Doctoral thesis in Business management

The research questions that guided the adopted research methodology are: 1 - What are the main governance and management practices associated with family business continuity identified and advocated by the lessons learned and best practice approach in the wider family business literature? 2 - What are the main sources of the practices, their provenance, and their theoretical underpinnings, if any? 3 - Is it appropriate to characterize family business lessons learned (local knowledge of what works) as best practices (universal knowledge of what works)?...

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This research is a single case study of the impact of the introduction of both information technology (software, hardware and Internet) and a company policy about IT use on the internal operations of a fire truck assembly company and its supply chain relationships. Using Action Research, the research focuses on a fire truck assembly company in Thailand, where supply chain efficiency was not improving and where costs of, and relationships with, both upstream suppliers and downstream clients in the supply chain were increasing.

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The objectives of this research are to understand how routinised operation processes and HRM practices impact on L&SC competencies of LSPs in China. To achieve the above objectives, this study formulated four research questions: 1) Do BP&SOPs positively relate to L&SC competencies of LSPs in China? 2) Do HRM practices positively relate to L&SC competencies of LSPs in China? 3) Does Guanxi enhance the relationship between BP&SOPs and L&SC competencies? 4) Does ICT support bolster the relationship between BP&SOPs and L&SC competencies?

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The aim of the research is to explore the effects of Thai culture on the efficacy of Western modelled performance management (PM) in a cross-cultural setting. Thailand is becoming increasingly important to Australian businesses, particularly in view of the ASEAN Economic Community Plan, which is now in its final stages implementation (ASEAN 2015). The primary data for this study was sourced from 43 semistructured and in-depth interviews with 30 participants.

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This thesis examines the influence of Selection Performance, Monitoring and Business Assistance Intensity, Resource Allocation, and Professional Management Services on business incubation performance. This study extends current research by investigating an additional construct which examines targeted areas of professional management services including marketing and promotion, strategic management, financial management, and staff and personnel management.

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This thesis "Drivers and barriers to growth of the Thai rice milling industry" involves two interrelated studies. Study 1 maps the characteristics of the Thai rice milling industry. There appears to be no studies of the characteristics of Thai rice millers and mills. Study 2 identifies the enablers and barriers to growth in the Thai rice milling industry.

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This study focuses on exploring the effects of networks on the process of commercialisation in the biotechnology industry. The biotechnology industry itself has a specific position in the industrial markets because of its capability of successfully employing network knowledge to innovate products and services. However, the industry struggles to implement the resource networks to take innovations to market.

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This study seeks to examine the contexts and mitigating circumstances surrounding GI implementation. In particular, it focuses on three main research questions: 1. Why did some GIs fail to achieve positive outcomes while others were able to even acquire competitive advantages from their implementation? 2. Given that some GIs could lead to positive outcomes, why wouldn’t organizations embrace the “winning” approaches when implementing GIs? 3. What were the approaches and conditions that could ensure positive outcomes from GI implementation?

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This thesis focuses on the management control function in Australian small businesses. The main function of a Management Control System (MCS) is strategy implementation. It is the system used by management to plan and control the firm’s performance. Elements of the MCS include strategic planning, budgeting, resource allocation, forecasting, performance measurement and evaluation and the core management accounting system (Anthony & Govindarajan, 2007).

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The objectives of the study are: to extend the literature in several ways. First, the relationship between strategictype and organisational capabilities has been predominately investigated in the context of the private sector, not the public sector; To provide evidence about the comparative impacts of two contemporary control devices adapted by management of GBEs, as organisations that operated in a nexus between private sector market conditions and public sector ownership and oversight conditions; To provide evidence about the mix of congruency factors (i.e.

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The purpose of the thesis "An empirical analysis of firm innovation capability and performance of Indonesian ICT SMEs" is to explore the antecedents of innovation capability and firm performance of ICT SMEs within clusters in Jakarta and Bandung in Indonesia. A causal model was proposed and tested by using Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM). Findings reveal that intellectual capital is a major contributor of innovation capability. Surprisingly, being spatially close in a specific location does not trigger firms to have innovation capability.

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This research explores whether Environmental Management Accounting can be applied to assist an Australian cogeneration company in improving both its financial performance as well as its environmental performance. Cogeneration or ‘combined heat and power’, in this particular case, involves the simultaneous production of heat and electricity using a single fuel, that is, natural gas. The heat generated is then used to produce steam to meet the customers’ requirements as well as boost the production of electricity.

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The research "Thesis for the degree of Master of Doctor of Philosophy: E-procurement as an instrument in improving public procurement processes: A Bangladesh perspective" reiterates that commitment and ownership by sector-level public organisations, internalisation of the reform, and e-readiness, which includes responsive roles of suppliers and contractors, are the critical factors for successful adoption of eProcurement in Bangladesh.

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Based on applying the basic theory of financial risk and financial risk management, the thesis studies financial risk management at Vinacomin’s enterprises during 2013-2019. From there, the thesis provides policy recommendations to strengthen financial risk management at Vinacomin's enterprises in order to prevent and minimize financial risk, and improve financial management quality and business efficiency.

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The research objective of the thesis is to evaluate the influence of project managers' leadership capacity on the success of construction investment projects; propose recommendations to improve the leadership capacity of project managers to the success of construction investment projects in Vietnam.

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General objective: The thesis aims to measure the effect of human resource management practice on the competitive advantage and business results of VNPTs in the provinces and cities directly under Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group. Based on the research results, the thesis introduces governance implications to increase the competitive advantage and business results of VNPTs

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The thesis presents the theoretical basis of the factors affecting the increase in urban land value; to analyze the impact of investment in road infrastructure on the value-added value of urban land.

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Bus services are activities that are both public-utility and independent accounting of enterprises. Therefore, the efficiency of bus service business affectsnot onlyenterprise itself, but also the local socio-economy and passengers. Therefore, improving the efficiency of bus services is the same as increasingefficiency and benefits for enterprises, local socio-economy and bus users in Thua Thien Hue.

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The content of the thesis explores the current situation of foreign portfolio investment barriers and the results of the implementation of market access policies to make recommendations for state management agencies and enterprises.

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The thesis assesses the impact of 3 decisions in financial management of enterprises listed on the stock exchange in Vietnam in an overall and comprehensive manner. Evaluate the law of impact, give recommendations to business managers to improve corporate financial performance.

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