Subject and core-research areas by faculty
Accounting and Finance
Research covers a broad area including effective financial accounting disclosures on investor judgement and behaviours, integrating economic and psychological perspectives on how accounting information affects judgement and decisions and investigating the volatility of financial markets.
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Economics
Economics at MBS covers all dimensions of economics from industrial organisation to macroeconomics. In 2003 and 2005, economics at MBS was placed in the top-10 in rankings of similar disciplines in business schools world-wide. Research at MBS investigates market design--for example the emissions trading scheme and business cycle behaviours--with a strong focus on China and India, spiralling crime rates in developing countries and the resultant costs to business. There are also strong research streams in technology management and commercialisation as well as development economics. Research projects are supported by the Centre for Ideas and the Economy and the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia.
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General Management
In the broad spectrum of general management topics, research at MBS is focuses on international business, technology and innovation management, and business ethics. In the field of international business, MBS was recently ranked 8th in the world, boasting three researchers in the top-50 (Xu et al., 2008). Recent projects focus on aspects of international human resource management, the internationalisation process, and the impact of psychic distance on trade. In the field of technology and innovation, faculty research the economics of innovation, organizing for innovation, strategic management of technology intensive firms, intellectual property, and knowledge flows. Business ethics has also been an active field of research with another major project on consumer attitudes to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Research projects are supported by the Centre for Ideas and the Economy and the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia. MBS is also arguably the only business school in the world with a resident philosopher!
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Organisational behaviour
Recognising that people are the main source of competitive advantage in organizations, this academic area studies human behaviour, and how management policies and systems contribute to firm performance. MBS faculty have interest in the relationship of gender, sexuality and power to leadership, and the management and leadership of diverse workforces. This fits well with our experimental research on the roles of trust, openness and stereo-typing and how these affect the outcomes of negotiations. There is also an active group researching international human resource management, which includes recruitment and retention of diverse workforces and examining the effect of employee mobility on firm performance.
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Decision Sciences
The Decision Sciences group at MBS conduct research into methods of modelling the quantitative relationships and systems that underpin sound business decisions. The three general areas of expertise are operations management and research, statistical modelling and data analysis, and information systems. Recent projects have been in modelling electricity markets, application of operations management principles in the healthcare sector., valuing environmental outcomes with choice modelling and measuring dependence in marketing data using copulas. This is a technical field that involves the application of new mathematical and statistical models to business systems. There are strong cross-disciplinary links with finance, econometrics and market engineering.
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Marketing
The Marketing grouphas varied interests, including consumer behaviour, branding, pricing, services, marketing strategy, advertising and social and public policy marketing. Recent projects include a study of the effects of television advertising clutter, how customer contact frequency and duration with a firm impact on relationship strength, the factors that impact satisfaction with museums and entertainment providers, and how corporate social responsibility can enhance or tarnish the image of a firm.
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Strategy
This area focuses on business policy, corporate development, corporate governance, global strategy, innovation, international management, organizational learning, negotiation analysis and game theory. Participants learn how to use analytical tools and develop a capacity to design organisational structures-management systems, organisation charts, departmental responsibilities.
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