School of Business Departments
The University of Otago School of Business is committed to enriching the commercial, economic, cultural and social development of New Zealand and the wider international community through its business research and education.
With numerous centres of research excellence, strong postgraduate research programmes, particular strengths in tourism and economics research, and close engagement with the business world, the School takes pride in its many contributions to the community. Find out more about School of Business Research activities.
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Sub-communities within School of Business Departments
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Marketing [138]
Collections in School of Business Departments
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Accountancy and Finance [248]
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Economics [299]
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Management [152]
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Office of Dean [11]
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Tourism [111]
Recent Deposits
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What Screams Are Made Of: Exploring how imagery and language in fright tourism promotional materials invokes affective responses in visitors
Besides creating awareness of the operational elements of tourism attractions (e.g. location and opening hours), tourism promotional materials often communicate to potential visitors what the overall guest experience would ... -
Stock Market Reaction to A Buyer’s Supply Chain Sustainability Management: An event study examining the consequence to buyers and their suppliers
In response to increasing stakeholder pressure on firms to improve environmental and social performance, firms increasingly adopt supply chain sustainability management (SCSM) that place new requirements on their suppliers. ... -
Essays on Gender and the Macroeconomy
The discourse on gender equality is one that has become increasingly popular in economic research and policy considerations. A large strand of this discourse appeals to the ideals of human dignity, societal welfare, fairness ... -
The Determinants of Injury Compensation Claims in a Universal Claims Environment
Injury compensation claims data are frequently used to measure injury trends; however other factors can influence claiming behaviour, such as the financial incentives within the insurance setting. Previous studies have ... -
Pursuing Formal Theories: An East-West Philosophical Synthesis Approach in Formal Grounded Theorising
This thesis develops and presents a formal Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) construct with a conjoined philosophical approach, testing it through empirical work in historical cultural clusters. The GTM originated by Glaser ... -
Towards Energy-Aware Optimisation of Business Processes
Time dependent energy tariffs are a matter of concern to managers in organisations, who need to rethink how to allocate resources to business processes so that they take into account energy costs. However, due to the ... -
VIX Futures ETNs and Their Derivatives
This thesis studies the VIX futures exchange-traded notes (ETN) (2 and 3) and their derivatives (Chapter 4). In Chapter 2, we examine the VIX futures ETN market's tracking performance, price consistency and price discovery. ... -
The effect of co-creation through exposure to augmented reality on customer perceived risk, perceived trust and purchase intent
In recent years, due to advancements of technology, customers are empowered and better informed about the market (Prahalad & Ramaswamy, 2004b). Companies better understand that the balance of power has shifted and that ... -
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Farm Decisions and Food Consumption in Ghana
Climate change poses a serious threat to the growth of developing countries, especially Ghana where the majority of people derive their livelihoods directly from agriculture and related industries. This thesis sets out to ... -
The New Zealand food and wine tourism industry : a stakeholder analysis
The New Zealand food and wine industry has experienced considerable growth over the last decade with increased recognition of New Zealand wines and quality food products in overseas markets in addition to New Zealand's ... -
Chinese working holiday makers in New Zealand: expectations, experiences and outcomes
Young people from Mainland China do not have many opportunities to embark on a working holiday journey compared to most Western countries, or even some other Asian regions, like Hong Kong or Taiwan. Nowadays, these ... -
The Resilience of Wildlife Tourism Operations to Environmental Change
Nature-based tourism operations are sensitive to environmental changes including climate change, yet little is known about their ability to adapt to these uncertain environmental conditions (Scott, Hall and Gössling, 2012). ... -
Allocation of overhead expenses for MAFTech South
This report shows that the overheads of service centres can normally be allocated to profit centres using the "cause and effect'' criterion, When this criterion is used, the overheads of a service centre are allocated in ... -
Interorganisational relations and sustainable tourism in Canada: an historical perspective of Federal National Park and tourism agencies and key interest groups
This thesis examines the role and extent of collaborative interorganisational relations in the operationalisation of sustainable tourism in Canadian national parks. A considerable body of work suggests that sustainable ... -
Indigenous Entrepreneurial Orientation: Exploring Entrepreneurial Orientation with Māori Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) refers to policies and business practices that are entrepreneurial and reflected through five dimensions: innovativeness, risk taking, proactiveness, autonomy and competitive aggressiveness. ... -
Wine Islands, British Columbia : an exploration of wine tourism network relationships
Despite recognition of the potential benefits of wine tourism development for businesses and regions, the wine and tourism industries are characterised by a substantial lack of cohesion, understanding and integration. If ... -
Some aspects of home-making
The home-maker, and similarly every other human being, has three scarce factors to consider – money, time and energy. Except in times of severe depression there are usually ways in which one may obtain more money – by ... -
Capturing the effect of personality on teams with agent-based modelling
Continuing advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have changed the landscape of project management. Now there are increasing occurrences of short-term projects staffed by ad hoc assemblies of temporary ... -
International Opportunity Discovery and Creation by Internationalising SMEs: Implications for Firm Performance
According to the International Entrepreneurship (IE) perspective, internationalisation is considered as exploration and exploitation of international opportunities, in which networking and learning from experiences play a ... -
In the inspection house
Since Dean MacCannell’s (1976) The Tourist the research field has held a hope that going beyond the tourist as the “modern man in general” is the Other whose differences and authenticity could help to break the tightening ...