Behavioral aspects of pricing
- Authors: Lowe, Ben , Lowe, Julian , Lynch, David
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Innovation in Pricing: Contemporary Theories and Best Practices, Second Edition p. 349-369
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- Description: Since the first edition of this book there have been many changes in the pricing environment. Comparison websites have increased competitive transparency and new technologies like Uber have facilitated rapid adjustment of prices to demand changes; something originally prevalent in electricity pricing and airline yield management has now become widespread in a range of services, including transportation, sporting events and music concerts. Generally, the ubiquity of information technologies has helped consumers with better information but it has also helped sellers with the tools to extract the maximum value from demand surges. But in spite of better information, rules of thumb and seemingly irrational decision-making are still prevalent. © 2018 selection and editorial matter, Andreas Hinterhuber and Stephan M. Liozu; individual chapters, the contributors.
Imitation through technology licensing : strategic implications for smaller firms
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Taylor, Peter
- Date: 2017
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Exploiting intellectual property to promote innovation and create value Chapter 6 p. 117-140
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- Description: There are two traditional views of the role of intellectual property (IP) within the field of innovation management: in innovation management research, as an indicator or proxy for innovation inputs or outputs, e.g. patents or licensing income; or in innovation management practice, as a means of protecting knowledge. Exploiting Intellectual Property to Promote Innovation and Create Value argues that whilst both of these perspectives are useful, neither capture the full potential contribution of intellectual property in innovation management research and practice.The management of IP has become a central challenge in current strategies of Open Innovation and Business Model Innovation, but there is relatively little empirical work available. Theoretical arguments and empirical research suggest that from both an innovation policy and management perspective, the challenge is to use IP to encourage risk-taking and innovation, and that a broader repertoire of strategies is necessary to create and capture the economic and social benefits of innovation. This book identifies how intellectual property can be harnessed to create and capture value through exploiting new opportunities for innovation. It is organized around three related themes: public policies for IP; firm strategies for IP; and creating value from IP, and offers insights from the latest research on IP strategies and practices to create and capture the economic and social benefits of innovation.
Behavioural aspects of pricing
- Authors: Lowe, Ben , Lowe, Julian , Lynch, David
- Date: 2013
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: Innovation in Pricing: Contemporary theories and best practices p. 357-375
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Evaluation of an energy efficiency program in a regional context
- Authors: Martin, Peter , Lynch, David , Ali-Alkadiri, Mohammad , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2011
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: 2011 International Energy Program Evaluation Conference: Impact through evaluation Boston, Massachusetts 16th-18th August, 2011
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- Description: The Central Victoria Solar City (CVSC) research trial is part of the Australian Government’s $94 million Solar Cities program. Managed by renewable energy company, Sustainable Regional Australia (SRA), the program encourages residents to test energy efficiency technologies and services designed to reduce energy use and reliance on non-renewable energy sources. The trial involves collecting data from over 3,500 households (including a control group of 750) across central Victoria and recording changes to their energy consumption until 30 June 2013. CVSC is in its early stages of implementation, with about one third of participants recruited. In energy program evaluations,much of the data is hierarchical in nature (e.g. household energy readings over time). An issue with such data is that conventional statistical methods (e.g. OLS or Logistic regression) assumeindependency between observations, which is likely to be violated by longitudinal data. Techniques to address this problem have been a major area of research during the past 10 years. Such developments have led to analytical tools (e.g. Linear Mixed Models), which allow for modeling of dependencies between measures. Early analysis has confirmed the hierarchical nature of the data, with 76% of the variance in pre-program energy consumption occurring between (rather than within) households. A preliminary baseline model based on regional, climatic and household characteristics explains 40% of variation in household electricity consumption. Initial findings suggest that household electricity consumption is most strongly influenced by regional factors (e.g. climate, reticulated gas availability), number of occupants, house size and income.
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Being smart and being green : Entrepreneurial innovation in challenging times
- Authors: Braun, Patrice , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 32nd Institute for Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference, ISBE 2009, Liverpool, UK : 3rd-6th November 2009
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- Description: In difficult times business operators are looking for clever and affordable ways to grow their enterprises. This paper seeks to make a contribution to a better understanding of proactive environmental and innovation strategies for SMEs and the interaction between demand and supply towards sustainable and innovative business practices. The paper discusses the combined outcomes of the exit survey of a greening small business 2008 pilot program and the entry survey for the 2009 online training and networking version of the program, which fuses environmental, business and ICT- enabled skilling to enhance both SME entrepreneurship and innovation. The study suggests that SME business sustainability cannot be reduced to an oversimplified business case and that pro-environmental strategy adoption and behaviour, and particularly behavioural change, is highly complex. The outcomes of this research are expected to contribute to good practice in environmental and innovation skilling for SMEs, especially skilling that differentiates between supply and demand side skilling and brings together the two sides in a proactive resource acquisition, knowledge transfer and networking environment.
- Description: 2003007572
Can a powerful CEO avoid involuntary replacement? - An empirical study from China
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Pi, Lili
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Asia Pacific Journal of Management Vol. 28, no. 4 (2009), p. 775-805
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- Description: This study examines the impact of CEO power on forced CEO turnover from five perspectives, namely firm performance, structural power, ownership power, CEOs’ political connections, and tenure power. Using panel data of listed companies in China, this study finds that firm performance has negative effects on forced CEO turnover. Similarly, CEOs’ structural power, political connections, and tenure power can increase their ability to be insulated from involuntary replacement. In addition, two factors of CEO ownership power, the state-controlling shareholder and serving as the representative of the largest shareholder, appear to be effective in reducing the likelihood of forced CEO turnover.
Firm Performance, corporate governance, and CEO turnover : An empirical study from China
- Authors: Pi, Lili , Lowe, Julian , Zhao, Chao
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 23rd ANZAM Conference 2009: Sustainable Management and Marketing, Melbourne, Victoria : 1st-4th December 2009
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- Description: This study examines the impacts of firm performance and mechanisms of corporate governance on CEO turnover by using a sample of 325 companies listed on the Chinese stock markets over the ten-year period 1997-2006. A negative relationship between CEO turnover and firm performance has been found in this study. For mechanisms of corporate governance, the proportion of independent directors is negatively associated with CEO turnover. Similarly, serving as the representative of the largest shareholder in the company significantly reduces the likelihood of CEO turnover, While CEO turnover is unrelated to whether CEOs are representatives of any other top ten largest shareholders. Moreover, neither CEOs’ shareholdings nor state shareholdings influence CEO turnover.
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The determinants of capital structure in Chinese listed companies
- Authors: Shen, Gensheng , Lowe, Julian , Da Shu, Wang
- Date: 2009
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: Traditional financial theories see capital structure as a result of mainly financial, tax and growth factors (Modigliani & Miller, 1958). But corporate governance theories (Jensen & Meckling, 1976) and business strategy theories (Barton & Gordon, 1988) suggest that ownership structure and ownership concentration, product diversification and asset specificity may also influence capital structure. Focusing on the examination of the determinants of capital structure in Chinese listed companies, this research goes beyond financial factors and considered business strategy and corporate governance approaches, and their impact on capital structure, in a transitioning Chinese context where institutions, expertise and regulatory processes are different to, but converging on, Western approaches. A panel data set of 1,098 Chinese listed companies for the period of 1991 to 2000 was collected from published sources, and conventional and innovative econometric methodologies were used to model a range of relationships between capital structure and its financial and non-financial determinants. The statistical approaches used in this study included Ordinary Least Squares Model and also Linear Mixed Model, which is a powerful tool to examine panel data where independence of explanatory variables is not assumed. The analysis also involved Hox’s model building procedures to measure model fit. The capital structure of listed companies in both the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Shanghai Securities Exchange is positively related to a firm’s tax rate, growth and capital intensity and negatively related to a firm’s profit and size. Other financial factors such as tangibility, risk and duration are non-significant. The capital structure of listed companies, particularly in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, is positively related to product diversification and negatively related to asset specificity. The capital structure of listed companies in the Shanghai Securities Exchange is positively related to government ownership and ownership concentration of the largest shareholder and negatively related to legal person ownership and ownership concentration of the ten largest shareholders. The data and modelling support financial and non-financial determinants of capital structure. In particular, information asymmetry, business diversity and asset specificity have a significant impact on capital structure. In addition the empirical work in the study supports agency cost explanations of debt and equity. Finally the research demonstrates that the two main financial markets in China, Shenzhen and Shanghai, have operated differently but are converging towards a common norm. The research contributes to the general field of capital structure and provides valuable insights into the nature of the Chinese firm and the evolution of the Chinese financial system.
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CEOs as entrepreneurs : Performance and CEO turnover in China
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Pi, Lili
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange: Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland : 6th-9th February 2007
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- Description: Principal Topic: This paper is part of a broader study of CEO performance and turnover in China. CEO turnover is usually represented as being determined by firm performance and corporate governance. In addition recent research identifies that CEO’s are recruited to bring a specific skill set to a business, but as the industry context changes, the relevance and hence tenure of these CEOs is reduced Henderson, Miller and Hambrick, 2006). One group of CEOs are those recruited on the basis of their entrepreneurial track record. This research analyses how the interaction between performance and corporate governance characteristics affects the tenure of this group. Methodology/Key Propositions: The research approach is through the development and testing of a model based on the earlier work of Miller (1999), and enhanced by categorization of industry and CEO specific factors. Secondary data is extracted from the National Bureau of Statistics, China, and industry publications that provide commentary on the track record of mobile CEOs. The main proposition is that CEOs with a history of entrepreneurial behaviour, will maintain tenure if their performance continues to reflect the entrepreneurial dimensions that led to their appointment. This relationship will be moderated by measures of corporate governance used in previous work (Pi Lili, Lowe, Zhao, 2005) Results and Implications: The research confirms the impact of governance, industry type and performance on CEO tenure. However it also identifies ’entrepreneurial’ CEOs as an important sub-group for whom the performance criteria appear to be stricter and specifically related to performance factors reflecting their recruitment as entrepreneurs
- Description: 2003005185
Innovation and change in the Victorian fine art cluster
- Authors: Giblin, Deidre , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange: Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland : 6th-9th February 2007
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- Description: Principal Topic: This research is investigating the scope and relationships of the fine arts and associated sectors before, during and after disruption of the National Gallery of Victoria’s (NGV) core activities over the period 1999 to 2003. The significance of the research is to examine the effect of the NGV’s scaled down operations and understand what happens to an industry and business relationships when a key player moves out of and then re-enters a market. The NGV has long been a dominant figure within the Victorian fine art cluster and, for the purpose of this research, has been used to investigate the way small / medium enterprises (SMEs) may be affected when a key player (one that has in the past dominated the cluster) is forced temporarily to assume a weaker role. The research focuses on the interactions and inter relationships between the NGV and SMEs specifically and the repercussions of dislocation within the cluster. The investigation will determine if the NGV’s dislocation and consequent re-entry as two separate entities has a bearing on the innovation and system behaviour of the cluster and its consequent adaptability to change in a turbulent environment. The fine art cluster together with other cultural enterprises are part of the Victorian cultural environment which has been experiencing turbulent times over the past decade (1995 to 2005) due to the Federation funds that were made available by the Australian and state governments. Specifically Melbourne’s cultural landscape changed extensively due to the high incidence of development that occurred. The speed of change was also a significant factor as the Federation funding meant that everything had to open before 2001, that is, before the centenary of Federation. The level of change in Victoria’s cultural landscape was not only in its physical infrastructure but also ensured dramatic organisational change within the institutions. The extent of the turbulence faced by the cultural institutions during this period of change demonstrates that the fine art and cultural art clusters were seen to be laggards, ’latent clusters ’ (Rosenfeld 1997:11) or ’defenders’ (Slater and Olsen 2000) in terms of governance processes, internal organisational structure, processes, management styles and innovation. The Federation funds offered an opportunity for a consistent redevelopment strategy, which was a catalyst for change in the fine art and cultural clusters that might not otherwise have happened. Methodology/Key Propositions: This longitudinal study undertaken over five years will analyse the nature of the market place as well as the interactions and relationships between players. The impact on this market or cluster will then be observed and compared over four stages, that is, before the NGV closed for refurbishment, during the period of dislocation, upon re-entry of the restructured NGV as two separate entities and 18 months after its re-entry. These investigations will not only help illuminate changes in the functional characteristics and relationship between the NGV and SMEs, but most importantly will answer the fundamental premise that the fine art cluster does exist. The question to ask is, do the institutions and their behaviour over this period of time ’fit’ within the definition of a cluster? A cluster has been defined as a complex system capable of initiating a synergetic process where interconnected organisations and associations are linked by commonalities, complementarities and rivalry. The interconnections between cluster members can be explicit and implicit, that is, as informal social systems or as formal structures. A second aspect of a cluster is that of proximity which may be geographic or functional. This connectivity and synergy transforms the local experience of each member where they can be expected to define their relations vis-`a-vis rivals and with markets. Consequently, the position a cluster member occupies is a matter of great strategic importance and reflects its power and influence and how it may influence the actions of other actors. The significance of this study lies in two areas. First, it is about the key player closing down and reopening as two separate entities (operational innovation). Second, the fine art cluster has a different dynamic from other clusters in that the main player derives its power from its expertise, trust and legitimacy; that is, its reputation. There is a focus on the intangible values of the product and its peripheral services, rather than its control through product and product innovation. In this case the dimension investigated is innovation since the aspect of cluster functioning under investigation is how clusters can provide an environment where change is either actively enhanced or standardized (through incremental innovation). An individual firm’s innovative status (ie accumulated knowledge and continuity of innovative activity), it’s networking activity and knowledge transfer channels as well as the information and management behaviour of the firm determine a cluster’s propensity to be innovative (Spielkamp and Vopel 1999). Hence, the key question for research needs to determine the nature of the cluster’s operations and inter-relationships, that is, does dislocation of the dominant player affect the way the fine art cluster operates (that is, level of innovation) and change the inter-relationships between members? Results and Implications: This research will provide information on how fine art businesses, including some that are competitors, interrelate, and if the dominant player’s dislocation and consequent re-entry has a bearing on the innovation and system behaviour of the cluster. The NGV’s 1999 to 2003 redevelopment and consequent scaled down operation provides a unique opportunity to examine the effects of dislocation of the dominant player on the way a cluster functions and its propensity to be innovative.
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Market entry strategy into China by entrepreneurial new venture firms
- Authors: Wan, Stephen , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at 4th International AGSE Entrepreneurship Research Exchange : Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007, Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland : 6th-9th February 2007
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- Description: Principal Topic: This paper examines the entry strategy and start-up of a technology based small firm entering the China market through the vehicle of a joint venture company. The research deals with two main issues: - The intersection of the entrepreneurship and internationalization literatures - The specific considerations pertinent to foreign companies operating in China The internationalization of entrepreneurship theory has been the subject of ’special issues’ in the journals Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice (1996); and Academy of Management Journal (2000). It has its roots in the seminal work of McDougal and Oviatt (1996, 2005). Much of this literature identifies internationalization as an important determinant of performance in SMEs, and emphasizes the specific factors that link entrepreneurial perspectives and the processes of internationalization. Mode of entry choice is dominated by a number of complementary paradigms in the international business literature. These include the ’stage’ or sequential approach proposed by the Uppsala group (Johanson and Widersheim-Paul, 1975); network theory (Chen and Chen, 2002); transaction cost economics (Buckley and Casson 1976); and the resource based view (Peng, 2001). China as an international market, supplier and collaborator has changed radically since 1982, following the Deng reforms. It is now the third largest economy in the world but despite its promise has also proved a problematic partner for Western firms. Since its entry into the WTO there have been significant changes but the culture and practice of doing business in China has proved a problem. This research examines how an SME can participate in this market without incurring very high costs and risks. Methodology/Key Propositions: With some exceptions (Jolly, 1992) the issue of SME entry strategies has not received a great deal of attention in the literature. In addition Mcdougall and Oviatt, (2003) challenge the notion that the theories of market entry that dominate the international business literature are applicable to the smaller firm. Our research approach is two-fold: - An examination of Chinese government statistics to identify the distribution by industry and firm type of FDI by SMEs in China - A case study of a technology based SME that has established a successful joint venture in Northern China. We use the secondary data to examine the conventional (large firm) propositions of the international business literature; we use the case study to examine how the specific entrepreneurial and China element require a modified perspective. Results and Implications: Whilst some research has suggested that internationalization is a problematic strategy for SMEs we find that even in a high risk market like China, these companies have struck up effective but non - conventional organizational forms. The network theory of internationalization seems the dominant paradigm, although our case study introduces some specific considerations that the model had not previously acknowledged.
- Description: 2003005182
The determinants of cluster activities in the Australian wine and tourism industries
- Authors: Taylor, Peter , McRae-Williams, Pamela , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Tourism Economics Vol. 13, no. 4 (2007), p. 639-656
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- Description: This paper discusses wine and tourism clusters and the recent innovation of wine tourism in which businesses operate within both industries. The concept of micro-clusters is examined in terms of trust, networking, collaboration and other activities, all of which are argued to depend on the concepts of game theory and sunk costs. The study involved both interviews and a questionnaire. Conceptual variables are created from the questionnaire responses using factor analysis. The determinants of cluster activities are modelled using regression analysis. The effects of industry, place and respondents' entrepreneurial characteristics are used as exogenous variables. The study finds that industry does seem to be more important than place in the determination of networking and cooperative cluster activities, and that members of the wine tourism industry participate more in these activities than members of the tourism or hospitality industries. The addition of three variables that embody the entrepreneurial characteristics of the respondents approximately doubles the explanatory power of the original models. There is evidence to suggest that cluster activities are idiosyncratic for each industry-place cluster. The effects of firm size on cluster activities are also examined. No evidence is found of cooperative activities depending on cluster size. The main results support the contention that sunk costs are important in the determination of cluster activities.
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- Description: 2003005195
The influence of industrial clusters and place on innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour
- Authors: McRae-Williams, Pamela , Lowe, Julian , Taylor, Peter
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Vol. 8, no. 3 (2007), p. 165-174
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- Description: Responses from a questionnaire survey of wine and tourism businesses operating in regional clusters were analysed using factor analysis. These suggested three factor scores relating to entrepreneurial behaviour; four factor scores relating to cluster activities and attributes; and three factors relating to the respondents' personal characteristics. The three entrepreneurial behaviour factor scores were interpreted as: innovator, calculator and venturer. These were used as dependent variables in regression models. The independent variables were the cluster and personal characteristics factor scores, industry and place. The central result was that the cluster activity variables did not have a significant impact on the innovator behaviour variable, which contradicts the standard view. Cluster activities and attributes were found to attract entrepreneurs of the calculator kind, and to a lesser extent, of the venturer kind. Place did seem to offer an attraction to entrepreneurs beyond those offered by the intensities of the cluster activities and attributes. Responses from a questionnaire survey of wine and tourism businesses operating in regional clusters were analysed using factor analysis. These suggested three factor scores relating to entrepreneurial behaviour; four factor scores relating to cluster activities and attributes; and three factors relating to the respondents' personal characteristics. The three entrepreneurial behaviour factor scores were interpreted as: innovator, calculator and venturer. These were used as dependent variables in regression models. The independent variables were the cluster and personal characteristics factor scores, industry and place. The central result was that the cluster activity variables did not have a significant impact on the innovator behaviour variable, which contradicts the standard view. Cluster activities and attributes were found to attract entrepreneurs of the calculator kind, and to a lesser extent, of the venturer kind. Place did seem to offer an attraction to entrepreneurs beyond those offered by the intensities of the cluster activities and attributes.
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- Description: 2003005196
The influence of national and organizational culture on absorptive capacity of Chinese companies
- Authors: Tian, Feng , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: The international journal of knowledge, culture & change management Vol. 7, no. 10 (2007), p. 1-8
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- Description: The paper reports on a research study of knowledge acquisition by Chinese firms involved in collaborative ventures with foreign enterprises. The study uses 152 Chinese businesses and examines how absorptive capacity (ACAP), as conceptualized by Cohen and Leventahl (1990) and modified by Zahra and George (2002), and national and organizational culture differences, affect the transfer of knowledge between Chinese firms and their international partners. The study uses a multivariate modeling approach to examine the impact of a number of factors on successful knowledge transfer. It finds that ACAP has a significant effect on successful knowledge transfer but that the relationship is significantly modified by cultural differences and inter-firm communications. Culture per se does not influence knowledge transfer directly but does so through its impact on communications channels and institutions. Knowledge management practices and organization are also able to impact successful knowledge transfer.
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- Description: 2003005181
A case study of clustering in regional Australia : Public policies and private action
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Thompson, Helen , Lynch, David , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at the 30th annual conference of the Australian and New Zealand Regional Science Association International, Beechworth, Victoria : 26th September, 2006
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- Description: The paper starts with an evaluation of a group of ICT organizations in a regional Victorian town and using a range of qualitative and quantitative data evaluates whether there is a cluster emerging and if so what are the processes of clustering that underpin this. Using archival and interview data the paper then examines key events and turning points in the development of what might be identified as a nascent cluster (Rosenfeld, 1997). In the context of current public policy that directly or indirectly supports ‘clustering’, the paper then assesses the effectiveness of public policy versus private action in the development of regional agglomerations of organisations and institutions that may be called clusters.
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A matter of trust : Networks and entrepreneurs
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Braun, Patrice
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006, Auckland, New Zealand : 8th February, 2006 p. 496-509
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- Description: This paper discusses elements of inter-entrepreneurial trust in regional networks and clusters in terms of influencing business processes and economic viability in today’s economy. The message that can be extracted from the literature is that competitive advantage strongly depends on interfirm collaboration and that networks with a high degree of trust lead to entrepreneurship and innovation. The paper highlights two local Victorian network studies, one in the grains industry and one in the tourism industry, and explores trust based relations in these regional networks. Contrasting sectoral results indicate that social network cohesion and trust were found to be present in the grains community but were absent in the tourism community. Borrowing from the economics and leadership literature, it is proposed that trust fosters certain types of inter-entrepreneurial networks. A description of these networks and related policy implications conclude the paper.
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An emerging model of absorptive capacity in China
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Tian, Feng
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at R&D Management Conference 2006, Lake Windermere, Cumbria : 5th-7th July 2006
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- Description: This research is about the take – up of Western ideas and Western knowledge in Chinese organizations. The research addresses the fundamental issues for Chinese companies as recipients of the knowledge and also addresses the issues of understanding knowledge diffusion processes and the strategic management of growing an organization that is based, partly, on externally sourced capital and technology. Specifically, using the Cohen and Levinthal (1990) notion of absorptive capacity (ACAP), the paper reports on some preliminary findings on ACAP in China, and sets out a model that will be used for further empirical work.
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Managing community relationships and corporate reputation - A stakeholder perspective
- Authors: Tuck, Jacqueline , Lowe, Julian , McEachern, Steven
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Conference paper
- Relation: Paper presented at International Mine Management 2006, Carlton, Victoria : 16th October, 2006 p. 305-313
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- Description: This paper reports on an ongoing research program to evaluate the impact a mining company's reputation(s), with its various stakeholder groups, has on a company's ability to sustain competitive advantage. Integral to this study is to develop an understanding of the relationships between mining companies and their stakeholders, and the importance of corporate citizenship policies to reputation and hence to corporate sustainability.
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Sustainable water supplies and sustainable small towns
- Authors: McRae-Williams, Pamela , Lowe, Julian
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Book chapter
- Relation: The changing nature of Australia's country towns Chapter p.
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- Description: Many small towns in Australia have fragile water supplies, and have been subject to extensive water restrictions that have impacted quality of life, inward investment and sometimes town viability. The small size of these towns and an often outdated water and waste water system, increases their vulnerability to water shortages, whilst the investment costs on the supply side can be high due to an absence of scale economies.
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The nature of the regional firm
- Authors: Lowe, Julian , Henson, Sam
- Date: 2006
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Small Enterprise Research Vol. 14, no. 1 (2006), p.
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- Description: In this paper, theories of strategic competitiveness are used as the building blocks for alternative models of the regional firm. These models are used to develop a typology of firms that attempts to explain the fit between a small firm and its regional location. The standard theories based on "industry organization", "resources", and "dynamic capabilities" explain much of the variation observed in the case studies , however a more complete coverage of the regional effects on the nature of firm organization and strategy are provided by introducing "evolutionary" and "infrastructure" based paradigms. The typology is illustrated and discussed, using findings from a qualitative, case-based study of small, Western Victorian firms. Economic and social activity in many regional areas of Australia and the world is in decline, and regional enterprises are an important target of many policy initiative designed to rejuvenate and sustain regions. But what is the nature of regional firms, and what drives their successful development and competitiveness?
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