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0000-0002-5280-1382
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The University of Canberra
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Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 08-2010
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 04-2010
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 06-08-2012
DOI: 10.1108/14636691211256278
Abstract: In sharp contrast to television, various sources of market failure currently prevent market forces fulfilling the promise of digital switchover in radio markets. The purpose of this paper is to review the strengths and weaknesses, business models and market deployment of the two main platforms, with a view to establishing the economic case for higher regulatory involvement in digital radio markets. The paper analyses the relevant broadcaster, engineering and regulatory literature, with particular emphasis on technical compatibilities among terrestrial radio broadcast technologies, and the technological and economic difficulties they face. The exercise is the first of its kind to scope and bring together these multidisciplinary contributions. The highly uncoordinated development and deployment of terrestrial digital radio platforms is leading this new digital industry to an impasse. There is a legacy of uncertainty and scepticism amongst market players. Furthermore, prevailing technology and business models have marginalised community radio services and regional audiences. The analysis does not cover the demand side (contents, culture) nor developments in non‐terrestrial digital platforms, nor in the US‐based IBOC standard. There is considerable scope, particularly in large, sparsely inhabited countries with sizeable rural audiences to remedy the failings of the current fragmented approach through regulatory intervention through platform integration. There is a lack of coherent information published on the potential benefits that the new digital platforms are bringing to the audio broadcasting market, and on the current market difficulties they face. The article remedies this gap.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 09-2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 04-2011
DOI: 10.1177/001979391106400308
Abstract: In many countries the arbitration of dismissal disputes by public tribunals and state agencies is regarded as slow and expensive. Some common law countries, including the United States and Australia, are privatizing dispute resolution on the premise that this is more efficient than using statutory channels, and it is thus perceived as a better method of settling disputes. Previous advances in statutory law regarding the arbitration of dismissal disputes have been either rescinded or circumvented, sometimes with dramatic political consequences. Little is known, however, about the extent to which statutory law induces inefficiency and redistribution. The author uses settlement and arbitration cost information derived from both Australian courts and survey research for the period 2001–2008 to estimate the contract zone of average settlements, that is, the legal, stigmatic and uncertainty costs saved by averting arbitration. He finds that dispute resolution under statutory law is not as wasteful as it initially seems, nor are substantial resources redistributed from business owners to labor suppliers.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology
Date: 02-2010
DOI: 10.2104/TJA10006
Publisher: MIT Press - Journals
Date: 07-2013
DOI: 10.1162/REST_A_00294
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date: 08-11-2010
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 28-03-2017
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 08-2006
DOI: 10.1108/01409170610692815
Abstract: To evaluate past and recent research on the costs of training human resources in Australia and to compare the merits of different research methods used to measure these costs. The discussion is situated in a general context of low employer contribution to training provision in Australia and acute policy debates on public training provision. The article presents the aggregate results of two recent quantitative surveys of training costs in Australian organizations. Both surveys adopt an economic definition of the costs and concentrate on firm‐specific skills acquired up until new recruits reach average productivity. Survey results suggest that the informal costs of training human resources outstrip direct training expenditure and average training costs are much larger than commonly assumed in the policy debate in Australia. Ideally, the surveys reported upon should be extended to include continuing training costs and a measure of the degree of employer‐provided general training. Official surveys largely underestimate the cost of employer‐provided training in Australia, contributing to (mistaken?) perceptions of private sector disengagement. Existing measures of the costs should adopt a more comprehensive approach, including the use of economic concepts. This research stresses, both to HR practitioners and policy makers, the value of measuring opportunity costs in training processes, and contributes to its quantification.
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2009
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2014
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 28-06-2017
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 06-11-2007
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 03-2011
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 05-2011
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 26-09-2008
DOI: 10.1108/03068290810905441
Abstract: In the wake of public service liberalisation in many OECD countries, economic interventions into the purpose and implementation of social policies have gained a lot of interest in recent years. The prime aim of this paper is to describe the nature of these interventions. The paper examines the reasons for pursuing elusive efficiency objectives in the conduct of public policy, rationales for purchaser‐provider splits, evaluation of cost‐quality relationships, service costing and pricing, and the influence of “external” economic variables. The paper breaks the analysis of public policy down to three layers of economic interventions: macroeconomics (allocative efficiency, intervention rationales and macroeconomic environment), mesoeconomics (economics of delivery in “social industries”) and microeconomics (agent behaviour, contracting, pricing and evaluation). Each level of economic intervention is illustrated with ex les, mainly taken from Australian public policy and mainstream social economic research. Some of the most critical questions in policy implementation (outsourcing, pricing, contracting and agency problems) can be traced back to economic reforms. Experiments with new modes of service delivery are driven by a changing economic context, yet the efficiency gains from these innovative approaches may come at the expense of service quality. Changing macro‐, meso‐ and microeconomic variables profoundly alter the parameters of service delivery. Designers and managers of service delivery systems need to be aware of – and skilled in – the practical application of economic principles, concepts and methods. Except for the health sector, there is a lack of consistent research on the interrelationships between the standard economics toolkit and the delivery of public services. Yet the two are profoundly intertwined. The paper helps distinguish these relationships by putting together elements of conceptual analysis and fieldwork.
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 28-06-2011
DOI: 10.1108/14636691111146136
Abstract: The last decade has seen increasing advocacy for, and interest in the use of white space in the broadcasting bands by providers of wireless broadband services. This paper aims to discuss the scope in Australia for “symbiotic” and “invasive” white space devices to operate in the UHF band after digital switchover and speculate about longer term trends. The authors draw from their analysis of recent regulatory decisions to explain how the parameters established for channel planning naturally conduce to the development of large white spaces. They then identify emerging opportunities for white space usage in the reduced UHF band allocated to digital television services as well as in nearby guard bands. The article's analysis suggests that there is considerable scope for white space devices to operate in Australia – even in the context of a reduced UHF band following analog switch off. Furthermore, the authors argue that the development of complementary business models could see off any perceived conflict between intensive white space usage and the long‐term benefit of both broadcasters and telecommunications operators. It is timely for proponents of white space usage to establish regulatory arrangements that will allow intensive use of those white spaces. Current FCC proposals to base the regulatory framework on spectrum co‐sharing between broadcasters and white space broadband providers may lead to similar, yet distinct, opportunities in the USA as well. There is a surprising paucity of published information worldwide regarding white space regulation. This article provides an in‐depth discussion of the main parameters driving white space opportunity.
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 09-2010
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-02-2007
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 03-2013
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 02-2011
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Date: 31-01-2012
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2014
Publisher: IEEE
Date: 09-2015
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Date: 20-04-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 25-06-2014
DOI: 10.1111/JPET.12045
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 2017
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 05-2011
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 11-09-2017
DOI: 10.1111/JPET.12267
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 12-08-2017
Publisher: Wiley
Date: 08-2018
DOI: 10.1111/JPET.12326
Start Date: 12-2021
End Date: 12-2024
Amount: $215,315.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
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