Faculty of Economics and Commerce Department of Management and Marketing

Media mentions

2009

September

  • Professor Howard Dick commented on the launch of the Global Corruption Report 2009. Scale of bribery staggering, The Age, page 3 and West Australian page 51, Friday 25 September 2009
  • Lecturer in Marketing Dr Brent Coker was interviewed regarding the use of social networking in a business situation.MX (Melbourne), page 7, Wednesday 23 September 2009

    • July

  • Professor of Marketing Bryan Lukas has commented on the new City of Melbourne logo in the Herald Sun article Melbourne City Council spends $240,000 on new logo, Thursday 23 July 2009

    June

  • Professor of Marketing Simon Bell has commented on the research of his PhD student into the use of "real" models and its effect on brand development. The Wall Street Journal, Study Shows That Beauty Is in Eyes of the Beholder, Friday 12 June 2009
  • Management lecturer Dr Helen Hu has commented on the development of corporate governance in China. This interview is conducted in Mandarin. SBS, Sunday 14 June 2009
  • Management lecturer Dr Helen Hu has commented on the unsuccessful Chinalco-Rio Tinto deal. China Radio International (Beijing, China), Thursday 11 June 2009

    April

  • Professor Bill Harley, Human Resource Management and Organisation Studies, was interveiwed for an article about the discrepencies between company boasts of being an employer of choice and having a healthy corporate culture and the actuality. Business Review Weekly, Mind the Gap, Thursday 30 April 2009, page 56.
  • Dr Brent Coker, Lecturer in Marketing has released a study into workers' productivity levels and internet usage. His research has found that people who spend up to 20% of their day looking up personal websites are around 9% more productive than workers who do not use the Web for personal reasons. The research has received extensive media coverage both in Australia and internationally. Telvision interviews have included: Today Channel 9, Fox News and NBC, North America, CNN (Turkey), Al Arabiya News Channel. Over 40 radio interviews have included: ABC Local Radio in Melbourne, Canberra, Perth, commercial radio, 3AW and Nova in Melbourne, 2UE Sydney, 6PR Perth, 4BC Brisbane, 5AA Adelaide and intrenationally ABC Amercia in the Morning, ABC News radio, Tom McGurk Show (Ireland) and Radion New Zealand. Australian print coverage has included: The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, The West Australian, Herald Sun, Courier Mail, Adelaide Advertiser, MX in Melbourne Sydney and Brisbane and many regional newspapers. International press coverage has included: The New York Times, The Times (UK), The Independent, The Guardian, Telegraph, The Times of India, Washington Post, Le Monde (France), Wirtualna Polska (Poland), Gazeta (Poland), Saudigazette (Saudi Arabia), The Telegraph (India), The Economic Times. Thursday 2 April 2009

    • March

  • Associate Professor of Management Mile Terziovski was interviewed about the impact on small business of slow-payment of invoices. Australian Financial Review, Slowing Payments can choke small business, Thursday 19 March 2009, page 4.
  • Professor of Management Danny Samson was interviewed regarding the collapse of Pacific brands and the state of the entire Australian manufacturing sector. Professor Samson joins calls for policies of reindustrialisation to be introduced to combat the downwards slide of Australian manufacturing. Australian Financial Review, Make or Break, Wednesday 4 March 2009, page 61.

    • February

  • Max Ogden, Project Manager, Foundation for Sustainable Economic Development, Department of Marketing and Management has written an article about the effects of the government’s replacement of WorkChoice. The Age, Industrial laws vision needed, Tuesday 10 February 2009, page 8.

    • 2008

    December

  • Marketing lecturer Dr Danielle Chmielewski was interviewed in relation to the financial state and sponsor activities of Emirates Airline. Business Today, ABC2 TV, Wednesday 17 December
  • Associate Professor Leisa Sargent has commented on the shrinking aged care workforce and its impact on quality and provision of elder-care in Victoria. ABC 774 Afternoons, 3 December
  • Professor Anne-Wil Harzing's software Publish or Perish has received further international media coverage in the main daily quality newspaper in Italy (Corriere della Serra), Panorama, Italy's weekly news magazine

    • November

  • Associate Professor Leisa Sargent  featured in the Herald Sun (Friday 28 November 2008) in relation to her research on the circumstances of aged care nurses Despair forces nurses to quit  Also featured on ABC News Australia http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/11/28/2432016.htm and ABC 774 Melbourne news. For further information, please see the following press release: http://uninews.unimelb.edu.au/view.php?articleID=5603
  • Professor of Marketing Simon Bell commented in a Herald Sun article (Saturday 22 November 2008) on the effects of low petrol price on the cost of consumer goods.
    Herald Sun Low Petrol Prices Fuel Bargains
  • Marketing lecturer Dr Elison Lim commented in an MX article (Monday 17 November 2008) about relatives missing out on Christmas gifts in the wake of the Global credit crisis. MX Brisbane Rellies sad sacks during Christmas, MX Melbourne Families feel the Grinch, MX Sydney Feast or Fam Win

    • September

  • Associate Professor of HRM Michelle Brown was interviewed in the Herald Sun (Wednesday 3 September 2008) in relation to employee performance appraisals Worker Appraisal Passes the Test

    July

  • Professor of Organisation Studies Graham Sewell was interviewed in relation to workplace surveillance.
    Radio Adelaide (with syndication to 55 other stations), Friday 25 July 2008.
    ABC Radio (Ballarat, Warrnambool) Monday 28 July 2008
    MX Melbourne Oh brother, some bosses are so nosy

    June

  • Professor Bryan Lukas commented in an article about  new methods of music industry marketing strategy.
    MX (Melbourne), Friday 27 June 2008 Music up for wristy business

    May

  • Senior Lecturer in Marketing Angela Paladino was reported in relation to eco-friendly commerce. Green marketing’s feel-good factor appeals
    Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 4 May 2008, page 7.

    March

  • Professor of International Business David Merrett comments on the public reputation of banks.
    Sunday Telegraph, Sunday 16 March 2008, page 85. Why we hate the banks

    January

  • Associate Professor of International Business Anne-Wil Harzing was interviewed about her research software ‘Publish or Perish’
    Research review heats up The Australian Higher Education Wednesday 23 January

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