BHP’s board has navigated well through mining’s highs and lows and still passed the shareholder value test.
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Challenging, inspiring and funny: a handful of our economics writers share the favourite books they read this year.
Without true structural reform and business investment the G20 economies will be unable to deliver on their lofty growth ambitions.
If Greece exited the Eurozone it would face several years of economic chaos. But it would be the master of its own destiny. The current EU offer will further destroy the Greek economy.
Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has said that probably half to two-thirds of the Australian population is receiving some form of government benefit. Is that right?
In the latest in our Budget Explainer series, Mark Crosby explains debt and deficit and where Australia stands.
The fact is, people do not always behave dispassionately and logically. Which is why measuring consumer sentiment matters.
The UK-based 30% Club, which aims to increase the number of women on boards is coming to Australia. But does its back-room approach really work?
We have now had four IGRs and they’ve all said pretty much the same thing. Time to tackle the age-old problem.
The Australian dollar fell to US77.17¢ overnight on the back of strong US jobs data, hitting values not seen since the GFC in 2009. The currency recovered slightly over the course of Friday morning, tracking…
Tuesday’s Australian Financial Review Chanticleer survey of 33 largely male “captains of industry” reveals that quotas to improve the numbers of women in senior management positions are still overwhelmingly…
Many large organisations are now on their second or third wave of diversity and inclusion programs. A good number of them are still struggling to identify obvious improvements in the metrics they hoped…
Economists are being called upon to estimate the costs of the Ebola epidemic to West Africa and elsewhere. However, economists should also play a part in estimating the likelihood of the disease spreading…
The winner of this year’s Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Jean Tirole, is one of the most prolific, respected and admired economic theorists of the last 30 years and has had significant influence…
Chief executives who don’t care about the gender pay gap or believe that closing it will only increase costs, might want to consider some of the benefits of audits and strategies for identifying and closing…
In 2000 in Lisbon the European Union countries met and agreed on the “Lisbon Agenda”. Europe was already lagging in terms of growth and jobs, and it was hoped that the Agenda would “deliver stronger, lasting…
At the current frequency of financial system inquiries (Campbell 1982, Wallis 1997, Murray 2014) there will not be another until 2030. That makes this week’s interim report from David Murray all the more…
Let’s be realistic. Australia is the lowest ranked of the 32 teams in the World Cup, and despite a very creditable performance in its first match against Chile, its chances of making it out of the group…
Imagine that Virgin Australia was majority owned by a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE). Then, if the owners of Virgin tipped A$350 million of new equity into the company to sustain Virgin through a…
The G20 finance ministers, who have been meeting in Sydney this weekend, say economic grow is still below the rate needed to get people back into jobs. In a statement released at the conclusion of talks…
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Associate Professor of Economics, Melbourne Business School
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Associate Professor, Melbourne Business School
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John Gough Professor in the Practice of International Trade, Melbourne Business School
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Adjunct Lecturer, Centre for Business Analytics, Melbourne Business School
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Assistant Professor of Econometrics & Statistics, Melbourne Business School
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Honorary Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Professor of Management - Negotiations, Melbourne Business School
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Chair in Trust, Professor of Management, The University of Melbourne; Melbourne Business School
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Director, Centre for Ethical Leadership at Ormond College, and Professor, Melbourne Business School
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Principal Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Melbourne Business School
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Melbourne Business School
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Associate Professor, Economics, Melbourne Business School
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Professor of Leadership and Director of Sustainable Value Creation, Melbourne Business School
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Director of Centre for Business Analytics, Professor of Operations Management, Melbourne Business School