Subject - Business

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Begin with Library Catalogue

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Research

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This is just a selection of the thousands of ebooks available

LexisNexis Concise Australian Legal Dictionary by Ray Finkelstein and David Hamer
Publication Date: 2020
Business Law by A. Gibson
ISBN: 9780655708520
Publication Date: 2023
Business Law by Nickolas James
Publication Date: 2021
Corporations Legislation 2022 by Finnane & Harris
Publication Date: 2022
Business & Law in Australia by David Parker and Lisa Ward
Publication Date: 2020
Australian Workplace Relations by Julian Teicher (Editor); Peter Holland (Editor); Richard Gough (Editor) Australian Workplace Relations explains the defining themes in workplace relations in the twenty-first century. It explores issues relating to employee voice, declining trade union membership, occupational health, disadvantaged workers and surveillance in the workplace. The treatment of each topic is placed in both a national and an international context. The book examines the effects on Australian workplace relations of globalisation, the changing international economy and the Global Financial Crisis. It provides a comprehensive examination of the Fair Work Act 2009. Case studies provide in-depth explorations of four important sectors of the economy: health, retail and hospitality, the public sector and motor vehicle components. The textbook includes additional resources for students and lecturers on a companion website: Power-Point slides, lists for further reading, additional case studies and links to websites. Comprehensive and fully cross-referenced, Australian Workplace Relations is an invaluable resource for upper-level undergraduate students of workplace, employee or industrial relations.
Publication Date: 2013
Contemporary Australian Corporate Law by Stephen Bottomley; Kath Hall; Peta Spender; Beth Nosworthy Contemporary Australian Corporate Law is a highly-regarded introduction to corporate law in Australia that provides an authoritative, contextual and critical analysis of the law governing Australian corporations and financial markets. It explores the rules, principles, doctrines and policies that constitute corporate law in Australia within their legal, social, economic and political contexts. Clearly and precisely written, this edition has been thoroughly updated and refined to reflect current Australian corporate law, including recent case law, changes to the Corporations Act 2001 and the impact on the corporate sector of the Financial Services Royal Commission. Written by leading legal scholars, Contemporary Australian Corporate Law will assist students to develop a critically informed understanding of corporate law and the role of corporations in contemporary society.
Publication Date: 2021
Introduction to Business Law by Andy Gibson and Sarah Osbourne
ISBN: 9780655703242
Publication Date: 2020
Australian Corporate Law by Anil Hargovan, Michael Adams, and Catherine Brown
Publication Date: 2023
Business and Company Law, 2nd Edition by Nickolas James
Publication Date: 2019
Business and Corporations Law by Jeffrey F. Fitzpatrick, Christopher F. Symes, and Angelo Veljanovski
Publication Date: 2022
First Principles of Business Law by Michael Lambiris and Laura Griffin
Publication Date: 2020

EuroMonitor

Independent provider of strategic market research.

IBISWorld

Australian collection of Industry Market Research, Industry Risk Ratings and Company Research. Includes public and privately listed companies.

World factbook

Comprehensive resource of facts and statistics on more than 250 countries, produced by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Directorate of Intelligence.

Doing business in...

Produced by the World Bank, provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. Indicators are comparable across 175 economies. Regulatory costs of business can be used to analyse specific regulations that enhance or constrain investment, productivity and growth.
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