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What was on in Business and Economics 2005?

February
	14-15th February	FTA Symposium: China, Trade liberalisation and labour: racing to the bottom or building a foundation for labour rights?
		Presented by the Asian Business and Economics Research Unit, the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movement and the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU).

	28th February	Macroeconomic adjustment and technological change: the international context for economic policy in Asia
		With international economist Catherine Mann
		Jointly sponsored by the Department of Economics, the Centre for Increasing Returns and Economic Organisation, the Centre of Policy Studies and the Institute for the Study of Global Movement.
March
	1st March	Global sourcing and factor markets: the information technology example
		With international economist Catherine Mann
		Jointly sponsored by the Department of Economics, the Centre for Increasing Returns and Economic Organisation, the Centre of Policy Studies and the Institute for the Study of Global Movement.

	3rd March	Natural foods: Safe, sustainable and sufficient to feed the world.
		Wine, Food and Agrifood Business Breakfast with Dr David Tribe from the University of Melbourne.


	11th March	How, when and why does People Management impact on organisational performance Professor John Purcell, Director of the Work and Employment Research Centre, University of Bath and Does mass higher education work? The relationship between higher education, knowledge and skills in the UK graduate labour market Professor Kate Purcell, Director of Emploment Studeis Research Unit, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England.
		Presented by the Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW), Department of Management.

	15th March	The economics of immediate gratification
		A public lecture by Professor Matthew Rabin, University of California-Berkeley
		Presented by the Department of Economics

	16th March	A model of reference-dependent preferences
		A research seminar by Professor Matthew Rabin, University of California-Berkeley
		Presented by the Department of Economics

	17th March	Financial markets and the (macro) economy
		Professors Menachem Brenner and Marti Subrahmanyam, New York University
		A research seminar presented by the Department of Accounting and Finance

	24th March	Universities and globalisation
		A seminar by Howard Davies - Director, London School of Economics and Political Science
		Presented by Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements in conjunction with the Productivity Commission.
April
	4th April	Democracy and development in Bangladesh
		A presentation by the honorable High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Mr. Ashraf-ud-Doula
		Presented by the Department of Management.

	7th April	The virtual wine company
		with Mr James Omond
		Presented by Wine and Agrifood Business Breakfast Series.

	20th April	Health Economics seminars

	22nd April	The rise and fall of monetary targeting in Australia (book launch)
		Presented by Dr Simon Guttmann and the Department of Economics

	26th April	Business and Community Partnerships – an innovative approach
		A breakfast seminar with Mr Toby Hall, CEO of World Vision Australia.
		A Peninsula Business Associates Breakfast Seminar

	28th April	Belief, Knowledge and Development
		A seminar with Associate Professor Adam Fforde from the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne.
		Presented by the Department of Management

	28th April	Monash Graduate School of Business Information Evening
May
	6th May	Marketing's mid-life crisis
		A seminar presented by the Department of Marketing

	12th May	The Monash budget breakfast
		A breakfast seminar with Professor John Freebairn
		Presented by the Monash Peninsula Business Associates Program

	13th May	Brand discontinuity and change through wartime disruption
		A lunchtime seminar presented by the Department of Marketing.

	18th May	History of the E(U) hypothesis, its theoretical failures and the relevance of this for the use of the Standard Gamble as a method for eliciting health state utilities.
		A seminar presented by the Centre for Health Economics.

	23rd May	Improving health system performance: the role of performance information
		A seminar presented by the Centre for Health Economics.

	23rd May	User charges and priority setting in health care: balancing equity and efficiency
		A seminar presented by the Centre for Health Economics
June
	15th June	Performance assessment in the context of multiple objectives: A multivariate multilevel analysis
		A seminar with Dr Katharina Hauck
		Hosted by the Centre for Health Economics

	17th June	Exploiting sequential and evolutionary patterns for supporting cross-selling and customer-attrition strategies (aCRM)
		A seminar with Anita Prinzie from Ghent University in Belgium
		Presented by the Department of Marketing

	20th June	Is Westminster dead in Westminster (and why should we care)?
		A seminar with Professor R. A. W. Rhodes, head of Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University and Director of Research for ANZSOG
		Presented by the Department of Management.

	21st June	Maximising your tax dollars
		A breakfast seminar with Mr Kim Wyatt
		Presented by the Monash Peninsula Business Associates Program

	23rd June	International workshop for research students in employment and work
		Presented by the Australian Centre for Work and Employment, Department of Management

	24-25th June	Shifting the boundaries of employment and work
		The inaugural conference of the Australian Centre for Work and Employment (ACREW).
July
	11-12th July	Managing across boundaries:New agendas for managing between governments, agencies and sectors
		Presented by the Department of Management

	15-16th July	2005 Graduate Induction Program
		Monash University Graduate School of Business

	18th July	The governance of trade unions
		A forum with Mr Bill Shorten, National and Victorian Branch Secretary, Australian Worker’s Union.
		Presented by the Monash Governance Research Unit and the Australian Centre for Research in Work and Employment.

	19th July	Give it your best
		A breakfast seminar with Mr Tommy Hafey
		Presented by the Monash Peninsula Business Associates Program

	20th July	What the Small Business Commissioner can do for you
		A seminar with Mr Mark Brennan, Small Business Commissioner
		Presented by the Monash University Berwick Business and Education Group


	25th July	Economics & Culture: Conflicting, Incommensurate, Complementary?
		A seminar with Professor David Throsby, Macquarie University
		Presented by the Monash Governance Research Unit

	27th July	Taming the RFID Data Deluge
		A breakfast seminar with Trevor Barrows, ANZ Supply Chain Solutions Manager SSA Global Technologies
		Presented by the Department of Marketing

August

	17th August	A health warning about health production and modelling the socioeconomic determinates of health across countries
		A seminar with Dr Bruce Hollingsworth
		Presented by the Centre for Health Economics

	23rd August	How to spend your redundancy/early retirement funds
		A breakfast seminar with Mr Michael Carly and Mr Scott Brouwer
		Presented by the Monash Peninsula Business Associates Program

	24th August	Influencing the e-banking adoption decision
		A breakfast seminar with Dr Mark Durkin, School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.
		Presented by the Department of Marketing.

	25th August	Business succession planning
		A seminar with Associate Professor Rowena Barrett, Director, Family and Small Business Research Unit, Monash University.
		Presented by the Monash University Berwick Business and Education Group

September
	20th September	Surviving and thriving in a plastic world
		A breakfast seminar with Professor Steve Worthington
		Presented by the Monash Peninsula Business Associates Program

	21st September	Cross-selling: Finding the right product for the right customer at the right time using Analytical CRM
		A breakfast seminar with Dr Wagner A. Kamakura, Ford Motor Co. Professor of Global Marketing, Duke University, USA
		Presented by the Department of Marekting

	28th September	The impact of China's entry into the WTO on China's workers
		A public lecture by Professor Dorothy J. Solinger.
		Presented by the Asian Business and Economics Research Unit (ABERU)


	30th September	Growth of the City of Casey
		A breakfast seminar with Mr Mike Tyler, CEO, City of Casey
		Presented by the Monash University Berwick Business and Education Group (MUBBEG)

	29-30th September	Democracy at the crossroads? Counter-terrorism and the state
October
	5th October	Insights into Leadership - MBA Leadership Forum
		A breakfast seminar with Mr George Pappas, newly appointed Chairman of the Committee for Melbourne, and a Senior Advisor to The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
		Presented by Monash University MBA Programs

	13th October	Graduate Programs in Management
		An information breakfast for prospective students presented by the Department of Management.

	17th October	The Office of Small Business provides information and support to Victorian small businesses as well as developing policies to promote small business growth
		A breakfast seminar with Mr David Latina, Executive Director of the Office of Small Business
		Presented by the Monash University Berwick Business and Education Group (MUBBEG)
	24th October	The New Industrial Relations Agenda
		A briefing session jointly organised by: Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work (ACREW), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University; Faculty of Law, Monash University; School of Law, University of Western Australia; The Australian Global Studies Research Centre, University of Western Australia.

	26th October	Forgiveness: A forgotten concept in services marketing
		A breakfast seminar with Dr Yelena Tsarenko, Department of Marketing, Monash University

	26 - 29th October	Integrated Governance: Linking up Government, Business & Civil Society
		The Second Annual Integrated Governance Conference 2005, presented by the Monash Governance Research Unit.

	27th October	Graduate Programs in Management
		An information breakfast for prospective students presented by the Department of Management.

	28th October	Monash New Enterprise Challenge Pitching Event
		Hosted by the Graduate School of Business
		The final pitching event in the inaugural Monash New Enterprise Challenge, a business planning competition aimed at fostering a spirit of entrepreneurship for graduate students throughout the university.
November
	1st November	Governance and Social Responsibility
		Inaugural annual conference 2005
		Jointly organised by the Monash Governance Research Unit (MGRU), based within Monash University, Caulfield Australia and the Department of Management of King's College London , UK.

	7th November	Business and Government in Bangladesh in the 21st Century
		Hosted by the Department of Management, Monash University and Bangladesh High Commission, Canberra.

	10-11th November	ANZIBA conference 2005
		Presented by the Department of Management and the Asian Business and Economics Research Unit (ABERU)

	10th November	Graduate Programs in Management
		An evening information session for prospective students presented by the Department of Management.

	11th November	Urban Plan – Monash University Berwick campus
		A breakfast seminar with Professor Phil Steele, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Campus co-ordination), Academic Director, Berwick
		Presented by the Monash University Berwick Business and Education Group (MUBBEG)

	16-17th November	Islamic Finance: The Challenge Ahead
		3rd International Islamic Banking and Finance Conference 2005
		Presented by the School of Business, Malaysia Campus
	18th November	Graduate Programs in Management
		An information breakfast for prospective students presented by the Department of Management.
December
	6th December	Why export and what Austrade can do to help companies succeed in international business
		A seminar with Austrade's Victorian State Manager, Leith Doody
		Presented by the Monash University Berwick Business and Education Group (MUBBEG)

What was on in Business and Economics 2005?

February

14-15th February

28th February

With international economist Catherine Mann

March

1st March

With international economist Catherine Mann

3rd March

11th March

Professor John Purcell, Director of the Work and Employment Research Centre, University of Bath and

Professor Kate Purcell, Director of Emploment Studeis Research Unit, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England.

15th March

A public lecture by Professor Matthew Rabin, University of California-Berkeley

16th March

A research seminar by Professor Matthew Rabin, University of California-Berkeley

17th March

Professors Menachem Brenner and Marti Subrahmanyam, New York University

24th March

A seminar by Howard Davies - Director, London School of Economics and Political Science

April

4th April

A presentation by the honorable High Commissioner of Bangladesh, Mr. Ashraf-ud-Doula

7th April

with Mr James Omond

20th April

22nd April

26th April

A breakfast seminar with Mr Toby Hall, CEO of World Vision Australia.

28th April

A seminar with Associate Professor Adam Fforde from the Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies, University of Melbourne.

28th April

May

6th May

A seminar presented by the Department of Marketing

12th May

A breakfast seminar with Professor John Freebairn

13th May

A lunchtime seminar presented by the Department of Marketing.

18th May

A seminar presented by the Centre for Health Economics.

23rd May

A seminar presented by the Centre for Health Economics.

23rd May

A seminar presented by the Centre for Health Economics

June

15th June

A seminar with Dr Katharina Hauck

17th June

A seminar with Anita Prinzie from Ghent University in Belgium

20th June

A seminar with Professor R. A. W. Rhodes, head of Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University and Director of Research for ANZSOG

21st June

A breakfast seminar with Mr Kim Wyatt

23rd June

Presented by the Australian Centre for Work and Employment, Department of Management

24-25th June

The inaugural conference of the Australian Centre for Work and Employment (ACREW).

July

11-12th July

Presented by the Department of Management

15-16th July

Monash University Graduate School of Business

18th July

A forum with Mr Bill Shorten, National and Victorian Branch Secretary, Australian Worker’s Union.

19th July

A breakfast seminar with Mr Tommy Hafey

20th July

A seminar with Mr Mark Brennan, Small Business Commissioner

25th July

A seminar with Professor David Throsby, Macquarie University

27th July

A breakfast seminar with Trevor Barrows, ANZ Supply Chain Solutions Manager SSA Global Technologies

August

17th August

A seminar with Dr Bruce Hollingsworth

23rd August

A breakfast seminar with Mr Michael Carly and Mr Scott Brouwer

24th August

A breakfast seminar with Dr Mark Durkin, School of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland.

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