Business
Report
2016 Indigenous engagement survey: summary report
Indigenous employment has grown by 30% among Business Council member companies since 2014, this report shows.
Report
Local government guide to fostering corporate social responsibility
A guide for local governments to help business to become more socially and environmentally responsible.
Report
Australian Trade and Investment Commission corporate plan 2016-17
Austrade plays a role in helping secure Australia’s economic prosperity, through our work as the Australian Government’s international trade, education and investment promotion agency, and through working to strengthen Australia’s tourism sector. The past year has been one of achievement, helping Australian business and institutions overcome barriers to successful export into difficult markets, and continuing...
Report
Cooperative, mutual and member-owned firms
The role, importance, and overall performance of cooperative, mutual and member-owned firms in the Australian economy.
Conference paper
Regional small business as an underappreciated response to globalisation-induced socio-economic instabilities
The realities of subgroups of regional small businesses (regional-SBs) are essential for proper policy process but are under-researched. This study explores and seeks to reduce the aforementioned gap. Firm-and-manager-specific attributes of regional-SBs (drawn from a sample of 500 Australian regional-SBs) are evaluated to determine if they differ from common perceptions of small businesses (SBs) and...