In the northern South Island, the area northern Te Wai Pounamu (NTWP) is defined appropriate to a regional investigation of pre-European culture change. It is argued that the Māori sequence of this region is relevant to a ...

This study has assessed whether an investor could follow a technical trading rule on 10 individual stocks from the New Zealand Share market and earn a superior return to a 'buy and hold' strategy of an equally weighted ...

In the pages that follow I have tried to make some initial steps towards an assessment of the relevance of the work of Michel Foucault for contemporary organisation studies: Following Edward Said, I have framed this question ...

This paper compares the promotional practices and perceptions between two countries of disparate cultural backgrounds, namely Australia and Hong Kong. The paper argues that the preference for a particular promotional tool ...

Employer responses to a changing business environment usually involve measures to reduce labour costs. There are several models that an organisation may adopt to improve labour productivity. These include contracting out ...

Supplier Selection, both domestically and on a global scale, is a critical task for organisations looking to increase the value added to products through materials procured and its impact on an organisations competitiveness. ...

Global sourcing and its impact upon organisational competitiveness is an issue which has yet to be examined in the New Zealand context. The aim of this research project is to investigate the effect of global sourcing for ...

The concept of Total Quality has undergone intense debate over the last the decade. Several researchers have suggested the techniques associated with Total Quality, which have there origins in manufacturing are equally ...

For approximately a fortnight at the beginning of July 1996, following heavy snowfalls to sea-level, the agricultural districts of Southland, West and South Otago were subjected to a prolonged period of intense, record, ...

This study explores post-contact changes to the ordinary Māori whare. The main physical characteristics of the ordinary whare at contact are identified by accessing archaeological and written 18th century ethnographic data. ...