Small business
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The Māori Women’s Economy
This research represents the first major research study into the Māori women’s economy. The report highlights the economic and wellbeing contributions of wāhine Māori in households, businesses, and communities. It details their socio-economic participation, labour market outcomes, business ownership, leadership, and the value of unpaid work.
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Skills for a cleaner future: building the workforce for a clean economy
This research explores how everyday Australian businesses are experiencing the transition to a clean economy. It explores the drivers of change, and their relationship to emerging skills and workforce needs.
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AI and the modern tax agency
Based on insights from roundtable participants and research by the authors, this report provides analysis and makes recommendations for the IRS and tax agencies around the world to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve customer service and education, compliance and enforcement, and risk management—and to do so while mitigating risk and building trust through the...
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A better future for self-employment: how is it changing, and how can ‘gig’ work be regulated?
This report from the Centre for Future Work shows that, in reality, self-employment is not growing inexorably — in fact, in most countries (including Australia) it is declining.
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Net zero and productivity in SMEs: overlaps and evidence needs
This paper presents findings from a scoping study into the potential for policy interventions that can both boost small business productivity and contribute to net-zero. The paper looks at the evidence on the case for supporting small-medium enterprises (SMEs) to take action on net zero, the challenges for policy interventions, and the role for experimentation.