The aim of the research in this dissertation is twofold. First, from a wide ranging survey of the themes, principles and approaches to sustainable development, the objective is to establish a method of measuring whether or not business and industry are contributing to sustainable development....

The spectacular growth in popularity of Part IX debt agreements raises the question of whether this insolvency option is fulfilling the task for which it was designed, ie providing a viable low cost alternative to bankruptcy for low-income insolvents with few assets and few creditors. This...

In this paper, I assess labor market returns of a substantial skill upgrade: college enrollment of the vocationally trained, non-traditional students who do not have the formal entry requirement. Using propensity-scoreadjusted regressions and the National Educational Panel Study, I find that...

In recent decades, mentoring has been identified as a worthwhile workplace learning activity for men, women and minority groups in a variety of organisational settings such as large and small corporations, government departments, hospitals, universities and schools. Mentoring has received...

This paper explores theoretical and practical aspects (i.e. resources allocated, activities undertaken, actors/decisions involved) of corporate ‘parenting’ in the development of international service networks. A review of the relevant corporate strategy, supply-chain, networks and services...

Against a background in the past decade of significant contextual changes, including the deregulation of the airlines, the privatisation of Qantas, and the merger of Australian Airlines, Qantas Airlines Limited has undergone significant organisational change. This change has not been...