Business innovation is the result of a range of commercial and business strategies and not just R&D spend, a survey of BCA Members has found. The report showed that process adaptation, applications of new technologies and capital investment in new...
This draft document was prepared by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) for discussion by BCA Sustainable Growth Task Force. The contents do not represent BCA policy. Download a copy here.
Although the rate of CEO turnover in Australia declined in the past year, local CEOs are more likely to leave their jobs because of poor performance than their global counterparts, according to a study by international management consulting firm Booz...
The Business Council of Australia has called on federal and state governments and the private sector to consider a range of measures to counteract excessive short-termism in Australia. The recommendations are part of a BCA paper, Beyond the Horizon: Short-Termism...
The Business Council of Australia has released a discussion paper outlining a number of new approaches Australia’s listed companies might adopt to strengthen or improve their communication and interaction with shareholders. The paper, Fresh Approaches to Communication Between Companies and...
An objective analysis of the Greens’ publicly stated business and economic policies shows that they do not support the economic reform program of the past two decades, despite this program delivering Australia’s current economic prosperity. Instead, the Greens favour policies...
A new model developed jointly by business and the tertiary sector to improve R&D returns and commercialisation policy for Australia’s universities was released today. The Business Council of Australia and the Australian Vice-Chancellors Committee Study on building better systems to...
The Business Council of Australia has released a position paper on offshoring, predicting the trend to outsource information, IT and other services to offshore companies would have largely positive implications for Australia’s economy and jobs. The paper, Offshoring, Global Outsourcing...
Australia’s leading companies have released a report on the potential outcomes and impacts on Australia’s economy of the ALP’s workplace relations platform. The 80-page report by Access Economics – commissioned by the BCA – found there were real threats to...
The Business Council of Australia has released a position paper in response to the continuing debate over pay for CEOs and other senior business managers. The BCA paper says clear examples of excessive pay and reward for underperformance had damaged...