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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue, Peter Anderson, Mark Brimble   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling Sustainable Earned Value Management (EVM) Under Grey Uncertain Conditions

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The EVM method is an essential project management technique that compares the work done to the planned values (PVs) to identify project variances. However, the inherent uncertainties and possibilities in the project introduce uncertainty in the input ...
Lei Fan, Shima Mohseni Nejad, Morteza Bagherpour, Mohammad Reza Feylizadeh, Negar Karimi   +4 more
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Analisis Profitabilitas Keripik Singkong pada Industri Rumah Tangga Pasundan di Kota Palu [PDF]

, 2017
The study aims to determine the amount of revenue and profitability of the business value of cassava chips in the industry "Pasundan" in the city of Palu. The research was conducted on a month from November to December 2015.
Effendy, E. (Effendy), Patoki, A. K. (Alto)   +1 more
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National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

Underemployment and Job Quality Among Young Australians: A Gendered Analysis Using the HILDA Survey (2009–2022)

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over almost two decades, young people's employment opportunities have been significantly impacted by events like the Global Financial Crisis (2008–2009) and the COVID‐19 pandemic (2020‐). Thus, underemployment has become a more pervasive and persistent feature of young people's labour market experiences. This research focuses on three forms of
Brendan Churchill
wiley   +1 more source

The Costs of Conflict Resolution and Financial Distress: Evidence from the Texaco-Pennzoil Litigation [PDF]

This paper uses data on the abnormal returns earned by the shareholders of Texaco and Pennzoil to examine whether resources were "lost" in the course of the litigation.
David M. Cutler, Lawrence H. Summers
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Participatory Policy Development: Reflections on Designing the Strong Roots for Our Futures Program in Victoria

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we trace the journey to create the Strong Roots for our Futures Program, a government program to resource and support Traditional Owners to undertake a range of activities in areas where no state recognition existed. We provide a background to state recognition in Victoria before considering the program design, leading to an ...
Nell Reidy, Bhiamie Williamson, Jesse Williams   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investment Advice: Go for the MBA [PDF]

, 2007
Business school deans have been rushing to the defense of their graduate degree programs ever since Jeffrey Pfeffer and Christina Fong published their 2002 article questioning the value of an MBA. Not only did those authors debate the worth of the MBA in
Holtom, Brooks, Inderrieden, Edward
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

How Competitive is Irish Manufacturing? [PDF]

Ireland experienced significant competitiveness gains in the 1990s on the basis of the standard manufacturing unit labour cost-based measure of the real effective exchange rate. A few sectors mostly dominated by multinational companies have accounted for
Jarkko Soikkeli, Sweta C. Saxena, Valerie Cerra   +2 more
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