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Giving Australia 2016 collected comprehensive information from individuals, charitable organisations, philanthropists and businesses in Australia about their giving and volunteering behaviours, attitudes and trends. This study built on... more
Giving Australia 2016 collected comprehensive information from individuals, charitable organisations, philanthropists and businesses in Australia about their giving and volunteering behaviours, attitudes and trends. This study built on information gathered through Giving Australia 2005. This data deposit includes the anonymised Giving Australia 2016 Individual giving and volunteering survey data, which focused on the motivations and behaviours around individuals' giving and volunteering practices. Along with the interviews and focus groups, the survey contributed to answering the following research questions: What are the rates and patterns of giving and volunteering in 2015-16? How are giving and volunteering behaviours changing over time including the use of innovative giving and volunteering platforms? How are innovations in social media and technological development influencing giving and volunteering? What factors influence people to utilise methods of giving, such as beque...
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markdownabstractThis issue-paper written by the panel-conveners introduces the panel’s topic, delineating its focus and discussing its scientific and practical relevance. It presents core concepts and ideas, aiming to provide context,... more
markdownabstractThis issue-paper written by the panel-conveners introduces the panel’s topic, delineating its focus and discussing its scientific and practical relevance. It presents core concepts and ideas, aiming to provide context, direction and a common language to the panel discussions and the panelist papers. The paper discusses the rise of new citizen collectives (grass roots initiatives, community trusts, social enterprises, citizen initiatives) as new forms of civic engagement in policy fields such as energy, spatial planning, social care, community provisions and social services more generally. Under such models, citizens take the lead in dealing with common, or localized problems and public issues and are directly engaged in developing and implementing solutions and services. The emergence of citizen collectives give rise to new practical and theoretical questions concerning the meaning of these citizen collectives for local communities and government. The implications of...
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The global economic climate is subject to regular fluctuation, and can result in structural changes for many regional communities. Economic structural change is a shift or change in economic conditions which affects how the market... more
The global economic climate is subject to regular fluctuation, and can result in structural changes for many regional communities. Economic structural change is a shift or change in economic conditions which affects how the market operates (Laitner, 2000) and is often caused when the functioning of an industry changes or a new entity enters the economy. Recently, structural change has been intensified by technological advancements, expanding markets, and more fluid international borders which have flow on internal national impacts to sub-regional levels (North, 2005)...
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... the establishment of an interactive and interdependent infrastructure trilogy of hard, soft and social infrastructures provides the necessary balance to the airport metropolis to ensure sustainabledevelopment. This chapter provides... more
... the establishment of an interactive and interdependent infrastructure trilogy of hard, soft and social infrastructures provides the necessary balance to the airport metropolis to ensure sustainabledevelopment. This chapter provides the start of an operating framework to integrate ...
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Review(s) of: Capitalist Networks and Social Power in Australia and New Zealand, by G Murray, Hampshire, Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2006, 252 Pages, Hardcover.
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PurposeThis research addresses the lack of project management research into social procurement by exploring the risks and opportunities of social procurement from a cross-sector collaboration perspective.Design/methodology/approachA... more
PurposeThis research addresses the lack of project management research into social procurement by exploring the risks and opportunities of social procurement from a cross-sector collaboration perspective.Design/methodology/approachA content analysis of five focus groups conducted with thirty-five stakeholders involved in the implementation of a unique social procurement initiative on a major Australian construction project is reported.FindingsResults show little collective understanding among project stakeholders for what social procurement policies can achieve, a focus on downside risk rather than upside opportunity and perceptions of distributive injustice about the way new social procurement risks are being managed. Also highlighted is the tension between the collaborative intent of social procurement requirements and the dynamic, fragmented and temporary project-based construction industry into which they are being introduced. Ironically, this can lead to opportunistic behaviour...
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Abstract Social procurement is re-emerging as an innovative collaborative policy tool for governments around the world to leverage their construction supply chains to help them address intransigent social problems such as long-term... more
Abstract Social procurement is re-emerging as an innovative collaborative policy tool for governments around the world to leverage their construction supply chains to help them address intransigent social problems such as long-term unemployment. Such policies challenge deeply rooted institutional norms and structures in the construction industry and research shows that they are being championed by a small and largely undefined group of social procurement professionals who suffer significant role conflict and ambiguity. Contributing new insights to this nascent research, this paper traces etymological definitions of champion roles, merging them with organisational theory to present a new typology of social procurement champions in the construction industry. Drawing on a thematic analysis of snowballed interviews with fifteen recognised champions of social procurement in the Australian construction industry, findings highlight four distinct types of social procurement champion: champions of organisations; champions of the concept; champions of people; and champions of a solution. It is found that there is no one pure type of social procurement champion. Rather, champions have to adapt their social procurement roles to the highly dynamic and varied organisation contexts in which they operate. These findings advance the emerging social procurement debate within and outside construction by highlighting the many different roles which are needed to implement social innovations like social procurement into a project-based industry like construction. It is concluded that organisations which see this as one person’s responsibility are likely to fail in implementing these new policy reforms.
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This paper focuses on the innovation networks of high-technology Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) within a Science and Technology Park (STP). More specifically, the study examines the role of network ties in high-technology SMEs... more
This paper focuses on the innovation networks of high-technology Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) within a Science and Technology Park (STP). More specifically, the study examines the role of network ties in high-technology SMEs by focusing on the linkages employed by small businesses to learn, adapt to technological change, and innovate. The paper presents evidence from a recent survey of Brisbane Technology Park (BTP) and this illustrates how the competitiveness of local high-tech firms will be enhanced by the suggested model, which describes the need for oscillation between weak and strong ties at different stages of the innovation process and diffusion.
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Across Australia, construction and redevelopment of public infrastructure, continues to be a key factor in economic development. Within this context, road transport has been identified as key building block of Queensland‟s future... more
Across Australia, construction and redevelopment of public infrastructure, continues to be a key factor in economic development. Within this context, road transport has been identified as key building block of Queensland‟s future prosperity. However, since the late twentieth century, there has been a shift away from delivery of large infrastructure, including road networks, exclusively by the state. Subsequently, a range of alternative models, have emerged in infrastructure project delivery. Among these, governance networks have become a widespread mechanism for planning and delivering infrastructure. However, despite substantial public investments in road infrastructure that are made through governance networks, little is known about how these networks engage with stakeholders who are potentially affected by road infrastructure projects. Although governance networks undertake management functions, it is unclear what drives stakeholder engagement within this networked environment an...
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Collaborative networks are widely employed as mechanisms to develop innovative responses in challenging environments. This approach has relevance in the area of regional development particularly where food production and tourism are two... more
Collaborative networks are widely employed as mechanisms to develop innovative responses in challenging environments. This approach has relevance in the area of regional development particularly where food production and tourism are two significant sectors underpinning regions. These two industries have conventionally operated as single sectors independent of each other. However, an inability to respond to changing environments and entrenched outmoded practices in a context of global change has resulted in the vulnerability of regions and limited their ability to leverage opportunities as these arise. Regions with these characteristics need to rethink and restructure their operations.By connecting agriculture and tourism entities through a collaborative network, it is contended that regions in which these co-exist can create a vehicle for change. An in depth analysis of a case study from the Tropical North Queensland (TNQ) region in Australia dramatically illustrates this transforma...
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Australians give their time and money to a diverse range of causes. This report provides evidence-based insights into the current state of giving and volunteering, trends, innovations and challenges for those interested in encouraging... more
Australians give their time and money to a diverse range of causes. This report provides evidence-based insights into the current state of giving and volunteering, trends, innovations and challenges for those interested in encouraging such behaviours for the good of the Australian and international community.