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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2010
Zilla Efrat
details some changes that may affect boardroom decisions on leasing.
The shifting leasing landscape
Significant accounting changes are looming that could affect companies that lease anything from offices, warehouses and machinery to motor vehicles, trucks and photocopiers.
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2009
Tony Featherstone argues that organisations should not forget values and culture when making tough decisions in a harsh economic environment.
Upholding values and culture
A friend was recently made redundant due to corporate downsizing. By his own admission, he was no star, but hardworking and...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2008
The past year certainly hasn’t been the best time to list on the stock exchange.
Tony Featherstone
chats to the directors of five companies that did take the plunge to find out how they fared.
Taking the IPO leap
Spare a thought for small companies that ha...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
John M Green
praises the dumb question.
Asleep at the wheel
“The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2008
Domini Stuart
reveals smarter ways to cut costs as the downturn starts to bite.
Pulling in the belt
As the credit crunch and rising fuel prices continue to cause anxiety, corporate budgets are being closely scrutinised. Most businesses are under pressure to minimise costs, and we are alread...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Aug 2008
Unclear ownership of intellectual property can pose significant risks for a business, writes
Mike Lloyd.
Hands off my IP
Much of the market value of many Australian companies can reside in their intellectual property (IP). In today’s competitive marketplace, IP rights are crucial for b...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2008
Climate change has been added to the director’s report card.
Giles Parkinson
details how shareholders and analysts will be marking directors and their companies on this new test.
Passing the new climate test
It’s been just over two years since Westpac Banking Corp’s former CEO Da...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2008
Anne Lampe
reports on how directors can ensure their organisations are insulated from the risks that come their way as market conditions continue to toughen.
Future proofing your business
Until this year, almost a decade of consistent economic growth has allowed Australian management tea...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Apr 2008
With grey clouds rapidly gathering on the economic horizon,
Domini Stuart
provides some tips on how to weather the storms they carry.
Battening down the hatches
The heat is on. Fallout from the US subprime crisis has brought an end to an unprecedented period of prosperity and gro...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2008
Stephen Hennessy
provides some tips on how to reduce a property’s carbon footprint.
Becoming carbon neutral
There is a lot of discussion in the corporate property world at present about carbon neutrality in the built environment. Unfortunately, its meaning and importance are often misunders...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Nov 2007
We ask three prominent directors what climate change means for their businesses and how they expect it to change the business landscape over the next decade.
Monitoring the changing climate
Don Argus
Chairman of BHP Billiton and Brambles. Director of Australian Foundation Investment Company. ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
Companies are increasingly finding that they can only flourish if they support their communities. Ian Dunlop discovered at the National Business Leaders Forum on Sustainable Development that corporate responsibility is here to stay.
A wake-up call for directors
The 8th National Business Leade...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jul 2007
Whether buying or selling a business, doing proper due diligence can help uncover both treasure and skeletons hidden in the closet. Helen McCombie provides some tips to directors on how to get the process right.
In search of gold and skeletons
The private equity boom in Australia has well and ...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
09 Feb 2007
This submission lists AICD's opposition to aspects of the newly drafted recommendations. In general AICD believes that the Council should focus on establishing a stand-alone set of high level principles with companies required to disclosure how they meet each of them, rather than providing detailed ...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Sep 2006
Directors need to ensure that money spent on marketing is a research-based investment giving high returns – not a money-losing exercise in creative wishful thinking. Kevin Forde gives some suggestions on how to improve your marketing outcomes.
Magic and metrics
Marke...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Jun 2006
Directors cannot afford to be ignorant of development in IT – but they should concentrate on the business case for implementing new technology and not be overwhelmed by confusing jargon. Domini Stuart reports.
Coming to grips with IT
As recently as the seventies, IT was nothing more than an ex...
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Content Type:
CDM Article
01 Mar 2006
The Tone at the Top
Michael Wilson questions whether good corporate governance has a direct impact on a company’s value and provides guidelines for effective governance risk management.
Is there a direct link between good corporate governance and valuation? The answer really isn’t clear. There are t...
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Content Type:
Media Release
22 Aug 2005
Tuesday, 23 August 2005. The majority of Australian companies have taken positive steps to formalising risk management practices and are implementing robust risk management frameworks. However, more work needs to be done in terms of strengthening the "softer" elements of these frameworks in areas su...
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Content Type:
Media Release
12 May 2005
Perth, Thursday 12 May: One of Australia's foremost experts in quantum computing has urged some of Australia's leading company directors to take advantage of a coming revolution dubbed "the next Internet".Professor Andrew Dzurak, NSW Node Manager of the Centre for Quantum Computer Technology, headqu...
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Content Type:
Policy Submission
28 Nov 2000
28 November 2000The Hon John Howard PM, Senator Nick Minchin MP, The Hon Dr David Kemp MP, Senator Richard Alston MP AICD SUBMISSION ONTHE INNOVATION ACTION PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) urges the government to act boldly and to demon...