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The Centre will bring together researchers in economics, accounting, finance, management, marketing and other related fields to develop broader perspectives in their study of Asian economies and business strategies/practices in Asia.

Researchers

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A/Prof Andre Sammartino

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Dr Angelito Calma

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A/Prof Asjeet S. Lamba

A/Prof Ben Neville

Prof Bill Harley

A/Prof Bo Qin

Dr Buddhika Mannaperuma Mudiyanselage

A/Prof Daejeong Choi

Prof Daniel Samson

Dr Dawn Chow

A/Prof Eik Leong Swee

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A/Prof Fang-Chi Lu

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Projects

Projects conducted by research group members

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Scholarly Works

Scholarly Works by research group members

Displaying 10 scholarly works from 2025 for the research group.

Beggar or enrich-thy-neighbor? Impact of platform cross-border acquisition

X Liu, X Qin, L Shao, X Gong

Journal article | 2026 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

E-commerce platforms have increasingly pursued cross-border acquisitions in recent years, targeting either foreign online platform..

New insights into inequalities in life expectancy and mortality: evidence from an Individual-level Socio-Economic Index (ISEI) in Australia

T Adair, H Li, S Timonin, A Cairns, V Canudas-Romo

Journal article | 2026 | Population Health Metrics

Open access

Background: Socio-economic inequalities in life expectancy and mortality have received significant academic and policy attention i..

Supply chain resilience to geopolitical risks: integrative insights and future research directions

Imran Ali, William Ho, Sara Saberi, Andy CL Yeung

Journal article | 2026 | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Global supply chains are increasingly exposed to persistent geopolitical risks arising from trade restrictions, sanctions, armed c..

Evaluating climate change impacts on mortality, life insurance, and annuities

Lintao Wang, Rui Zhou, Andrew King, Ping Chen

Journal article | 2026 | Insurance: Mathematics and Economics

Open access

Given the increasing frequency of extremely high temperature events due to global warming, life insurers need to incorporate tempe..

The conditional higher moment risk measure for extreme risks

Q Tang, L Xun, R Zhou

Journal article | 2026 | European Journal of Operational Research

Open access

Consider a risk position X whose performance is influenced by a certain risk factor Y, a situation that calls for conditional risk..

The consumer side of political capital: evidence from customer complaints

Shafu Zhang, Yanqing Liu, Yu Fu, He Xiao, Bo Qin

Journal article | 2026 | International Review of Financial Analysis

Political connections can provide firms with reputational and financial advantages, but whether these benefits extend to consumers..

Better ways to improve care economy productivity in Australia

H Cutler, A Scott, R Viney, Y Zhang, K van Gool, K Dalziel, J Hall, J Ratcliffe

Journal article | 2026 | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Open access

Carrot or stick? What separating Australia's health insurance penalty from its subsidy reveals about smarter tax design

KEVIN STAUB, YUTING ZHANG

Other | 2026

Blog post published in Austaxpolicy: The Tax and Transfer Policy Blog, September 2, 2026.

Strategic Entry of Farmers’ Cooperatives in Agricultural Markets

Xiaoyan Qian, Quan Zhou, Tava Lennon Olsen

Journal article | 2026 | Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

Problem definition: In agricultural markets, farmers often face powerful investor-owned firms (IOFs) that dominate marketing and i..

Turning the Prism to Expand the Spectrum: Literature Reviews in Contested Domains

Punit Arora, Hari Bapuji, Sven Kunisch, Céline Louche

Journal article | 2026 | Business & Society

Literature reviews in “contested domains” hold significant real-world implications, but little guidance exists currently on conduc..

News

News by research group members

Displaying 10 news articles from 84 for the research group.

For the first time, we’ve mapped where Australia's innovation really thrives

Paul Jensen, Beth Webster, Trevor Kollmann

The Melbourne that big ideas could shape Measuring what mattersThe importance of measuring innovation properly can't be overstated. A clear..

September 11, 2026

pursuit Article

Why health insurance cuts for the over-65s won’t swamp public hospitals after all

Yuting Zhang

The controversy surrounding the federal government’s plan to scrap extra private health insurance rebates for the over-65s continues. Not e..

September 9, 2026

conversation Article

Health insurance rebates may change for the over-65s. Our new study shows what to expect

Yuting Zhang, Kevin Staub, Nathan Kettlewell

Since the federal government announced earlier this year it would scrap the higher private health insurance rebate for people aged 65 and o..

August 5, 2026

conversation Article

Want to use health insurance in an emergency? Here’s what it does (and doesn’t) cover

Yuting Zhang

Imagine going to a public hospital’s emergency department and a nurse from a private hospital asks you if you want to go to there instead. ..

July 8, 2026

conversation Article

‘No gap’ private health insurance can save you money. But there’s a catch

Yuting Zhang

During a cost-of-living crisis, many Australians may be wondering if their private health insurance policy actually delivers. Rising prem..

April 29, 2026

conversation Article

How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website

Yuting Zhang, Charles Kemp, Stephen Duckett

Consumers will soon have a clearer picture of how specialists’ fees compare if legislation before parliament is passed. New legislation w..

February 18, 2026

conversation Article

No control, no regulation. Why private specialist fees can leave patients with huge medical bills

Yuting Zhang

Seeing a private specialist increasingly comes with massive gap payments. On average, out-of-pocket fees to see a specialist amount to abou..

December 14, 2025

conversation Article

Green finance was supposed to contribute solutions to climate change. So far, it’s fallen well short

Simon O'Connor, Ben Neville, Brendan Wintle

A decade ago, a seminal speech by Mark Carney, then governor of the Bank of England and current Canadian prime minister, set out how climat..

November 10, 2025

conversation Article

When a partner has a health shock, our study shows what happens to work, chores and fun

Yuting Zhang, Federico Zilio

A serious illness or injury to a family member is more than a medical crisis. It’s a health shock that triggers a ripple effect, forcing fa..

September 28, 2025

conversation Article

Private health insurers want to fund more out-of-hospital care. But the Productivity Commission has other ideas

Yuting Zhang

Australia needs to do better at preventing health conditions from arising and worsening, according to an interim report on delivering quali..

August 13, 2025

conversation Article

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Centre for Asian Business and Economics

Bringing together multidisciplinary researchers to advance understanding of Asian economies, businesses and practices.

Our Research

Researchers

Projects

BRACE: Financing Disaster Resilience and Adaptation

Joint FBE AI Lab (BehavAI Lab)

Value Chain Analysis and Governance for Nature Positive Organisations

Mobilise Matched Evaluation

Matching by Characteristics: Simplification for Efficiency and Fairness

Matching by Characteristics: Simplification for Efficiency and Fairness

Building 4.0 CRC

Measure Intangible Assets

Health Insurance Design: Choices, Consumer Behavior and Policy Challenges

Advancing Investor Action on Energy Transition

Scholarly Works

Beggar or enrich-thy-neighbor? Impact of platform cross-border acquisition

New insights into inequalities in life expectancy and mortality: evidence from an Individual-level Socio-Economic Index (ISEI) in Australia

Supply chain resilience to geopolitical risks: integrative insights and future research directions

Evaluating climate change impacts on mortality, life insurance, and annuities

The conditional higher moment risk measure for extreme risks

The consumer side of political capital: evidence from customer complaints

Better ways to improve care economy productivity in Australia

Carrot or stick? What separating Australia's health insurance penalty from its subsidy reveals about smarter tax design

Strategic Entry of Farmers’ Cooperatives in Agricultural Markets

Turning the Prism to Expand the Spectrum: Literature Reviews in Contested Domains

News

For the first time, we’ve mapped where Australia's innovation really thrives

Why health insurance cuts for the over-65s won’t swamp public hospitals after all

Health insurance rebates may change for the over-65s. Our new study shows what to expect

Want to use health insurance in an emergency? Here’s what it does (and doesn’t) cover

‘No gap’ private health insurance can save you money. But there’s a catch

How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website

No control, no regulation. Why private specialist fees can leave patients with huge medical bills

Green finance was supposed to contribute solutions to climate change. So far, it’s fallen well short

When a partner has a health shock, our study shows what happens to work, chores and fun

Private health insurers want to fund more out-of-hospital care. But the Productivity Commission has other ideas

Support Our Research

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