Knowing whether an organization will fail is useful information for investors and other stakeholders. Looking to 36 New Zealand corporate failures (2001-2010), we find that anticipation of their demise was not clearly signalled in the public media. The question then emerges as to whether better forecasts of impending failure could have been derived from information...

Australian businesses received online orders worth $189 billion in the twelve months to 2010-11, according to this release on the incidence of use of information technology and innovation in Australian business. This includes orders received from Australian households, businesses and government, as well as orders received from overseas customers. This is up from $143 billion...

This research report for the study on the impacts of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Reforms: Business Regulation and Vocational Education and Training (VET). The report has three sections detailing an overview, Business Regulation and VET. Effective economic reform promotes productivity growth and improvements in living standards. The implementation of Australia’s National Competition Policy...

The NSW Workers Compensation Scheme has experienced many reforms over the past three decades. These changes have largely been made in response to fluctuations in the financial position of the Scheme. The most recent major reforms were enacted in 2001 when the Scheme had a deficit of over $2 billion. As outlined in a 2001...

The Reserve Bank has identified a number of major influences on the Australian economy at present: sovereign debt problems in Europe; changes in household spending patterns; softness in the housing market; the investment and terms of trade boom (business investment rose about 20% in the last year); and the high exchange rate. The Australian economy...