The Big End of Town

The Big End of Town
Author: Grant Fleming
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2004-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781139452137

Never before had a book been published which provides such a comprehensive study of Australian corporate leadership over the past 100 years. Written by a team of economic historians The Big End of Town, first published in 2004, is a proper business history of twentieth-century Australia. This book traces the evolution of large business enterprises in Australia, from the giants of the nineteenth century - such as Dalgety's, CSR and BHP - to the contemporary leaders in Newscorp and Qantas. It delves into why the market leaders became the major players, examines what was crucial to their success, and their roles in leading the Australian economy. By investigating their evolution this book provides a useful evaluation of the factors that have led to their competitive success and provides an essential guide for all businesses in Australia and beyond.

Australia in the Global Economy

Australia in the Global Economy
Author: Barrie Dyster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107683831

Explores the evolution of Australia's position in the global economy from the start of the twentieth century through to today.

Only in Australia

Only in Australia
Author: William Coleman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2016-06-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0191067555

This edited volume is about the Australian difference and how Australia's economic and social policy has diverged from the approach of other countries. Australia seems to be following a 'special path' of its own that it laid down more than a century ago. Australia's distinctive bent is manifested in a tightly regulated labour market; a heavy reliance on means testing and income taxation; a geographical centralization of political power combined with its dispersal amongst autonomous authorities, and electoral singularities such as compulsory and preferential voting. In seeking to explain this Australian Exceptionalism, the book covers a diverse range of issues: the strength and weakness of religion, democratic and undemocratic tendencies, the poverty of public debate, the role of elites, the exploitation of Australian sports stars, the politics of railways, the backwardness of agriculture, deviation from the Westminster system, the original encounter between European and Aboriginal cultures, and the heavy taxation of tobacco. Bringing together contributions from economists, economic historians, and political scientists, the volume seeks to understand why Australia is different. It offers a range of explanations from the 'historical legacy', to material factors, historical chance, and personalities.

Australia in the International Economy

Australia in the International Economy
Author: Barrie Dyster
Publisher: CUP Archive
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1990-08-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521336895

The authors trace the relationship between Australia's economic well being and the international economy from the late nineteenth-century onwards. This book fills the need for an introductory text in this area for undergraduate students of economics, politics and history and for the general reader who wishes to understand how the Australian economy operates.

Transforming Power

Transforming Power
Author: Aynsley Kellow
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0521471222

Originally published in 1996, this book is an exploration and analysis of the electricity industry in the context of uncertainty following the energy crisis of the 1970s and concern over the greenhouse effect. Few industries demand a similar level of foresight and planning, or such vast amounts of capital. The book examines five well-known Australian, Canadian and New Zealand cases and closely analyses the ways in which various agencies have sought ends to serve the means at their disposal. Electricity has long been regarded as a natural monopoly, but questions of privatisation, regulation and government control are increasingly prevalent. The book explores these issues and also notes the experiences of other countries in its analysis of institutional reform. Aynsley Kellow argues for different approaches to electricity planning, which offer much by way of economic savings and minimisation of environmental problems.

Australia

Australia
Author: Dennis Norman Jeans
Publisher:
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1987
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Essays in human geography in Australia; mention of Aboriginal populations, Aboriginal land rights, present use of land; essay by Fay Gale Aborigines and Europeans separately annotated.

Managing Subsidiary Dynamics

Managing Subsidiary Dynamics
Author: Joseph L.C. Cheng
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2009-07-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1848556675

Presents a multi-disciplinary approach to researching subsidiary dynamics and its effective management, with a focus on the role of the headquarters within the context of subsidiaries as members of a differentiated, interdependent network, and the development of subsidiary capabilities and their impact on firm performance.

The Role of Government in the Industrialization of Iraq 1950-1965

The Role of Government in the Industrialization of Iraq 1950-1965
Author: Ferhang Jalal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2015-05-08
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317592174

Since 1950 the governments of Iraq have attempted vigorously to develop the economy and have stressed industrial development. Here Dr Ferhang Jalal discusses, analyses and appraises a number of policies adopted by the government of Iraq designed to promote the growth of the industrial sector. The policies were of two kinds: the establishment of enterprises financed, constructed and operated by the government; and the encouragement of the expansion of private industrial enterprises through provision of finance, by way of tax exemptions of all kinds, through controls over the allocation of investment, and by protecting them from foreign competition. The author discusses the extent to which investment programmes formulated by planners were able to be implemented, and analyses in detail the factors facilitating and those constraining a more rapid rate of industrial growth.