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The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between formal and informal intraorganisational networks. The notion that organisations are made up of interdependent relationships has led researchers to study more carefully the impacts that informal intraorganisational networks have on organisational life. Using a Bourdieubased theoretical platform, this research investigates the... [Thesis or Dissertation]

In 1991 the Employment Contracts Act came into force, bringing with it a significant change to New Zealand's industrial relations structure. It shaped a move towards an individual framework that was based on the freedom of contract within a small remaining set of minimum rights. This fundamental change towards individual rights brought about an explosion of personal grievance claims. Some... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The philosophy of the 'Melanesian Way' was strongly reflected in the report of the Constitution Planning Committee (CPC), which provides the basis for PNG's independence constitution. A section in the final report (1974) titled: Papua New Guinea Ways, endorses: "those practices of participation, of consultation, and consensus and sacrifice for the common good which attribute... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The philosophy of the 'Melanesian Way' was strongly reflected in the report of the Constitution Planning Committee (CPC), which provides the basis for PNG's independence constitution. A section in the final report (1974) titled: Papua New Guinea Ways, endorses: "those practices of participation, of consultation, and consensus and sacrifice for the common good which attribute... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This research is in two parts. Firstly, it discusses different aspects of the problems involved in selecting useful empirical growth models in the light of recent criticism, for example by Temple (1999), of existing practices in the empirical growth literature. The way in which general-to-specific (Gets) modelling partially attends to some of the generic criticisms is discussed. Part II applies... [Thesis or Dissertation]

The purpose of this dissertation is to test, inter alia, the uncertainty of outcome hypothesis. A single equation demand function is estimated for attendance at Super 12 Rugby Union matches held in New Zealand over the period 1999 – 2001. Typical demand studies in the extensive sports literature report the entire model of candidate regressors as the basis for inference and discussion. In line... [Thesis or Dissertation]

In an attempt to lower the level of road trauma in New Zealand, the Land Transport Safety Authority introduced the Supplementary Road Safety Package (SRSP) in October 1995. The package consists of targeted speed and alcohol enforcement, and features graphic television advertising highlighting the consequences of unsafe driving. Over the first four years the campaign was allocated a budget of... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This paper criticizes Cho and Graham's argument that poor countries converge from above their steady-state income levels, based on their misspecification of formulating the steady-state income by omitting the variation in the base period technology across countries when estimating steady-state income. This paper also questions the cross-country regression methodology, which generally... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.This chapter presents a case study of the Information Commons Group at The University of Auckland, focusing on the purpose-built Kate Edger Information Commons. It outlines the strategic and operational planning undertaken. to create the large student-centred learning facility that provides proactive integrated learning support in a collaborative, interdisciplinary physical and virtual... [Book Item]

Restrictive provisions in international trade agreements, particularly trade related intellectual property rights (TRIPS), are impeding access to essential medicines in developing countries, making medicines unaffordable to poor people. The extent to which trade restrictions have adverse effects on health and economic development in Fiji and the Pacific region may depend critically on how...

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This report presents results from a study of employee commitment at the Otago Polytechnic following a major organisational restructuring and downsizing exercise that commenced in October 2003 and concluded in December of the same year. One hundred and fifty academic and non-academic staff in restructured and nonrestructured positions were randomly selected to complete a quantitative and short... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Folk music is one medium used by the Dalits of India in response to the oppression they face under the country's caste system. This thesis describes research conducted on the effects of music composed by a radical Dalit Christian pastor in South India nicknamed ' Parattai.' The main aims were to investigate how Parattai's religiously affiliated Dalit folk music transformed...

The Otago Commerce Students' Association is pleased to present this magazine, The " COMMERCE REVIEW," in the Centennial Year of the University of Otago, as a record of the development and progress since its inception in 1912, of the Faculty of Commerce. It is perhaps important as a precedent for there is to date, no similar documentation… FROM THE PRESIDENT This magazine, the... [Book]

This report compares and contrasts the EFSIS (European Food Safety Inspection Service) standard and the ISO 9000 system in the PPCS Quality Management System. The relevant literature was examined and compared to ISO 9000 and the EFSIS standard. There were four main research objectives for this study. The first was to describe and analyse the PPCS Quality Management System. The second objective... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This note generalizes the frequently used Hotelling model for two-sided markets. We demonstrate an invariance theorem: advertisement levels neither depend on the media price nor on the location of the media firm. An increase in advertising revenues does not change location but only the media price. In conclusion, a Hotelling model of two-sided markets is equivalent to one of one-sided markets.... [Book]

This paper develops an oligopolistic model of international trade with heterogeneous firms and endogenous R&D to examine how trade liberalization affects firm and industry productivity, as well as social welfare. We identify four effects of trade liberalization on productivity: (i) a direct effect through changes in R&D investment; (ii) a scale effect due to changes in firm size; (iii)... [Book]

This paper develops an international trade model where firms in a duopoly may diversify their technologies for strategic reasons. The firms face the same set of technologies given by a trade-off between marginal costs and fixed costs, but depending on trade costs the firms may choose different technologies. Market integration may induce a technological restructuring where the firms either... [Book]

The year 2000 sees the world's largest sporting event, the Olympic Games, held in the Southern Hemisphere for only the second time. Proponents of the Olympics believe them to be a recipe for urban (re)development, escalating tourist numbers, and economic growth. There is general consensus that a wide variety of Olympic impacts will occur (specifically economic, social, environmental and... [Thesis or Dissertation]

This dissertation addresses the relationship between national culture and new product development (NPD) workgroup dynamics in a matched sample of successful manufacturing firms in New Zealand and Singapore. The underlying research question addressed if differences in new product development (NPD) practices within two distinct national environments, Singapore and New Zealand, can be attributed... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Foreign sourcing is a tool used by many organisations to improve competitive advantage. This study builds upon foreign sourcing theory by examining the foreign sourcing behaviour of small to medium retail enterprises (SMEs). To provide a holistic understanding of foreign sourcing behaviour, six constructs were investigated; these include motivations, benefits, barriers, supply chain management,... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Tourism is an integral component of New Zealand's economy with tourism expenditure reaching levels of more than $13 billion (Statistics New Zealand, 2001). Within the overall tourism industry in New Zealand there are two main sub sections: international inbound tourism and domestic tourism. International inbound tourism in New Zealand has been investigated and monitored extensively due, in... [Thesis or Dissertation]

Although an interest in, passion for, and fascination with wine has existed for centuries, in some parts of the world, for example New Zealand, this interest, passion and reverence for wine is relatively new. How New Zealanders choose to engage with their newfound wine passion is unclear, as is the importance they place on wine within their lifestyle. A wine lifestyle is emerging as a means of... [Thesis or Dissertation]

There are two primary aims of this thesis: to develop a measure of knowledge management and then to use that measure to determine whether innovation and performance are consequences of effective knowledge management. In this thesis, knowledge is positioned as a critical resource, with both tangible and intangible attributes. The effective management of knowledge can be considered a competency... [Thesis or Dissertation]

And if it is true that we acquired our knowledge before our birth, and lost it at the moment of birth, but afterward, by the exercise of our senses upon sensible objects, recover the knowledge which we had once before, I suppose that what we call learning will be the recovery of our own knowledge … Plato. Similar myths emerge all over the world at the same time, in cultures that have had no... [Thesis or Dissertation]