Departmental Research Project

Research Topic:       'An Exploratory Study of Domestic Barter Systems in Australia'

As chief researcher for this project, I have coordinated the activities of team members, developed the research proposal, undertaken the exploratory phase of the research process, assisted with the development of a mail survey, co-authored and presented papers.

Journal Articles

Liesch, P. and Birch, D. 2000, ‘Community-based LETSystems in Australia: Localised Barter in a Sophisticated Western Economy’, International Journal of Community Currency Research, vol. 4, pp. 1-17.

Liesch, P. and Birch, D. 1999, ‘Informal, Non-monetised Local Community-based Exchange Systems in Australia: Some Results from a National Survey’, Under revision for Non-profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.

Liesch, P., St Hill, R. and Birch, D. 1998, Enigmatic Exchange Mechanisms in Modern Societies: Community and Business Barter and International Countertrade’ Journal of Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, vol. 3, no.1, pp. 45-56. 

Birch, D. and Liesch, P. 1997, ‘Moneyless exchange: Attitudes of participants in Australian community barter systems,’ Journal of Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 240-51.

Birch, D. and Liesch, P. 1998, ‘Moneyless Business Exchange: Practitioners’ Attitudes to Business-to-Business Barter in Australia’, Industrial Marketing Management, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 329-340.

Book Chapter

Liesch, P. and Birch, D. 2000, ‘Research on business-to-business barter in Australia’ in Woodside, A. (ed), Advances in Business Marketing and Purchasing, vol. 9, Stamford, JAI Press Inc. pp. 353-84.

International Conference Proceedings - Refereed Papers

Birch, D. and Perry, C. 1997, The impact of rewards on employee empowerment in the services sector, published in the Proceedings of Australian and New Zealand Marketing Educators’ Conference, vol. 3, eds. Peter W. Reed, Sandra L. Luxton and Michael R. Shaw, Department of Marketing, Monash University, Melbourne, 1-3 December, pp.1369-85.

Liesch, P. and Birch, D. 1996, ‘Institutionalised Business Barter: An Alternative Business Marketing Exchange System in Australia’, Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference on Industrial Marketing and Purchasing, Karlsruhe, September 5-9.

Liesch, P., St Hill, R. and Birch, D. 1995, ‘An Enigma in Modern Societies: Barter Exchange and Countertrade’, Proceedings of the Seventh Bi-Annual World Marketing Congress, eds. K. Grant and I Walker, Academy of Marketing Science, Melbourne, 6-10 July, pp. 13-116 - 13-123.

Birch, D., Liesch, P. and Yau, O. 1994, ‘Institutionalisation of Domestic Barter as an Alternative Marketing Exchange System in Australia’, in Eds. F. Yuncheng and W. Chowhou, Proceedings of the 10^th Academy of International Business, Southeast Asia Regional Conference on Asia-Pacific Business, Year 2000, Beijing, China, pp. 203-209.

Management Papers

Birch, D. and Liesch, P. 1996, ‘Barter Exchange Among Australian Enterprises: An Empirical Investigation’, Department of Management Working Paper Series, No. 95-03, University of Tasmania, pp. 1-31.

Birch, D. and Liesch, P. 1996, ‘An Empirical Investigation of the Attitudes of Participants to Australian Community Barter Systems, Management Papers: A Working Paper Series, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 47-71.

Liesch, P., St Hill, R. and Birch, D. 1994, ‘An Enigma in Modern Societies: Barter Exchange and Countertrade’, Management Papers: A Working Paper Series, Faculty of Business, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 56 - 74.

Birch, D., Liesch, P. and Yau, O. 1994, ‘Institutionalisation of Domestic Barter as an Alternative Marketing Exchange System in Australia’, Management Papers: A Working Paper Series, Faculty of Business, University of Queensland, Toowoomba, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 27 - 41

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