Editors --- "Upcoming research" [2007] MonashBusRw 57; (2007) 3(3) Monash Business Review 50

Upcoming research

Improving corporate governance in China’s largest 166 state-owned central enterprise groups

Prof. O.K. Tam (Project Leader); Prof. G. Palmer; Prof. J.M. Godfrey; J. Chen (Monash).

Partner: China Finance Association, Ministry of Finance, People’s Republic of China.

This pioneering study takes advantage of a unique research opportunity for Australian researchers to be at the forefront of research in the corporate governance of China’s largest 166 state-owned central enterprises with which the Australia business sector is increasingly engaged in both trade and investment. The project will allow Australians to play a leading role in helping to shape a major reform in our second most important trading partner and will enhance Australian knowledge of impending trends in strategic areas of mutual interest. It will arm Australia with greater understanding of its many faceted engagements with China.

Constructing a Chinese International Human Resource Management System (IHRM) in regional Australia: The case of Chalco

A/Prof. C.J. Zhu; Prof. H. De Cieri; A/Prof. K. Hutchings; Prof. C.T. Nyland; A/Prof J. Shen (Monash).

Partner: Chalco (Aluminum Company of China).

Constituting a significant boost for regional development, income and employment, Chalco’s $3 billion investment in the aluminium project in Queensland will be assisted by Monash academics, who will work with the world’s second-largest alumina producer in the construction of an IHRM system.

Impacts of International Financial Reporting Standards (AIFRS) adoption on cost of equity capital, financial statement value-relevance, and firms’ financing and investment strategies

A/Prof. K. Chalmers (Monash); Prof. J. Godfrey (Monash); Prof. G. Clinch (UTS).

Partner: CPA Australia.

Insights from this project will assist policy makers to assess, progress and promote approaches to global economic and governance policy reforms. It will also help capital markets to adapt to the new reporting environment, thus increasing capital allocation effectiveness and efficiency; and facilitate Australia’s international leadership in global economic policy development.

Cycles and size: Long-term valuation and investment performance

Dr H.W. Chan (Melb.); Prof. R.W. Faff (Monash); Prof. P. Kofman (Melb.).

Partner: Acorn Capital.

This project will significantly enhance understanding of the cyclical variation in the returns and volatility of size-related equity classes, which may also lead to improvements in the asset allocation process, in particular investment in medium- and small-sized enterprise shares.

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'Upcoming research'. Monash Business Review. 2007.; Monash University ePress: Victoria, Australia. http://www.epress.monash.edu.au/. : 50–50. DOI:10.2104/mbr07057