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A two-year study into the services sector – where 85% of employed
Australians now work – shows intangible factors, such as progressive
leadership, the employee experience and innovation, may have a far
greater impact on an organisation's profitability than old-school number
crunching, cost-cutting and capital considerations. As manufacturing
dwindles in significance, a shift in focus to intangible attributes
presents the new way forward for employers. Now the federal
government-funded research project – led by Christina Boedker of the
Australian School of Business – is moving into phase two to develop
intervention strategies to find effective ways to improve productivity, a
field in which Australia is leading the way.
Many of the world’s economies are still struggling to recover from the
global financial crisis. The threat of a crisis Mark II is not out of
the question, though it’s unlikely, says Anne Krueger, a former chief
economist of the World Bank, and first deputy managing director of the...
Published 10/04/12
Australia, with its sound and well-managed financial system, stands to
reap significant benefits from the economic growth in Asia. But a key
question remains: how should Australia position itself in the Asian
century? Reaching a consensus on this is crucial, according to Masahiko
Takeda,...
Published 10/04/12