Small businesses make up a majority of businesses in Australia, providing an impetus for economic development. However, guidelines for corporate governance bestHeenetigala, KumiArmstrong, Anona FernSocial Science Electronic PublishingHeenetigala, Kumi and Armstrong, Anona Fern. (2010). Corporate ...
Minor parties, sometimes referred to as small parties, have been the subject of much interest, especially in European political systems where they have often been crucial in forming coalition governments. In recent years, however, there has been growing interest in minor parties in Australia. This...
Secondly, previous research has focused disproportionately on developed societies, such as the UK, Australia, and North America (Kolodinsky et al., 2013; Nutley, 2005; Powe et al., 2009; Powe & Shaw, 2004; van Leeuwen and Rietveld, 2011), with less attention going to fast-developing ...
: (1) the great diversity within the Australian Indigenous community; (2) the fact that most Indigenous people have non-Indigenous partners; and (3) the way in which racial discrimination and socio-economic disadvantage has impacted on Indigenous communities and indigenous culture in Australia. ...
Budget airline AirAsia looks set to launch flights in China after an agreement was signed with a local partner. Chinese students capitalizing on 'Daigou' in Australia "Daigou", or "buying on behalf of", business is reportedly booming among Chinese students overseas, particularly in Australia. Chin...
Broadbanding the nation : lessons from Canada on the shortcomings in Australian federalism in addressing local communication problems Local and regional interests were effectively ignored while Telstra blamed the federal government and ACCC for the state of Australia's broadband infrastructure and speeds whi...
Small and Medium Forest Enterprises are considered promoters of local development and growth due to their contributions to over 50% of forest-based employment in some countries like Brazil, Uganda, and India. Despite the many potentials of these enterpri
Metropolitan areas with a dispersed suburban settlement structure have the greatest ecological footprint, a model mainly characteristic of the US and Australia but more recently also of Eastern Europe (Moran et al., 2018). The smallest energy use is in small and medium‐sized towns that are ...
That Singapore's other key economic partners such as Europe, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Australia have close ties with Washington, further increases American economic heft and political clout in Singapore (Figs. 12.2–12.9). Not Choosing Sides May Not Be Good Enough Anymore Despite the ...
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have long been recognized as some of the planet’s most vulnerable areas to climate change, notably to rising sea levels and coastal extremes. They have been crucial in raising ambitions to keep global warming below