Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay
This study analyses the theoretical cost-savings that might flow from a merger of three of Western Australia’s five universities. The results of the study show that an amalgamation would not only reduce costs of operation, but also improve non-current asset use and accountability. Combination report...
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| description | This study analyses the theoretical cost-savings that might flow from a merger of three of Western Australia’s five universities. The results of the study show that an amalgamation would not only reduce costs of operation, but also improve non-current asset use and accountability. Combination reporting also allows the key stakeholders to appraise these universities’ main financial activities, which appear to be maintaining a relatively high level of non-salary expenditure as a percentage of revenue and preserving a very high percentage of land and buildings as mainstay assets. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-59872017-01-30T10:49:44Z Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay Turner, Michael Brown, Alistair mergers efficiency and effectiveness Western Australian universities This study analyses the theoretical cost-savings that might flow from a merger of three of Western Australia’s five universities. The results of the study show that an amalgamation would not only reduce costs of operation, but also improve non-current asset use and accountability. Combination reporting also allows the key stakeholders to appraise these universities’ main financial activities, which appear to be maintaining a relatively high level of non-salary expenditure as a percentage of revenue and preserving a very high percentage of land and buildings as mainstay assets. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5987 http://www.nteu.org.au/library/view/id/5918 National Tertiary Education Union fulltext |
| spellingShingle | mergers efficiency and effectiveness Western Australian universities Turner, Michael Brown, Alistair Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay |
| title | Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay |
| title_full | Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay |
| title_fullStr | Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay |
| title_full_unstemmed | Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay |
| title_short | Time for a Western Australian ‘Group of Three’? A speculative essay |
| title_sort | time for a western australian ‘group of three’? a speculative essay |
| topic | mergers efficiency and effectiveness Western Australian universities |
| url | http://www.nteu.org.au/library/view/id/5918 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/5987 |