Accounting and Finance

Business & Economics

Accounting the cost of war

On Anzac Day, we take a look at the untold story of Australia’s wartime accountants

Business & Economics

Equity crowdfunding: Seeing through the hard sell

A controversial form of crowdfunding takes the platform to a new level – but shrewd investors are seeing through the hype

Business & Economics

Taking the risk out of decision-making

How we assess risk is influenced by how others are behaving – the trick is to keep your head while those around you are losing theirs

Business & Economics

Bubbly personality: how our biology hits budgets

Economics and neuroscience are coming together to help solve market bubbles and crashes, by investigating how financial decisions are tied to our biological makeup

Environment

How a numbers man and a botanist are helping business go green

An unlikely research duo have found a new way to channel the carbon accumulation of trees into financial reports, with implications for urban planners and corporations alike

Environment

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Under the Microscope

Accounting for a greener world

Associate Professor Brad Potter enjoys working “at the edges” of accounting, and is currently developing a new mechanism for reliably reporting carbon emissions in urban environments