Media Highlights – September 2023

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Media Highlights – September 2023

From the use of contracted staff to getting value from subscription services, see where Macquarie Business School has been making headlines.

sydney metro's use of contractors in the Sydney Morning Herald

Professor John Dumay and Emeritus Professor James Guthrie, both from the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, were featured in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday and The Brisbane Times and commented on Sydney Metro's use of contractors.

Professor Eric Knight, Executive Dean of Macquarie Business School, provided comment to The Australian Financial Review on the school’s focus on industry engagement and ensuring practical skills and experience in education meets industry needs. This coincided with the release of the AFR BOSS Best Business Schools list for 2023 in which Macquarie Business School ranked in the top five for career impact – second among NSW business schools.

Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, was featured on Nine Darwin and commented on the trend of buying second hand.

Professor Jeffrey Sheen, Department of Economics, was featured on The Motley Fool Australia and offered a prediction on the next RBA move.

Professor David Orsmond, Department of Economics, was featured on SBS TV and SBS One and commented on the growing number of Australians leaving cities in favour of regional living.

Professor Rebecca Mitchell and Associate Professor Jun Gu, both from the Department of Management, and Professor Kerry Sherman, School of Psychological Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, were featured on The Sector for their research on menopause in the workplace. They say women leaving work prematurely due to the effects of menopause costs Australian companies more than $10 billion a year. Mitchell also appeared on ABC Radio National. This was first published on The Lighthouse.

Dr Lurion De Mello, Department of Applied Finance, was featured on ABC Central West NSW AM and commented on electricity bills and why prices are so high.

Professor Jeffrey Sheen and Honorary Professor Geoffrey Kingston, both from the Department of Economics, were included in Finder’s RBA survey. They provided their September cash rate predictions.

Distinguished Professor David Throsby, Department of Economics, was featured on Livemint and commented on the role of culture to spur economic growth.

Dr Prashan Karunaratne, Department of Actuarial Studies and Business Analytics, provided comment to The New Daily on Australia’s supermarket duopoly.

Associate Professor Bonny Parkinson, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, provided comment to ABC Online and ABC News Radio on Australia's medication shortages.

Professor John Dumay, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured in The Sydney Morning Herald and commented on Sydney Metro allowing managers to bid via private companies to provide contracted staff.

Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, was featured on Seven News and commented on getting value from subscription services.

Professor Chris Baumann, Department of Marketing, was featured on MSN Australia and ABC Online and commented on the calculated marketing strategy behind the Qantas Chairman's Lounge.

Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, was featured in The Australian Financial Review and commented on the marketability of Australian influencer Anna Paul.

Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, provided comments to Savings.com.au and Inside Retail Australia about consumer behaviour when cost-of-living pressures bite.

Emeritus Professor James Guthrie, Professor John Dumay and Associate Professor James Hazelton, all from the Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, prepared a Macquarie University submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, which outlined oversights of the audit profession. The submission was discussed in Accountants Daily.

Honorary Professor Sean Turnell, Department of Economics, was interviewed by ABC Radio National about the need for the Australian Government to sanction Myanmar's banks.

Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, was featured on Yahoo News Australia, and commented on the psychological pressure of tipping prompts during the online shopping experience.

Professor John Dumay, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, was featured in Cairns Post and commented on the overseas trend of increasing beer prices at peak times. Dumay said it's a “bad business strategy”.

Professor Elizabeth Sheedy, Department of Applied Finance, was featured in The Australian Financial Review  (print version) and commented on the challenges of forcing executives to hand back remuneration.

Dr Fabiola Barba Ponce and Professor Stefan Trueck were featured on Mirage News and The National Tribune and shared the success of the ‘Food Moves Skills into Migrant Women’ program, which is paving the way for former refugees to acquire vital business skills.  This was first published on The Lighthouse.

Dr Paul Crosby, Department of Economics, was featured on WAtoday and discussed how implied notions of fairness and loyalty can limit the application of dynamic pricing in venues.

Dr Rebecca Bachmann, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, provided comment to The Saturday Age (print version) on companies using corporate social responsibility targets for CEO bonuses.

Professor Nick Parr, Department of Management, provided comment to The Weekly Times and The Herald Sun (print version) on Australia's low birthrates.

Professor Jana Bowden, Department of Marketing, was featured in The West Australian (digital and print versions) and commented on the trend of increased spending on beauty despite cost-of-living challenges, known as the 'lipstick effect'.

Professor David Orsmond, Department of Economics, provided comment to The Australian Financial Review on the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (NAIRU).

A paper, co-authored by Dr Alena Soboleva and Associate Professor Paul Nesbit, Department of Management, which called for publishers to act on coercive citation requests, was discussed on Future Campus.

Professor Elizabeth Sheedy, Department of Applied Finance, provided comment to The Australian Financial Review (digital and print versions) on the new pay schemes that are designed to prevent executives in big banks and insurers from receiving large share parcels.

Emeritus Professor James Guthrie, Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, provided comment to The Australian Financial Review and Head Topics on the PwC tax leaks following the release of a summary of reviews into the scandal. Guthrie also discussed the PwC leak scandal and whether it was isolated to Australia in The Guardian, Head Topics, TopologyPro One and MSN Australia.