Are sustainability-dependent executive bonuses the answer to saving the planet? Research recently conducted by the Centre for Corporate Governance at the University of Technology, Sydney, examined whether…
China will dominate global steel production, but Australia can have a future in high value steel making - if we don't lose our nerve.
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Recently, I met a friend at a conference in Japan. My friend is a specialist in steelmaking technology and, after a long successful career in Japan, had taken up a position in a Chinese Steel company called…
Paul Cleary's book, Too Much Luck, highlights the many negative consequences of the mining boom.
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Paul Cleary’s book Too Much Luck: The Mining Boom and Australia’s Future, is a timely appraisal of the dramatic economic and social impacts, as well as the political ramifications of the current resource…
There is more behind the Qantas lockout than short-term industrial disputes.
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As the initial shock of the Qantas lockout of its workforce abates, it is time to consider the wider implications of this action.
One lesson is the folly of national identification of companies that are…
New research suggests a bit of clutter actually helps us be more productive.
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BHP copped a fair amount of flak for a leaked memo which outlined its daunting list of rules about employee behaviours.
BHP’s “office environment standard” reportedly includes making staff remove post…
Some facts about BHP Billiton.
Its full year annual profit of $US23.6 billion ($A22.46 billion) is the largest ever for an Australian corporation and is double that of last year’s.
It employs close to…
