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The relationship between corporate governance attributes and firm performance [PDF]

, 2012
A number of studies, particularly in developed countries, had been carried out to explore the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance.
Alhaji, Idris Adamu
core  

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

An Empirical Study on Market Timing Theory of Capital Structure

International Research Journal of Business Studies, 2016
The theory of capital structure has advanced remarkably. This development began as many firms had options to consider various external factors determining the composition of debt and equity.
Ignatius Rony Setyawan
doaj  

Embedding equity and inclusion in universities through motivational theory and community‐based conservation approaches [PDF]

Maï Yasué, Netta Weinstein, Sara Harris, I‐Chant A. Chiang, Nicole Legate, Amanda A. Moore, Nadia Joe   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An exploration of the effects of pessimism and doubt on asset returns. [PDF]

The subjective distribution of growth rates of aggregate consumption is characterized by pessimism if it is first-order stochastically dominated by the objective distribution.
Andrew B. Abel
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National and International Monitoring of Student Literacy and Numeracy Attainment: The Case for Rigorous Macro and Micro Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In her 2024 paper Are Australian students' academic skills declining? Interrogating 25 years of national and international standardised assessment data, Larsen compiled an impressive summary of major international (PISA, PIRLS and TIMSS) and national (NAPLAN) standardised assessments pertaining to literacy and numeracy.
Pamela C. Snow, Tanya A. Serry, Jennifer Buckingham, Lorraine S. Hammond, Stephen Dinham, Eamon Charles, Tessa A. Weadman, Nathanial R. Swain, Susan Hiland, Tessa Daffern   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land rental markets in the process of rural structural transformation : productivity and equity impacts in China [PDF]

The importance of land rental for overall economic development has long been recognized in theory, yet empirical evidence on the productivity and equity impacts of such markets and the extent to which they realize their potential has been scant ...
Deininger, Klaus, Jin, Songqing
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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source