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Productivity in the workplace

Don’t work harder, work smarter

06 Jan 2020

Managers want productive employees, but micro-management and work pressure is not the solution.

Tim Harcourt

What would happen to the Australian economy if everyone was given $100k?

23 Dec 2019

Ever wondered what would happen to the economy if every Australian was given 100k or if Jeff Bezos could end world poverty?

UNSW Business School J.W. Nevile Fellow Tim Harcourt explains all.

Nitika Garg, Associate Professor at the School of Marketing, UNSW Business School explains why the consumption of specific products like Aperol Spritz increases over the holiday season and why consumers associate it with summer.

Why have Australian consumers adopted overseas holiday trends like the Aperol Spritz?

23 Dec 2019

Nitika Garg, Associate Professor at the School of Marketing, UNSW Business School explains why the consumption of specific products like Aperol Spritz increases over the holiday season and why consumers associate it with summer.

Gender Pay Gap

What is the retirement gender pay gap?

20 Dec 2019

The retirement gender pay gap is the difference in retirement savings between men and women.

Archana Voola Research Fellow for the Centre For Social Impact speaks about this topic and how it impacts women.

UNSW Business School lecturer Veronica Jiang shares her insights on whether consumers should buy earlier or later in the festive season.

How does consumer behaviour change during the holiday season?

20 Dec 2019

Veronica Jiang, Lecturer at the School of Marketing, UNSW Business School, shares her insights on whether consumers should buy earlier or later in the festive season.

daleks

Vital Signs: Australia's nation-building opportunity held hostage by the deficit daleks

20 Dec 2019

The idea there is no government fate worse than debt is misleading at best.

CV fraud

Is CV fraud a crime?

18 Dec 2019

Depending on the inaccuracy on your curriculum vitae, lying on your CV could be crime, says UNSW’s Professor Alex Steel.

UNSW postgraduate winning team at the 2019 Big Idea competition. From left to right: Lauren Hayes, Liana Nguyen, Jules Grimont and Mikhail Mathias. Shehara Hapugalle (not featured) is also part of the Closed Loop team but was unable to attend the event.

A big idea for public recycling

16 Dec 2019

Local councils and community centres could soon be able to reprocess their recycled plastic waste thanks to an award-winning idea by UNSW Business School students.   

airbnb

Your Airbnb guest could be a tenant. Until the law is cleared up, hosts are in limbo

16 Dec 2019

In 2016, a Victorian court decided an Airbnb arrangement was a lease. 'Guests' could be protected by tenancy law, including against eviction. And in this case the host was evicted for subletting.

Social media

Protect yourself and your content on social media

16 Dec 2019

UNSW's Dr Kathy Bowrey, Professor in the Faculty of Law provides tips on how to protect yourself and your content on social media.

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