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Monash provides business insights from research

24 August 2005

A new journal dedicated to communicating original academic research about business to a wider general audience has been launched by Monash.

Monash Business Review, initiated by the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Graduate School of Business, aims to identify the key trends affecting Australian business and how they will shape its competitive environment.

To be published three times a year in print and online, Monash Business Review will adapt research outcomes and present them in an easy-to-read format, so that findings can be readily understood by business people and academics.

Contributing editor Mr Gregory Hywood, former publisher of The Age, last week launched the journal at the Park Hyatt Hotel. Guests included former Prime Minister Mr Bob Hawke; businessman Mr Lindsay Fox; Business Council of Australia president Mr Hugh Morgan AC and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade assistant chairman Mr Wang Jinzhen.

Mr Hywood said globalisation, the emergence of China and the challenges of attracting and managing a skilled workforce were the key current trends.

"Our first issue provides readers with a unique insight into the demographics of the China market, an examination of the changing face of the workforce and an explanation of how and why Coles Myer outsourced its call centre to India and then retreated," he said.

"These articles are just the beginning of a commitment to uncover issues of importance and interest to the business community."

Faculty of Business and Economics dean Professor Gill Palmer said the journal would unlock academic information and provide vital direction and tools for industry and business.

"As an innovative bridge between industry and academia, the Monash Business Review offers a novel way for business and academic research to engage," Professor Palmer said.

"The Monash Business Review invites contributing papers from around the world – from academics, individuals and business."