Australia has a long history of poaching retail management from UK supermarket giants like Tesco.
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Australian supermarkets businesses have relied on management talent from the UK but perhaps it’s time to look elsewhere.
New minister for industry, innovation and science, Arthur Sinodinos, is fond of the term innovation.
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New minister Arthur Sinodinos seems all for the innovation catch-cry but perhaps it’s time he dropped it.
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While hugely popular for a time, the advent of the three ring circus invited animal cruelty complaints and led to the demise of more skilled circus artistry.
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The World Economic Forum draws a straight line from social injustice to many of the risks facing the world in 2017.
Taking care of business. Will Trump be hands off?
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One cymbal manufacturer has survived 400 years, but most in-house companies fail to survive through the generations.
Artificial intelligence will unleash computers from behind screens.
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Tech companies are racing to create a new way of interacting with computers - artificial intelligence.
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Scandals, elections, budgets, 2016 had it all. Here’s what made news in business and economics.
The world economy is inextricably linked with the US.
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A lot has changed in the global economy since the Federal Budget 2016.
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Making products in our new economic age is fast becoming a partnership with customers, not just a transaction.
Caltex petrol station franchisees are the latest to be accused of underpaying workers.
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The franchise business model could be undermined by proposed laws which make franchisors and franchisees jointly responsible for wage underpayments.
“I bless this business deal.”
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No other nation has conjoined business success and piety quite like America has. Is Donald Trump’s election a strange perversion of this tradition?
Customer-facing roles may soon be taken over by cheaper, friendlier and more knowledgeable robotic retail assistants.
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Business Briefing: when robots and customers meet
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Customers might prefer digital robots who don't judge for now but physical robots with empathy may be the customer service workers of the future.
President-elect Trump’s twitter account has the power to devastate companies’ share prices.
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Tweet-shaming from politicians isn’t the best way to regulate companies – it hurts investments, shareholders and ultimately the economy.
CEOs who are more confident are less likely to sell their own stock in a company.
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If a company is led by an overconfident CEO, the firm is less likely to invest in corporate social responsibility measures like workforce diversity.
Shareholder activism is growing worldwide.
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Australia’s rules on how investors engage with companies, coupled with the clout of superannuation investor groups, means there’s potential for more shareholder activism.
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The last 20 years of failure to tackle boardroom excess should prompt a more radical approach.
They might seem innocuous, but tweets can have very real effects on company stock prices.
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Social media communication like Twitter can influence investor decisions in an unequal way and whether the company intends it or not, research finds.
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The benchmark scheme that protects cocoa farmers and local communities could be toppled as big players rethink their role.
The new head of the Business Council of Australia, Grant King, needs to change his tune to remain relevant.
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The new president of the Business Council of Australia Grant King will need to change his message on company tax and other issues to really remain relevant.
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