The Economics of Strategy and the Strategy of Economics

Catering For Individual Student Learning Preferences In Economics

“…Whilst not compulsory, students are also encouraged to submit a summary (of length of their choosing) on their learning experiences from their travel diaries (KC1,2,3,6,7). In addition to these tasks, navigating WinEcon Fiscal Pathways and keeping a diary increases the overall competencies required of students to effectively plan the pathways they will take, set goals and priorities, manage time, evaluate their progress and effectively use the technology (KC1, 3,4,7). It is important to note that the key competencies KC3, 4 and 7 feature throughout and are embedded in the learning activities of WinEcon Fiscal Pathways.…”

Teaching Economics in a Changing Environment: The Case of Introductory Postgraduate Economic Statistics**This is a thoroughly revised version of the paper presented at the Second Biennial Developments in Business and Economics Education (DEBE) Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 15–16 September 2003. The authors wish to express their gratitude to two anonymous referees for constructive comments and suggestions. Special thanks are also due to Mark Bahr for multivariate analysis, and to Rodney Beard for useful commen

“…In response to this shift, economics departments have typically introduced new programmes specialising in, for example, business economics, international economics/finance majors and business strategy, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. This has achieved some measure of success in attracting students (see, for example, Bloch and Stromback, 2002).…”

The Rise and Fall (?) of Economics in Australian Universities

“…The current list includes Banking, Finance, Commercial Law, Financial Modelling, Industrial Relations, Marketing and Policy Sciences. It has also recently introduced a Strategic Economic Analysis major (see Bloch and Strombach, 2002).…”