News and analysis curated by QUT Business School.
23 February, 2024
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MBA, Postgraduate, Graduate School of Business, Leadership and management
Being a director of any organisation comes with a raft of responsibilities and obligations that can be daunting for the uninitiated. One of the best ways to gain the skills required to be a director is with a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
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12 April, 2019
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Economy
Women economists are critical for our economic future
It has long been recognised by economists that gender equity is good for the economy. The benefit of successful policies to empower women to participate equally in the global economy could be the addition of $28 trillion to global GDP growth by 2025.
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9 April, 2019
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Entrepreneurship, Organisational behaviour
Why we need to foster immigrant entrepreneurship communities
Approximately one in four Australian are migrants. Immigrants are much more likely to engage in entrepreneurship out of either necessity or opportunity.
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4 April, 2019
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Marketing
The trouble with Big W: don't blame online for killing discount department stores
Big W store closures signal deeper problems for the discount department store sector.
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4 April, 2019
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Innovation and technology
Helmet churn adds to challenges of e-scooter disruption
Every day, e-scooters and helmets are put out together, but some people ride without helmets and at the end of each day helmets are missing. So what can be done to ensure safe riding behaviour?
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2 April, 2019
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Nonprofit and philanthropy
The rise of social enterprise and its power to create social change in fashion
Nonprofit organisations, companies and governments are increasingly recognising that commerce and entrepreneurship can be powerfully combined.
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20 February, 2019
Filed under:
Leadership and management
Taking five with Jeanne Johns
Ahead of our QUT Business Leaders' Forum, we take five with Jeanne Johns, Managing Director and CEO, Incitec Pivot Limited.
19 February, 2019
Filed under:
Innovation and technology
What’s trending in 2019
Professor Marek Kowalkiewicz shares nine business, technology, and social trends that will shape 2019.
18 February, 2019
Filed under:
Marketing
The decoy effect: how you are influenced to choose without really knowing it
Most pricing structures nudge us to spend more. But there's a particularly cunning type of pricing that can get us to swap our preference from a cheaper to a more expensive option.
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18 January, 2019
Filed under:
Leadership and management, Marketing
Attention CMOs: Be the obvious choice for CEO
Chief Executive Officer of Yum! Brands and QUT Business School alumnus, Greg Creed, on how CMOs can step up to the role of CEO.