Accounting - 10 Nov 2020
How donors decide which charities are worthy
People donating to charities are not looking for complex financial information to make their decision.
Economics - 28 Oct 2020
Google’s merger with Fitbit puts our health data at risk. It should be opposed.
If Google is given the green light to acquire Fitbit, sensitive health data could find its way to advertisers and insurance companies, to the detriment of global consumers.
Superannuation - 28 Oct 2020
Superannuation update: COVID crisis shows why you might need more
How much superannuation is enough to retire? With the pandemic biting into retirement savings, we will need more than we think.
Accounting - 14 Oct 2020
Wellbeing and performance: What women really want in the workplace
Accounts from women in professional services firms reveal a disconnect between policy and culture when it comes to health and wellbeing.
Health economics - 14 Oct 2020
Teacher assessment bias: overweight children more likely to be rated lower
Heavier primary school children are given less favourable academic assessments by their teachers.
Accounting - 30 Sep 2020
Financial resilience: How accounting helped a food relief charity when COVID hit
When COVID-19 plunged a thriving food charity into crisis, Monash Business School researchers were on hand to observe what happened next.
Investing - 30 Sep 2020
Spotlight on Japan: shareholder activism’s new frontier
Shareholder activism is on the rise in notoriously confrontation-averse Japan, with knock-on effects on share prices.
Banking - 21 Sep 2020
Off-market share buybacks: clever schemes or rorts?
COVID-19 has effectively put an end to off-market share buyback schemes, as companies look to conserve their cash holdings. It couldn’t come at a better time.
Health economics - 16 Sep 2020
More say in what to pay? Putting patients in the driver’s seat
Delivering high-quality health care with limited funding is increasingly difficult for many GPs. Could the solution be as simple as giving patients more say in what to pay?
COVID-19 - 2 Sep 2020
The businesses turning pandemic threats into opportunities
The global services sector has been rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic, yet it has provided some companies opportunities for innovation.
Banking - 2 Sep 2020
How climate change impacts the cost of loans
Grappling with how to price ‘drought risk’, global lenders are charging farmers higher levels of interest. Could Australian producers feel the heat?
Economics - 20 Aug 2020
Are cleaner energy policies possible for India post-COVID-19?
India’s energy sector was already experiencing production issues, so does COVID-19 present an opportunity to introduce more renewables?