The importance of values during the COVID-19 outbreak

“Values are like fingerprints. Nobody’s are the same, but you leave them all over everything you do.” – Elvis Presley In light of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, our world is facing a human tragedy. Affecting over 175 nations, the growing impact continues to devastate the global economy. While many may claim that the coronavirus was … Read more

The Difference Between ‘;Policy’; and ‘strategy’; in Research

The difference between ‘policy’ and ‘strategy’ In research, the term strategy refers to a unique and comprehensive plan designed to achieve a competitive position in the area of research to compete with their competitors. It is a “plan towards action” that has a set of organisational/institutional goals and objectives that is formulated from top-level management, … Read more

How COVID-19 is affecting knowledge acquisition, transfer, and retention within organizations

The coronavirus numbers curve is growing all the time. The epidemic is killing more people and affecting more and more countries. More than 1,391,890 cases of coronavirus and more than 81,478 have died (ECDC, 8th April 2020). The virus called COVID-19 belongs to the family of coronaviruses. These viruses cause respiratory tract infections and are … Read more

Trading with China: Insights into Australia-China Trade Relationship

Trading with China China is Australia’s largest trading partner in both imports and exports by a long mile.Australia is China’s sixth largest trading partner and it is China’s fifth biggest supplier of imports.It is the tenth biggest customer for exports, which is fairly big.Twenty five percent of all Australia’s manufactured imports actually come from China,Australia … Read more

The Potential Investment Arbitration Claims Arising from COVID-19 Measures

THE COVID-19 RELATED POTENTIAL INVESTMENT ARBITRATION CLAIMS As at the time of writing, 9 May 2020, there were at least 3,855,812 confirmed cases with 265,862 confirmed deaths across 215 countries, areas or territories. The World Health Organization ( WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 30 January 2020 , i.e. an ‘extraordinary … Read more

Understanding Ionospheric Scintillation: Effects on Transionospheric Radio Signals

The ionosphere is an ionised region of the Earths atmosphere which lies above the mesosphere and extends from approximately 80km to 1000km above the surface. It gains its ionised characteristic from interactions between atoms in the atmosphere and incoming energetic solar radiation, namely Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) and X-Ray solar emissions. The structure of the ionosphere … Read more

Explaining Sustainable Tourism: Balancing Resources and Impacts

2. Explain the concept of sustainable tourism and how the tourism industry can be more sustainable. Sustainable tourism is based on the ideology of sustainable development; sustainable development encompasses many things not just tourism. “Sustainable development meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” … Read more

Critically Evaluate Fiscal Policies in Response to COVID-19 Economic Crisis

The world under COVID-19 is facing an ‘invisible enemy’ which has disrupted economies and society on an unpresented scale. Many countries have taken extraordinary fiscal policy measures, announcing a plethora of significant fiscal stimulus packages to smooth out consumers’ income and stimulate demand. Already significant global production has been lost, and the forecasts for growth … Read more

Introduction to COVIDSafe App and Service Design & Transition Activities

Introduction COVIDSafe App COVIDSafe is a contact tracing application that was recently launched by the Australian government in response to the current volatility within the domestic market due to the rapid spread of COVID-19. The purpose of the COVIDSafe application is to lessen the spread of COVID-19 infections by implementing Bluetooth to track the proximity … Read more

The Impact of Coronavirus on Global Economy

Title As we all know, the coronavirus has changed the world. The outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December and has expanded to nearly all around the world. Millions of people around the world have been infected and some have died. It started on December 31, 2019 when the World Health Organization (WHO) said that … Read more