Abstract: Bulk shipping is a highly competitive market that is subject to volatile freightrates caused by imbalance between demand and supply as well as changes in input costs.As such companies constantly face challenges of being competitive in the market andmaking profit. This highlights...

Current recommendations in Australia and some other economies identify independentdirectors as a key component of effective corporate governance. The research on theempirical link between board characteristics and firm performance, matching the trendtowards greater board independence, is...

The main objective of this research is to identify the factors associated with the performance of Australian home-based businesses (HBBs). The dimensions of performance considered are size and profit. Measures of HBB size used are number of equivalent full time employees and annual sales, and...

The Tasmanian tourism and hospitality (T&H) industry is the largest in the states service sector. Worldwide, the industry is volatile, experiencing extreme levels of employee turnover. T&H organisations report significant difficulty with retention of chefs and this is heightened in regional...

This paper examines the dynamic relations between stock prices and exchange rates in Sri Lanka. We use monthly data on four foreign exchange rates and the All Share Price Index (ASPI) of the Colombo Stock Exchange for the period January 1986 to December 2004 in the empirical analysis. The time...

This paper investigates the accounting based covenants typically contained in the private debt contracts of listed Australian firms. In particular, cross sectional determinants of variation in covenant utilisation and restrictiveness are investigated. The primary source of data presented in the...

[Abstract]: Consensus is emerging that companies are socially responsible although the nature and degree of social responsibility continues to be the source of debate. This continued debate allows the buck to be passed. A shift in view from corporate social responsibility to corporate...