The Web is transforming how organisations conduct business, ranging from improving efficiency to creating new, innovative products and services—all with an eye toward improving the bottom line. Adoption of sustainability may be following a similar path. At first, organizations were just trying to be good corporate citizens, focusing on energy conservation and offering “green” products...

This paper presents the definitions to be used by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) for the purpose of collecting and disseminating statistics on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander owned businesses (limited to small-tomedium sized, privately owned businesses). The definitions are intended to be used in the context of measuring economic participation and development in...

Newly exporting small and medium-sized enterprises have not, to date, has sufficient focus from the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation's assistance with export finance and insurance, according to this report. Key points These key points were released with the Australia's Export Credit Arrangements draft report on 22 February 2012. The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation...

This report aims to improve our understanding of the causes of skill shortages, the way businesses respond and the short-term consequences of skill shortages. Reponses from small- and medium-sized businesses reveal that skill shortages matter, but that their relationship to firm performance differs according to the nature of the skill shortage. The findings confirm that...

This report examines a form of money laundering based on the trade of goods and services, commonly known as trade-based money laundering. Although the global response to trade-based money laundering has been limited so far, more research needs to be conducted into the nature and impact of trade-based money laundering before avenues for reform are...