 1995 to 2004. The Curriculum Council was established by an act of State Parliament in 1997 to oversee the development and enactment of the CF, which was released in 1998. A stated aim of the CF policy was to unify the education sectors through a shared curriculum. The WA State government mandated that all schools, both government and non-government, demonstrate compliance by 2004. This was the first time that curriculum was mandated for non-government schools, therefore the dynamics within and between the education sectors were in an accelerated state of transformation in the period of study. The timeframe for the research represented the period from policy inception (1995) to the deadline for policy enactment for Kindergarten to Year 10 (2004). However, given the continually evolving and increasingly politicised nature of curriculum policy processes in WA, this thesis also provides an extended analysis of policy changes to the time of thesis submission in 2007 when the abolition of the Curriculum Council was formally announced - a decade after it was established. ... The research reported in this thesis draws on both critical theory and post-structuralist approaches to policy analysis within a broader framework of policy network theory. Policy network theory is used to bring the macro focus of critical theory and the micro focus of post-structuralism together in order to highlight power issues at all levels of the policy trajectory. Power dynamics within a policy network are fluid and multidimensional, and power struggles are characteristic at all levels. This study revealed significant power differentials between government and non-government education sectors caused by structural and cultural differences. Differences in autonomy between the education sectors meant that those policy actors within the non-government sector were more empowered to navigate the competing and conflicting forms of accountabilities that emerged from the changes to WA curriculum policy. Despite both generalised discourses of blurring public/private boundaries within the context of neoliberal globalisation and specific CF goals of bringing the sectors together, the boundaries continue to exist. Further, there is much strategising about how to remain distinct within the context of increased market choice. This study makes a unique and significant contribution to the understanding of policy processes surrounding the development and enactment of the CF in WA and the implications for the changing dynamics within and between the education sectors. Emergent themes and findings may potentially be used as a basis for contrast and comparison in other contexts. The research contributes to policy theory by arguing for closer attention to be paid to power dynamics between localised agency in particular policy spaces and the state-imposed constraints. Curriculum framework Outcomes based education Public and private schooling Policy sociology Market choice
5	International market selection-screening technique: replacing intuition with a multidimensional framework to select a short-list of countries Gould, Richard Robert, RichardGould@ozemail.com.au January 2002 (has links) The object of this research was to develop an international market screening methodology which selects highly attractive markets, allowing for the ranges in diversity amongst organisations, countries and products. Conventional business thought is that, every two to five years, dynamic organisations which conduct business internationally should decide which additional foreign market or markets to next enter. If they are internationally inexperienced, this will be their first market; if they are experienced, it might be, say, their 100th market. How should each organisation select their next international market? One previous attempt has been made to quantitatively test which decision variables, and what weights, should be used when choosing between the 230 countries of the world. The literature indicate that a well-informed selection decision could consider over 150 variables that measure aspects of each foreign market's economic, political, legal, cultural, technical and physical environments. Additionally, attributes of the organisation have not been considered when selecting the most attractive short-list of markets. The findings presented in the dissertation are that 30 criteria accounted for 95 per cent of variance at cross-classification rates of 95 per cent. The weights of each variable, and the markets selected statistically as being the most attractive, were found to vary with the capabilities, goals and values of the organisation. This frequently means that different countries will be best for different organisations selling the same product. A country demand filtering country attractiveness country selection choosing export countries choosing export markets choosing foreign markets choosing global markets choosing international markets export country attractiveness export country choice export country identification export country scanning export country screening export country selection export demand assessment export demand attractiveness export demand identification export demand potential export demand scanning export demand screening export market assessment export market attractiveness export market choice export market identification export market potential export market scanning export market screening export market selection foreign country assessment foreign country attractiveness foreign country choice foreign country potential foreign country selection foreign country screening foreign market assessment foreign market attractiveness foreign market choice foreign market identification foreign market potential foreign market scanning foreign market screening foreign market selection global market assessment global market attractiveness global market choice global market identification global market scanning global market screening global market selection international market assessment international market attractiveness international market choice international market identification international market potential international market scanning international market screening international market selection overseas country assessment overseas country attractiveness overseas country choice overseas country identification overseas country potential overseas country scanning overseas country screening overseas country selection overseas market assessment overseas market attractiveness overseas market choice overseas market identification overseas market potential overseas market scanning overseas market screening overseas market selection

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