Business innovation: are you asking the right questions? (journal article)
by Roger LaSalle
from Dynamic Business, 29 April 2009
"Business innovation is important in tough times. A continued commitment to invest in innovation can help businesses survive the recession and thrive when the economy recovers. Innovation is about finding a better way of doing things, but in order to correctly innovate, you need to be asking the right questions."
The Term Spread and GDP Growth in Australia (journal article)
By Jacob Poke and Graeme Wells
from Economic Record Vol 85 Iss 269 2009, pp. 121 - 131
"This article analyses the significance of the spread between short- and long-term interest rates for predicting GDP growth in Australia, and whether the predictive relation deteriorates, as theory suggests, with the adoption of a credible inflation-targeting regime. We test whether the significance of the term spread is sensitive to the inclusion of other conditioning variables which may be useful in forecasting GDP growth, and whether forecasting significance is due primarily to the expected change in short-term interest rates, the term premium, or a combination of the two. There is some support for the proposition that the rationally-expected term spread has become less significant with the adoption of inflation targeting."
Commercialisation push is disastrous (journal article)
by Doug Edmeades
from Australasian Science , May 2009
"Business management and the profit motive have put science in a strait-jacket, New Zealand experience shows."
Talking the talk (journal article)
by Karalyn Brown
from Management Today April 2009
'Managers need to be powerful communicators if they are to achieve their goals and inspire their people as individuals and in teams. ... While it's amazing that while most of us spend each day talking to each other, it's surprising how many people struggle to have a conversation of quality. "
The benefits of being good (journal article)
by Beverley Head
from Information Age, April 2009
"The ICT sector loves its TLAs (three-letter acronyms) and is learning to live with the GFC (global financial crisis). Now it’s getting to grips with CSR (corporate social responsibility)."
Queensland supports debt (journal article)
by John Arbouw
from Project Finance International, April 2009
"The Aspire Schools consortium has won the A$260m contract to build seven new schools in southeast Queensland and this will be the first project in Australia to use the supported debt model (SDM). About 70% of the post-construction financing requirements will be provided in the form of supported debt."
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The Crisis: timing strategic moves (journal article)
by Richard Dobbs and Timothy M. Koller
from McKinsey Quarterly April 2009
"Timing is key as companies weigh whether to make strategic investments now or wait for clear signs of recovery. Scenario analysis can expose the risks of moving too quickly or slowly."
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Document management - a hidden source of value (journal article)
by Ferruccio Lagutaine and Stefano Martinotti
from McKinsey Quarterly, April 2009
"Recently, a big insurance company looking for savings to finance growth decided to target document operations. Spending was high and evidence of waste widespread. In some locations, under a third of all marketing brochures reached designated customers; the rest sat in storage for years. Fragmented communications hurt the company’s brand image—logos, for example, were printed in different sizes and colors.
Top executives thought an integrated document-management strategy could cut costs and improve operations significantly. An analysis revealed that over three years these costs might fall by up to €150 million..."
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An empirical study about the status of business process management (journal article)
By Thomas Neubauer
from Business Process Management Journal Vol 15 Iss 2 2009, pp. 166-183
"Recently, business process management (BPM) is among the most important managerial topics because it allows companies an agile adaptation to changing business requirements. Consultants and researchers are regularly proposing new methods and concepts based on BPM for further increasing the efficiency of corporate processes. However, from an empirical point of view it is crucial to determine the current status in practice and derive goals for research and technology transfer. This paper aims to address these issues. "
New regions and regionalisation through clusters: City-regions and new problems for the periphery (journal article)
By Mike Danson
from International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol 22 Iss 3 2009, pp. 260 - 271
"The purpose of this paper is to introduce the role of territory in (city-) regionalisation and to revisit the problems of distance from the core in cluster strategies. The paper further aims to discuss the implications of how agglomeration and networking economies, strongly promoted and based on city regions, are being realised across national boundaries."
