Business

New direction for Business and Economics

Volume 6 Number 3 March 8 - April 12 2010

Engagement with business, government and the wider community is on the agenda for Business and Economics. By David Scott.

Case closed

Volume 6 Number 4 April 12 - May 3 2010

Can two of the world’s biggest animation studios co-exist under the one roof? A team of University of Melbourne Business and Economics students thought so. David Scott speaks to the students who won the Marshall Case Competition in the US.

Giving it away

Volume 6 Number 4 April 12 - May 3 2010

Australians like to pride themselves on giving money to those in need, but what motivates us to part with our hard-earned to help others? David Scott talks to Dr Nikos Nikiforakis about what drives charitable giving.

Strip back the clutter

Volume 6 Number 6 June 14 - July 12 2010

Thirty Melbourne students took their business ideas from concept to reality over a gruelling but satisfying weekend. By Shane Cahill.

SEWing a brighter future

Volume 6 Number 6 June 14 - July 12 2010

Flourishing enterprise SEW, founded by two University of Melbourne students is a business with a difference, Zoe Nikakis discovers.

Free kick for market and social researchers

Volume 6 Number 6 June 14 - July 12 2010

Some sporting pundits see the AFL’s push into the Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney as an expensive and risky experiment. But for Professor Simon Bell the benefits are unequivocal. Gabrielle Murphy reports.

Risky business

Volume 6 Number 2 February 8 - March 8 2010

A partnership between the Faculty of Business and Economics and the National Australia Bank has been exploring risk management as a component of professional education – starting before the Global Financial Crisis. Shane Cahill reports.

Shariah finance future

Volume 6 Number 2 February 8 - March 8 2010

Islamic finance may not have widespread recognition just yet, but it may just hold one of the keys to Australia’s global financial recovery, according to recent scholarship winner Maria Bhatti, as David Scott found.