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• Examining Biases in Measures of Firm Innovation

  BNET - 2005-06-29

  The inappropriate treatment of intangible investment in company accounts means that there are no statistical collections for innovative activity which abide by the logic used for other economic activity data. Accordingly, analysts rely instead on proxy indicators derived from administrative and survey data collections. This paper considers, in the light...

  Tags: Innovation, University Of Melbourne, Economic Activity, Survey, Marketing Research, Marketing

• Employee Share Ownership Schemes in Australia: A Survey of Key Issues and Themes

  BNET - 2005-04-08

  This paper surveys key issues and themes surrounding ESO schemes in Australia. It explores the varied policy rationales for these schemes, noting both broad bipartisan support and a generally limited conception of their fundamental purpose. The paper also outlines the current state of empirical research on their incidence and effects....

  Tags: Australia, University Of Melbourne, Survey, Scheme, Marketing Research, Marketing

• Donors query executive pay.

  - 2003-05-05

  May 04, 2003 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) An academic survey has revealed donors want details of executive pay scales for Australian non-profit organisations. The survey, conducted for non-profit companies by University of Melbourne lecturer Sue Woodward, concludes that if...

  Tags: Government, MARKETING, survey, University of Melbourne

• Bullying survey under fire.

  - 2002-02-28

  March, 2002 Law Institute Journal ABIX via COMTEX -- A survey by TMP Worldwide into the Australian legal profession has been rejected by a prominent Melbourne University statistician. Professor of Statistics at the University of Melbourne, Tim Brown, has dismissed the survey, which found...

  Tags: MARKETING, survey, TMP Worldwide, University of Melbourne

• Outworkers toil up to 19 hours a day for $3.60 an hour, survey finds.

  - 2001-11-22

  Nov 23, 2001 The Age ABIX via COMTEX -- A new study has found some workers in Australia's clothing industry are being paid as little as $A0.50 an hour. The study of outworkers, by researchers at the University of Melbourne, shows most work days...

  Tags: Australia, survey, University of Melbourne, worker

• Saving Uluru's Story

  - 2000-03-01

  The rock. Unmistakably Australian and undeniably impressive. Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, dominates the plains of central Australia. Home to countless flora and fauna, this monolith has also been a canvas for the Anangu people who have lived around its base for many thousands of years. Paintings and engravings...

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