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Editorial Volume 6 Issue 5, Ron Perrin, Greg Laing, Ciorstan Smark

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

The articles published in this issue of AABFJ cover a variety of discipline areas as well as providing a contrast in methodologies for research. Cheung and Powell (2012) provide guidance on the use of the Excel modelling package to construct parametric and Monte Carlo Simulation models. Lama (2012) examined the relationship between corporate governance and a firm’s performance as measured by return on equity, earning yield and return on assets, and found and found that in mid-sized Australian ASX companies there was a positive correlation. Morunga and Bradbury (2012) report on the data overload found in the financial reports of …

Editorial 9.3, Tai Peseta

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

This Special Edition of JUTLP is unique in that it examines a single university's approach to curriculum reform, providing insights from many of the people who were engaged in the process.

At La Trobe University in Australia the mechanism for engaging in discussions at a university level has been encapsulated in an institutional strategy known as Design for Learning (DfL) (La Trobe University 2009). From 2007, former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Belinda Probert and former Pro Vice-Chancellor (Curriculum and Academic Planning) Tom Angelo, led an exciting and edgy curriculum change initiative intended to build on La Trobe’s learning and teaching strengths, …

Editorial: Special Issue On Financial Planning, Mark Brimble, Brian Murphy, Rakesh Gupta

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

The special edition presents current research in the area of financial planning. With the continual upheaval in global financial markets (including Australia), the general trend towards self-funded retirement and less reliance on the state, financial crises and the continual regulatory changes in the financial markets, this issue is timely and topical. This is the third special edition on financial planning, providing an excellent outlet for quality research in financial planning.

Editorial Volume 6 Issue 3, Ciorstan Smark

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This issue of AABFJ has several finance articles related to the Australian securities market. Segara, Das and Turner (2012) report results from the use of active extension strategies in the Australian equities market. Lee (2012) examines whether individual hedge funds and funds-of-hedge funds (FOHFs) exhibit risk-return trade-off patterns. Finally, Aldamen, Duncan and Khan (2012) explore the impact of corporate governance on the demand for debt in the Australian market. Pickering (2012) explores the issue of whether public (ASX listed) or partnership ownership of accounting firms is the more efficient form.

Editorial 9.2, Geraldine E. Lefoe

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

With this second issue of Volume 9 of the Journal of Teaching and Learning Practice we bring a warm welcome to new members of the Editorial board. The board will be strengthened by their contributions. The Senior Editors are Associate Professor Geraldine Lefoe, University of Wollongong, Australia and Dr Meg O'Reilly, Southern Cross University, Australia. Our editorial board includes members of the host institution (University of Wollongong), Dr Lynne Keevers, Ms Lucia Tome, Associate Professor Greg Hampton, Dr. Michael Jones, Associate Professor Anne Porter, and Dr. Dominique Parrish. Our external board members include Ms Jude Carroll, Associate Professor …

Editorial Volume 6 Issue 2, Ciorstan Smark

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

This issue of AABFJ has several finance articles from a New Zealand context. Koerniadi and Tourani-Rad (2012) examine board independence and firm value. Goslin, Chai and Gunasekarage (2012) consider whether financial statement information can be used to earn abnormal returns. Finally, Yahanpath and Koh (2012) look at bond covenants and the extent to which they offer protection to bondholders.

Editorial 9.1, Geraldine E. Lefoe

Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice

Welcome to the first issue of Volume 9 of Journal of University Teaching and Learning (JUTLP) in 2012. Higher education institutions continue to adapt to the many changes occurring in education. Increasing pressures on systems and the people who work within them are becoming more evident. For this journal one such impact has been the submission of several papers which have evidence of plagiarism or self-plagiarism. Contributing factors may indeed be increased pressure to publish and a lack of understanding of what constitutes plagiarism amongst inexperienced authors. In the Higher Education Teaching and Learning group in Linkedin (http://tinyurl.com/HETL-SOTL) suggestions have …

Editorial Volume 6 Issue 1, Ciorstan J. Smark

Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Welcome to the first issue of AABFJ for 2012. This issue is weighted towards finance and economics with a diverse range of geographical regions represented in this issue’s offerings. Papers in this issue present studies from Indonesia, Italy, Portugal, Australia, Canada, the UK and the US. A variety of ontological approaches are also present, from social constructionist to the assumed realist approaches of the economics and finance articles.