13 April 2007
The April issue of Monash Business Review, out today, contains previously unpublished research from academics and business leaders across Australia on topics including Islamic banking, private equity, consumer trend cycles, performance appraisals, international subcontracting, leadership, marketing and finance. Stories include:
In your interest: From just a handful of institutions in the Arab countries in the 1960s, Islamic banking is now growing four times faster than conventional banking. Professor Mohamed Ariff explains why. Expert analysis is also provided by Dr Mervyn K Lewis and Associate Professor Ishaq Bhatti.
Public face of private equity: Money talks, and at the moment it's chattering loudly about private equity deals and dealmaker Peter Yates, Managing Director, Allco Equity Partners.
Living in a pressure cooker: Modern consumer trend cycles are emerging faster than ever to keep pace with demanding lifestyles, write analysts Catherine Nicolas and Carla Ferraro.
Portal power: Dr Ly-Fie Sugianto and Dewi Rooslani Tojib's scale measures the success of your business-to-employee information outlet.
Lessons post M&A: Jarrod McDonald, Max Coulthard and Associate Professor Paul de Lange look at post-merger and acquisition integration issues in six Australian organisations.
New fee framework: Nigel Finch and Associate Professor Guy Ford discover some distortions in the calculation of fund management expense ratios
Keeping up appearances: Advice from a 7th century Pope provides the solution to a 21st century management dilemma, says Dr Sam Wells.
Practitioner's perspective: Michelle Greenwood and Peter Uhlenbruch ask the Body Shop's Graeme Wise and social activist Eva Cox to elaborate on stakeholder theory.
Grapes of Wrath: The affairs of Evans and Tate during 2005 raise questions about Australia's continuous disclosure regime, writes Professor Tyrone M Carlin.
To internationally subcontract or not? Dr Yue Wang discusses the pros and cons of international subcontracting.
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