Shareholders might be less likely to expect tax avoidance and may be pushing companies to pay their fair share.
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Shareholders appear to achieve greater returns from corporations which are less aggressive tax planners and pay a greater percentage of tax, according to a new pilot study.
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Why some corporations are quick to respond to criticism, and others hide away.
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The power of play and how Lego is changing the world one brick at a time.
Elon Musk, head of Telsa, is an advocate for flat organisational structures.
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A flat management structure can reduce costs and boost efficiency but may be hard for larger firms to implement.
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Brands are notoriously hard to manage and protect from global competition. Here’s how Triumph Motorcycles resurrected itself.
Consolidation is happening at a rapid pace. But who will bear the brunt of the costs?
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In the coming year, media companies will be adjusting to a new reality – one that ultimately leaves consumers with fewer choices.
Give a man the means to borrow, so the argument goes, and he can work himself out of poverty. But do microfinances’ claims stand up?
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Small loans from governments and philanthropists are often held up as a route out of poverty. But proper research into whether they work is thin on the ground.
Reporting on the sustainable development goals should not simply be a tick box exercise for business.
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It seems there is a gap between what companies publicly assume or state they are doing with the sustainable development goals and what they are actually doing.
Research shows gender bias even invades in the content of recommendations.
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Even back in the 90s, researchers were trying to alert hiring managers to the ineffectiveness of this as a tool, noting some major problems.
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We need to enter 2018 with a fresh set of expressions for the workplace.
Blockchain technology could solve food safety and fraud by enabling immediate traceability to the point of origin.
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Food fraud and safety concerns are an ongoing problem in the agrifood sector— could blockchain technology be a solution?
Slightly more optimistic economic figures gives Scott Morrison and the Turnbull government a boost heading into 2018, as the charts explain.
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Seven charts on the highlights from the government’s mid year update of the budget.
Watered down higher education measures, a stronger employment rate and lower than expected debt levels are the highlights for MYEFO 2017.
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The government hasn’t abandoned its jobs and growth mantra in the budget update and remains optimistic despite lower growth and wages forecasts.
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Here in the business and economy team at The Conversation, we love charts. This year we’ve made plenty of good ones with academics.
It’s possible that CBA’s willingness to admit as much of its conduct as it has, signals the bank might resolve the class action through a settlement.
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The CBA’s response to AUSTRAC’s claims means shareholders will be assisted in part of their class action claims, but a lot still needs to be proved.
Increasing the amount of skills on a board from 10 to 13 reduces firm performance by about 2.4%, research finds.
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If there are more directors with common skills on boards, then they are more likely to communicate effectively.
Westfield Burwood circa 1999, a year before being demolished to make way for a new Westfield building.
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The fact that Westfield’s founders are moving out of physical store development to invest in innovative retail technology shows what’s to come in Australian retail.
Retail Food Group (RFG) Managing Director Andre Nell (right) and Chairman Colin Archer. The company has been the focus of the latest investigation into franchise problems.
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There are some hallmark problems within franchising in Australia and internationally and not all are within the franchisor’s or franchisees’ control to fix.
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Does corruption means the same for everyone? Some social researchers argue that corruption is a social construct shaped by Western anti-corruption elites.
Israeli diggers work on opening new roads on a land prepared for the construction of the first Israeli West Bank settlement of Amichai in 25 years, 21 June 2017.
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Hundreds of companies operate in illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories – and the UN is listing some of them.