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Barriers to growth – challenges for midsize business
Su-Ming Wong | September 5, 2017Australian midsize businesses face their own unique barriers to growth. Champ Ventures Chief Executive Officer Su-Ming Wong outlines the 5 greatest challenges effecting the sector.
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A call for support for the mid-market
Marieke Ter Meer | September 4, 2017Global Access Partners has undertaken extensive research into the mid market. GAP research assistant Marieke Ter Meer shares these insights in regard to the ‘Hidden Giants’ of the Australian economy.
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Impact, performance, purpose – 3 key drivers to attract and retain talent
Nicky Carp | September 1, 2017The ability to successfully recruit and retain the talented individuals needed to drive success is an enduring challenge for medium sized enterprises. Nicky Carp Co-Founder and Executive Director of Unified Healthcare Group (UHG) explains.
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Priorities and practical recommendations for the midsize business sector
Elisabetta Magnani | August 31, 2017Economic integration and success in a world of compressed development poses new challenges to all companies, but particularly to midsize businesses. Macquarie University’s Professor Elisabetta Magnani identifies how midsize companies in Australia can nurture harmony, encourage employees and drive success.
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Imagining a Smarter Australia
Martin Hosking | August 30, 2017Culturally we need to move towards genuinely celebrating those companies that are part of a smarter future for Australia based on our people and skills. Redbubble co-founder, Martin Hosking, discusses the need for government and cultural shift to encourage more innovation and related economic growth.
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Mid-sized businesses – a recommendation to drive growth
Daryl Chambers | August 28, 2017It is important that governments increase support to encourage mid-sized enterprises to grow. Daryl Chambers of mid-sized business M2M Connectivity explains why, ahead of the Global Access Partners Summit.
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Science crucial to agricultural innovation
Marta Hernandez-Jover | August 14, 2017Paddock to the plate, National Science Week is an opportunity to reflect on the role that science plays in agriculture writes Acting Director of the Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation Dr Marta Hernandez-Jover.
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The true value of fundraising is life experience
Sarah McKenzie | August 9, 2017Fundraising not only has a transformative impact on disadvantaged members of society, like the young residents of Stepping Stone House, but affects the fundraisers themselves. Ray Sykes shares his inspiring story with Sarah McKenzie.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) and emerging security concerns
Tanveer Zia | August 7, 2017The internet was not invented to be a controlled system, yet it is a backbone for every device capable of connectivity, making it open to global attacks. Associate Professor Tanveer Zia considers security responses within the ever-expanding IoT.
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Too often our leaders wait and wait
Victor Perton | July 27, 2017“Credibility is a precious commodity. A stock of it is created by persistently offering simple, clear advice that recognises a policy shift is on, and explains why – and where the national interest lies.” Chairman of Australia’s Productivity Commission Peter Harris said in a challenging speech entitled Productivity and Policy Challenges in an Environment of Pervasive Uncertainty delivered at the Economic and Social Outlook Conference on 20 July 2017 in Melbourne.
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Engaging large employers in return-to-work strategies
Catherine Fritz-Kalish | July 25, 2017The Second Roundtable in the GAP Recovery at Work series focused on strategies to encourage recovery at work after soft tissue injuries and how to ‘Engage Large Employers in Best Practice’. Catherine Fritz-Kalish, Managing Director of Global Access Partners, releases the 2017 Roundtable findings through Open Forum.
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Selling to the Chinese: leveraging the “One Child Policy” effect
Barry Li | July 14, 2017The repercussions of the ‘one child policy’ are not only being felt in China. Author Barry Li looks at how the policy has led to a boom in many Australian industries.