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The Faculty's Academics undertake research in a variety of Commerce related areas.
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Accounting & Finance
Accounting and eBusiness - Shirley Xu
Accounting education - Indra Abeysekera, Sam Jebeile, Sudhir Lodh, Kathy Rudkin
Accounting for social justice - George Mickhail
Accounting for immigration - George Mickhail
Accounting for toxic products and long-tail liabilities - Lee Moerman
Accounting history - Warwick Funnell, Michael Gaffikin
Accounting in its organisational, social and political contexts - Mary Kaidonis
Accounting information systems - Parulian Silaen
Accounting profession - Indra Abeysekera
Accounting standard setting - Corinne Cortese, Hajar Roudaki
Accounting theory - Eagle Zhang, Michael Gaffikin, Kellie McCombie
Bank lending - Gary Tian
Banking - Freda Hui
Bankrupty Prediction Modeling -Maria Kim
Business ethics - Ciorstan (Kitty) Smark
Business evaluation - Feng Li
Business finance - Shyam Bhati
Corporate banking - Paul Mazzola
Corporate finance - Dionigi Gerace, Xiaofei Pan, Maria Kim
Corporate governance - Graham Bowrey, Shiguang Ma, Feng Li
Corporate governance and CEO compensation - Gary Tian
Corporate strategy and performance evaluation of MetaCapitalism (efficiency) - George Mickhail
Cost management - Anura De Zoysa
Credit risk management - Paul Mazzola
Critical theory - Kathy Rudkin, Ron Perrin, Mary Kaidonis, Lee Moerman
Dividend clienteles - Aelee Jun
Dividend valuations - Aelee Jun
Earnings management - Feng Li
Earnings quality - Feng Li
Emerging financial market - Shiguang Ma
Emotional capital - Indra Abeysekera
Environmental auditing and assurance - Shirley Xu
Event study - Shiguang Ma
Extractive industries accounting - Corinne Cortese
Finance - Ian Mann
Financial accountability - Kathy Rudkin, Ron Perrin
Financial accounting - Freda Hui, Kellie McCombie, Connie Spasich, Corinne Cortese, Lee Moerman, Hajar Roudaki
Financial accounting (accounting regulation & conceptual framework project) - Eagle Zhang
Financial Distress Modeling - Maria Kim
Financial markets - Kathie Cooper, Mara Koplin
Financial planning regulation - Ron Perrin
Financial planning - advice population, ageing, risk profiling, superannuation - Loretta Iskra
Financial reporting - Fariba Ahmadi-Pirshashid
Financial statement analysis - Anura De Zoysa
Forensic accounting - Nash Kumar
Global warming - Brian Andrew
Insolvencies - Connie Spasich
Intellectual capital - Indra Abeysekera
International accounting - Indra Abeysekera
International accounting standards - Corinne Cortese
International banking and finance - Shyam Bhati
Introductory accounting - Sudhir Lodh, Sam Jebeile
Investment management - Paul Mazzola
Investments - Shyam Bhati
IPO - Shiguang Ma
Knowledge management - Indra Abeysekera
Management accounting - Parulian Silaen, Graham Bowrey, Ciorstan (Kitty) Smark, Warwick Funnell
Management control systems - Parulian Silaen
Managerial accounting - Ted Watts
Market efficiency - Shiguang Ma
Mental health funding issues - Ciorstan (Kitty) Smark
Microstructure of financial markets - Dionigi Gerace
Political connection - Gary Tian
Project and leverage finance - Paul Mazzola
Public sector accountability (with a special interest in public sector audit) - Warwick Funnell
Public sector accounting - Michael Gaffikin
Public sector financial accountability - Graham Bowrey
Risk & insurance - Shyam Bhati
Social & environmental accounting - Michael Gaffikin, Mary Kaidonis, Lee Moerman
Social responsibility - Fariba Ahmadi-Pirshashid
State controlled and family controlled firms - Gary Tian
Superannuation - Loretta Iskra
Survival Analysis - Maria Kim
Taxation law - Ian Mann
Taxation law and policy - Brian Andrew
The economics of alternative energy systems - Brian Andrew
The European Union emissions trading scheme - Brian Andrew
Economics
Ageing society policy - Martin O’Brien
Applied econometrics - Martin O’Brien, Reetu Verma, Abbas Valadkhani, Silvia Mendolia
Applied macroeconomic modelling - Amir Arjomandi
Applied macroeconomics, specifically, development macroeconomics, macro finance and open economy macroeconomics - Arusha Cooray
Applied microeconometrics - Peter Siminski, Oleg Yerokhin, Joan Rodgers
Applied time series econometrics - Khorshed Chowdhury
ASEAN free trade area - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Australian macroeconomic policy issues - Abbas Valadkhani
Automobile industry in Australia - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Behavioural health economics - Amnon Levy
Business collaboration - Aimee Zhang
Business innovation - Eduardo Pol
Chinese economy (eg state sector reform and layoffs, labour market, migration and urban affairs) - Zhiming Cheng
Computer science - Helen Hasan
Defence and peace economics - Amnon Levy
Development economics - Amnon Levy, Abbas Valadkhani, Arusha Cooray
Disaster management - Simon Ville
East Asian economic development - Charles Harvie
East Asian economic integration, macroeconomics - Charles Harvie
Economic and business history – Australian and comparative - Simon Ville
Economic and social consequences of military conscription - Simon Ville
Economic evaluation - Peter Siminski
Economic growth and productivity - Edgar Wilson
Economic integrations and performance - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Economic modelling - Reetu Verma, Edgar Wilson
Economics education: innovations for student engagement in economics - Eduardo Pol
Economics of regulation, competition policy, technological innovation and institutional economics - Cassey Lee
Efficiency and productivity - Amir Arjomandi
Environmental economics - Amir Arjomandi
Experience of migrant women - Simon Ville
Export Processing Zones (EPZs) - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Financial economics - Amnon Levy
Health economics - Peter Siminski, Oleg Yerokhin, Silvia Mendolia
Hidden unemployment - Martin O’Brien
Human and social capital - Frank Neri
Human-Computer Interaction - Helen Hasan
India’s re-entry in the global trade - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Industrial organisation - Cassey Lee
Information systems - Helen Hasan
Input-output analysis - Abbas Valadkhani
International financial and monetary economics - Abbas Valadkhani
International monetary economics - Khorshed Chowdhury
International trade, growth and developmental economics - Reetu Verma, Khorshed Chowdhury
Labour economics - Peter Siminski, Joan Rodgers, Silvia Mendolia
Macroeconometric model-building - Abbas Valadkhani
Macroeconomics - Reetu Verma, Edgar Wilson, Khorshed Chowdhury
Mixed methods research - Zhiming Cheng
Modern and contemporary studies of social capital - Simon Ville
Monetary economics - Charles Harvie
Multi-dimensional ranking of Australian universities - Abbas Valadkhani
Older worker employment issues - Martin O’Brien
Quantitative Methods for Management - Amir Arjomandi
Passenger motor vehicle industry - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Political economy - Zhiming Cheng
Poverty and economic inequality - Joan Rodgers
Poverty and inequality - Peter Siminski, Zhiming Cheng
Pre- and post-GST effects on inflation - Abbas Valadkhani
Productivity and growth - Abbas Valadkhani
Public economics - Peter Siminski, Oleg Yerokhin
Research methods - Peter Siminski
Resource and environmental economics - Amnon Levy
Role of industry associations - Simon Ville
Schumpeterian growth models - Eduardo Pol
Segmented labour market theory - Martin O’Brien
Small business and economic development - Charles Harvie
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
South Asian economics - Reetu Verma
State emissions - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Teaching of economics - Frank Neri
Telecommunications industry - Aimee Zhang
Threshold and asymmetric models - Abbas Valadkhani
Trade reforms and performance of Australia and Asia - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Venture capital - Eduardo Pol
Wage inequality performance - Kankesu Jayanthakumaran
Management & Marketing
Aboriginal entrepreneurship - James Reveley
Adding value to achieve better pricing levels in business-to-business markets - Robert Grant
Advertising - John Rossiter
Advertising and promotion - Jennifer Algie
Advertising communications - Alan Pomering
Anti-consumption and new consumption philosophies - Julie Francis
Application of supply chain principles in practise - Tillmann Böhme
B-B online service quality - Lois Burgess
Brand management - Greg Kerr
Business ethics - Mario Fernando
Business operations (strategy, knowledge, process handling and competitive analysis) - Michael Jones
Business processes - Peter Larkin
Business strategy & performance - Tim Coltman
Business-to-business marketing - Ping Kattiyapornpong
Change processes in organisations - Patrick Dawson
Communicative and semiotic modelling business processes, services, coalitions and virtual communities - Rodney Clarke
Community connectedness and its role in retaining skilled migrant women in Australia - Sara Dolnicar
Community services organisations - Chris Sykes
Competitive advantage - Greg Kerr
Complex modelling using component based SEM - Shahriar Akter
Consumer behaviour - Jennifer Algie, Julie Francis, Ping Kattiyapornpong, John Rossiter, Sue Slowikowski, Nadia Zainuddin
Contextual analysis of systems in organisations - Rodney Clarke
Continuous improvement - Peter Larkin
Construct Measurement and Scale Development - Julie Francis
Corporate marketing - Shaun Powell
Corporate social responsibility - Alan Pomering, John Cantrell (non-profit support perspective), Mario Fernando, Sue Slowikowski, Gary Noble, Shaun Powell (employee perspective)
Critical analysis of HRM practices - James Reveley
Drivers and barriers for corporate donation behaviour in Australia - John Cantrell
Entrepreneurship - Les Kirchmajer
Event management - Greg Kerr
Family business - Mary Barrett
Foster care - Melanie Randle
Franchising - Les Kirchmajer
Gender equity - Anne Vo
Human resource management (international and comparative) - Michael Zanko
Human resource management-critical studies - Peter McLean
Identifying, attracting and retaining successful foster parents - Sara Dolnicar
Identity and resistance - Peter McLean
Influence of trust climate on collaborative behaviours - Janette Rowland
Innovation - Les Kirchmajer
Innovation and change management - Andrew Sense
Innovation management - Tim Coltman
International business management - Peter Massingham
International marketing - Ping Kattiyapornpong
Internationalisation strategies of emerging Asian multinational firms - Ah Ba Sim
Internet retailing - Julie Francis
Inter-organisational relations - Michael Zanko
Knowing and learning - Chris Sykes
Knowledge management - Peter Massingham, Helen Hasan
Knowledge production (universities & research institutions) - Sam Garrett-Jones
Leadership - Mario Fernando
Leadership behaviour - Joy Peluchette
Leadership and management theory - Mary Barrett
Lean/agile systems - Matthew Pepper
Location marketing - Greg Kerr
Management history - James Reveley
Management of ethics and governance - Michael Gross
Market orientation / organisational transformation in non-profit charities - Paul Chad
Market segmentation methodology and measurement in the social sciences - Sara Dolnicar
Marketing education - Venkat Yanamandram
Marketing knowledge - John Rossiter
Marketing strategy - Robert Grant
Motivations for corporate philanthropy - Gary Noble, John Cantrell
Multimedia techniques for representing work spaces and work - Rodney Clarke
New product development - Elias Kyriazis
Non-profit marketing - Elias Kyriazis, John Cantrell, Melanie Randle, Sue Slowikowski
Non-profit organisations - John Cantrell
Occupational health and safety management - Michael Zanko
Operations management - Matthew Pepper
Organisational aesthetics - James Reveley
Organisational behaviour - Michael Gross, Michael Jones (motivation and commitment)
Organisational change processes - Peter McLean
Organisational discourses - Chris Sykes
Organisational learning - Andrew Sense
Organisational practice - Chris Sykes
Organisational Studies- Helen Hasan
Performance management - Peter McLean
Performance management in the Public Service - Christa Wood
Performance of international joint ventures and strategic alliances - Ah Ba Sim
Project management - Andrew Sense
Project-based learning - Andrew Sense
Public information - understanding fears and increasing acceptance of alternative water sources - Sara Dolnicar
Quality engineering and multimedia-based teaching techniques - Trevor Spedding
Quality systems - Matthew Pepper
R&D collaboration - Sam Garrett-Jones
Relationship management - Tillmann Böhme
Response style heterogeneity in empirical marketing research - Sara Dolnicar
Research methods - Ulrike Gretzel
Road safety advertising - Jennifer Algie
Scale development - Julie Francis, Lois Burgess, (and validation) Shahriar Akter
Self-identity in organisations - James Reveley
Service quality - Julie Francis, Lois Burgess
Service quality modelling for multi-channel services - Shahriar Akter
Services marketing - Ping Kattiyapornpong, Julie Francis, Robert Grant, Venkat Yanamandram, Nadia Zainuddin
Simulation and modelling - Trevor Spedding
Small business management - Les Kirchmajer
SME eCollaboration - Lois Burgess
Social innovation - Patrick Dawson
Social Innovation based teaching - Mario Fernando
Social marketing - Jennifer Algie, John Cantrell, Paul Chad, Melanie Randle, John Rossiter, Sue Slowikowski (water conservation, reuse and recycling water), Nadia Zainuddin
Social marketing and advertising - Gary Noble
Social marketing and health - Gary Noble
Social networking with interest in the implications of these for human resource management and impression management - Joy Peluchette
Social science knowledge and measurement - John Rossiter
Socio-cultural facets research into global migration, tourism and sustainable business management - Lynnaire Sheridan
Socio-technical analysis of information technologies, organisational control and the self - Karin Garrety
Spirituality and religion in organisations - Mario Fernando
Statistical and AI techniques in manufacturing - Trevor Spedding
Storytelling - Patrick Dawson
Strategic and business planning - Les Kirchmajer
Strategic HRM - Christa Wood
Strategic management - Ah Ba Sim
Student incivility and its implications for classroom management, as well as methods for using teams effectively in the classroom - Joy Peluchette
Supply chain enhancement (change) - Tillmann Böhme
Supply chain management - Matthew Pepper, Tim Coltman
Sustainability - Alan Pomering
Sustainable and Ethical Consumption - Julie Francis
Sustainable services - Elias Kyriazis
Systems development methodologies - Peter Larkin
Technology acceptance in community health - Lois Burgess
Technology adoption & use - Ulrike Gretzel
Technology alignment - Tim Coltman
Tourism - Alan Pomering, Sara Dolnicar
Tourism experiences - Ulrike Gretzel
Tourism management - Greg Kerr
Tourism marketing - Ping Kattiyapornpong, Venkat Yanamandram
Transfer of HRM policies and practices across borders - Anne Vo
Transformation of HR systems in developing countries - Anne Vo
Transformational marketing and advertising, sustainable tourism - Gary Noble
Transformative services research - Shahriar Akter
Trust between cross-functional specialists involved in New Product Development - Janette Rowland
Turnaround strategies - Ah Ba Sim
Volunteering - Julie Francis
Web-based customer service and support - Lois Burgess
Web-based destination marketing - Lois Burgess
Well-being in organisations - Mario Fernando
Wellness Services - Nadia Zainuddin
Women in management (including women entrepreneurs) - Mary Barrett
Workplace fun and attire - Joy Peluchette
Workplace communication - Mary Barrett





















