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Women hoping to disrupt the organisational norm of male as leader can benefit from an understanding of hostile takeovers.
Ongoing negotiations between Greece and the troika are likely to prove futile - what’s needed is a complete rethink of EU’s dualistic system.
Some say the only way to smash the Coles/Woolworths duopoly is more regulation and a consumer backlash, but this assumes all power is used for evil.
Greece could default and refuse to leave the eurozone - it all comes down to what the European Central Bank does next.
China’s slowing economy is a greater concern than the Greek crisis, but booming property prices mean the RBA should hold firm.
Academic experts respond to the No vote in Greece’s referendum on whether or not to accept a bailout offer from their international creditors.
Speaking with Anthony D'Costa on the challenges facing India’s economy
With about half of its population under the age of 25, how will India create enough jobs to cater for the millions of young people entering its workforce?
Greece’s membership of the eurozone has been problematic from the beginning.
One of the public criticisms of the impending Trans-Pacific Partnership involves Investor-State Dispute clauses. But in fact, Australia has already agreed to them in other FTAs.
Blaming the troika for the Greek defaut this week isn’t the full story. The problem here is that the eurozone is not the main reason for the Greek crisis.
While Australians understand the political benefits of free trade agreements, many remain divided on the economic merit.
A famed game theory parable involving mutually assured destruction explains the Greek debt crisis and could explain the outcome of the Greek referendum this Sunday.
Voluntary administration was considered a state-of-the-art rescue procedure for struggling companies in 1993. But is is time for another wide-ranging review of our insolvency laws?
Conflating economic policy with morality is what could ultimately bring the EU unstuck.
Western powers signing on for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank could more effectively shape China’s view of the world.
The Greeks are being asked to vote on whether they want further austerity measures. But the impact of the crisis is also being felt on Greek-Australian diaspora.
The Australian Climate Roundtable unites business, environmental and social groups in calling for a strong climate policy. This unprecedented show of unity might even break down Canberra’s climate stalemate.
Unless Australia Post is freed to operate on an even playing field with its major parcel competitors, Australians can expect to see higher postage prices and more job cuts.
A more likely reason for businesses’ current interest in happiness and wellbeing has to do with cold hard economics and shifts in the labour force. Happiness, in short, is good for business.
What if the worst thing a problem poker machine gambler could lose was time, instead of their mortgage? Welcome to the concept of actuarially fair gambling.
The exponential change in the role of management means more and more management tasks are likely to be taken away.
Game theory - making the best decision based on predicting those of others - is connected with both poker and George Orwell.
Using web data it’s possible to work out which bookstores are the world’s ‘most loved’.
While grocers slug it out with discounters, the South African owners of David Jones may be planning to exploit a gap at the upper end of the market.