MBS Media coverage

Bank fees under microscope

Sunday Mail Brisbane, Smart Money, pg 64, 12 May 2008
Competition between financial institutions is hampered by the difficulties consumers face in switching to a new provider. Prof Joshua Gans comments on the importance of switching and account number ownership.

Unions Good for Business

The Age, pg 7, 12 May 2008
Unions Good for Business Unions can have a positive impact on organisational competitiveness according to research led by Dr Carol Gill of the University of Melbourne's Melbourne Business School.

Have the haves had it too good?

The Age, pg 15, 09 May 2008
Michelle Grattan writes that Labor’s push for a debate on government benefits carries risks and suggests that the Opposition is walking a fine political line. MBS Professor Paul Kerin advocates that all government benefits and concessions be means tested. Read the full article.

SOS: Can the government help?

Aussie Broker, 07 May 2008
As the sub-prime crisis lumbers on, press continues on the 'AussieMac' initiative proposed by Professor Joshua Gans and Rismark International's Managing Director Christopher Joye.

Investors should have half a mind to reject boards’ standard lines on splits

Paul Kerin, The Australian, pg 28, 06 May 2008
While they have their place, you should rightly question the value of splitting shares, writes MBS Professor Paul Kerin. Read the full article.

Jews speak for themselves

Australian Jewish News, pg 3, 05 May 2008
Prof Joshua Gans is profiled for his involvement at the 2020 summit.

Call for intervention to protect households

Weekend Australian, pg 36, 05 May 2008
Prof Joshua Gans continues to show his influence as the AussieMac initiative is again reported. AussieMac is a policy initiative for the Australian Government to protect households and the financial system against current and future credit crises.

Working families and the upcoming budget

Radio National, 02 May 2008
An interview with Professor Paul Kerrin about working families and the upcoming budget. Prof Kerrin says that the non-working people are those most in need, not the working families. Read the full article.

How futures thinking enhances strategy

Dr Robert Burke, Business Review Weekly, pg 58, 01 May 2008
Dr Robert Burke suggests that decision-makers should not let immediate issues disturb their long-term vision. Read the full article.

The jigsaw of leadership

Professor Paul Kirkbride, Business Review Weekly, pg 56, 01 May 2008
On-the-job experience is emerging as the best way of developing a strong team at the top, and a high-quality reserves bench, writes MBS Professor Paul Kirkbride. Read the full article.

Where to for Leadership?

MT, pg 12, 01 May 2008
With the world’s economic axis shifting, research suggests that leaders everywhere have universal similarities as they face the No.1 trend: the rise of complex challenges. MBS Professor Paul Kirkbride comments.

AussieMac to rescue Australia from the credit crunch

Australian Broker, pg 24, 30 April 2008
Since erupting in mid-2007, the US credit crunch has claimed jobs, houses, businesses and, according to industry experts, is nowthreatening to swallow the competition in the Australian mortgage market. Prof Joshua Gans has called on the federal government to create 'AussieMac'- an enterprise that would work to inject liquidity into the market and restore competition.

Government called on to save non-bank lending

Australian Broker, pg 20, 30 April 2008
In reaction to the harsh securitised funding environment which has caused several non-bank lenders to pull out of the market, MBS has released a report calling on the federal government to step in.

Lack of free market for water

ABC1, National Australia, 30 April 2008
The Federal Government has pledged $13b to help solve Australia's chronic water problems. For many observers, the key issue is the lack of a free market for water. Prof. Paul Kerin says Government interference can cause more harm than good.

Renumeration re-examined

Business Spectator, 29 April 2008
The possibility of asymmetric rewards for executives and shareholders in a bear market was raised at a conference on corporate governance organised by institutional governance advisory group RiskMetrics and hosted by Melbourne Business School. Read the full article.

The global leader may be a myth

CIO , 29 April 2008
The future of executive education was discussed during the recent MBS hosted UNICON conference. Fletcher Building chief executive Jonathan Ling and MBS Professor Amanda Sinclair discussed the development of international leaders. Professor Sinclair suggested that the best executive education maintained a balance of educational and corporate values. Read the full article.

Up the creek without a paddle: why the water market’s still a sad joke

Paul Kerin, The Australian, pg 30, 29 April 2008
MBS Professor Paul Kerin writes that fees, anti-competitive measures, reviews and buyer bans need addressing. Read the full article.

Harvard stays with the tried and tested

The Australian Financial Review, pg 36, 28 April 2008
Harvard Business School maintains one of the highest student acceptance rates where the reception of the MBA program stands as a testament to the continued success of the HBS system. MBS says that the case model, which outlines an account of a real-life business situation, imports a slice of the business world into the classroom.

The global leader may be a myth

The Australian Financial Review, pg 31, 28 April 2008
Last week’s International University Consortium for Executive Education (UNICON) conference at Mt Eliza heard that business schools needed to be able to strike a balance between the theoretical and pragmatic, and to practise what they preached.

To have and have not

The Weekend Australian, pg 27, 28 April 2008
The negative effects of greater wealth and wider choice have attracted much attention. The greedy, personally damaging trend of overeating and becoming obese has drawn particular scorn… Read the full article.