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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Recent Deposits
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Agent-based models of long-distance trading societies
Studying historical trading societies helps us to identify the institutions (e.g. rules) and characteristics that lead to their success or failure. Historically, long-distance trading societies, as a more particular example ... -
A critical analysis of tourism taught master's education
Can tourism education contribute to a better (tourism) world, in which business and societal needs are evenly prioritised? Global society faces myriad and unprecedented challenges, many of which, directly or not, are linked ... -
Removing spatial boundaries in immersive mobile communications
Despite a worldwide trend towards mobile computing, current telepresence experiences focus on stationary desktop computers, limiting how, when, and where researched solutions can be used. In this thesis I demonstrate that ... -
Geographical perceptions of terrorism and their influence on domestic tourists' travel intentions
Tourism by its very nature is susceptible to various forms of risk ranging from economic to environmental and political crises. Not only does the buyer (i.e., tourist) spend his/her disposable income to buy the tourism ... -
The influence of entrepreneurial desire and self-efficacy on entrepreneurial intention: A study in the context of tourism and hospitality students
Tourism is one of the most important industries in New Zealand and is the country’s biggest export earner, employer, and its fastest-growing economic generator (Tourism Industry Aotearoa (TIA), 2017). The industry is ... -
Remote Working during COVID19
Our current research, prompted by the COVID19 pandemic, aims to understand employee experiences of remote working during these unprecedented times. We are interested in the adjustments made by both individuals and organisations ... -
In Search of Competitive Givers
Much of the theoretical and experimental research on charitable giving allows for three main types of donor: pure altruists, impure altruists, and pure warm-glow givers. For none of these types should donations be increasing ... -
Essays on retirement wellbeing in New Zealand
The thesis is motivated by the unique retirement provision system in New Zealand (NZ). NZ has a low replacement rate from its public pension provision, New Zealand Superannuation (OECD, 2015), lack of a public mandatory ... -
An exploration of appearance-driven fruit and vegetable waste through the eyes of children: A consumer socialisation perspective
“We need to find the beauty inside these vegetables, and not only on the outside.” ―Dana Cowin, Food & Wine Editor-In-Chief Food waste is a global issue with negative social, economic, and environmental consequences. ... -
SSE 50 ETF options
I have four chapters in this thesis, chapter one is the introduction of the paper. The abstract for chapter 2: Using Bakshi, Cao and Chen (2000), and Bakshi and Kapadia’s (2003) methodology, this paper study the Chinese ... -
Essays in corporate finance
This thesis studies the effects of CEO succession gaps (differences in personal traits between the predecessor and successor) on subsequent firm performance (Chapter 2), and firm future risk-taking (Chapter 3). Market ... -
Essays in empirical finance
We are all aware of the recent world health crisis, namely COVID-19. Every single person experiences the direct impact of this pandemic on their personal life and day-to-day activities. For the first time in our lives, we ... -
Experiencing place bonding: Exploring differences between migrants, refugees, and tourists
Rapid globalisation and increasing mobility result in the sameness in places’ architectural and commercial forms. Therefore, places begin to lose their cultural speciality, unique identities, characteristics, meanings and ... -
Essays on financial integration, natural disasters, and commercial banks in East Asia
The thesis examines the impact of financial integration on commercial banks in East Asia. The thesis comprises three essays examining the relationship between financial integration and bank cost efficiency, financial ... -
The evolution of the camp
In early 2019, hundreds of orphans from the Islamic State were sent to refugee camps in Syria. In parallel, thousands of families in Australia were enjoying their summer camps, survivors of the Holocaust commemorated the ... -
Dissecting the CSR-HRM nexus: A study of changes and challenges for HR professionals in socially responsible corporates
There is no shortage of normative models describing how Human Resource Management (HRM) should integrate with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and, in so doing, develop a multistakeholder orientation towards its ... -
Using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to support health research funding decision-making
There is a growing body of literature using multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) methods for prioritising health interventions. However, there has been very little application of MCDA to prioritise funding for research ... -
Life in utopia? An ethnography of tourism-related lifestyle migrants in Dali, China
Lifestyle migration is a relatively new phenomenon that has attracted academic attention since the late 20th century. Lifestyle migration is associated with affluent societies, and as a result, previous studies on this ... -
Investigating value propositions in social media: studies of brand and customer exchanges on Twitter
Social media presents one of the richest forums to investigate publicly explicit brand value propositions and its corresponding customer engagement. Seldom have researchers investigated the nature of value propositions ... -
Factors that Influence Cruise Tourists’ Decision-Making at the Destination
Tourism is a complex and comprehensive industrial sector comprised of multiple major stakeholders and players who work in unison to ensure that their local and international clients get the best experiences. And the cruise ...