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.
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Recent Deposits
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The effects of genetic and cultural traits on economic prosperity
Three influences of human culture and genetics on economic prosperity are described. First, cultural diversity is examined in terms of contributions to innovation. Conceptually, some previous studies have attributed ... -
Value Creation, Dynamic Capabilities and Slack Resources in Service Firms
This study explores the antecedents of value creation in service firms. Specifically, whilst prior research has acknowledged the critical role of dynamic capabilities, little is known about the roles of different orders ... -
Cities and Economic Development: The Chinese Experience
This thesis investigates the proximate determinants of the observed differences in levels and growth rates of output per worker across the 69 major cities in China during 1994-2010, and asks the following two questions to ... -
Post-entry speed of internationalization and export performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which, traditionally, have been considered as firms characterized by domestic focus and limited geographic scope, are increasingly extending their focus across national borders ... -
The Science Communication of Whale Watching: A People-Focused Science Communication Approach
In 2014, UN Member States proposed a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) including SDG #14 with its focus to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development (Le Blanc, ... -
A New Understanding of Brand Development through Social-Actor Engagement
Recent years have seen a growing scholarly call for a new conceptualization of brand development as an interactive, co-creative and network-based process, in which customers adopt more active roles. These active roles are ... -
Vietnam: The Next Asian Tiger?
We investigate the growth experience of Vietnam, the country which has been getting recent attention as being the next emerging giant. First, we present an aggregate level investigation of Vietnam's economic growth ... -
Consumption of Organic Fruits and Vegetables in Chennai, India
India’s booming population and the high amount of pesticide produced and used in agriculture to meet the demands of the growing population, has led to the contamination of the air, water, and soil. Organic food products ... -
Impact of ethical leadership on employees' occupational well-being and life satisfaction
Although a considerable support exists regarding the impact of ethical leadership on various organizational outcomes, little is known about the mechanism through which ethical leadership influence employee well-being. By ... -
An institutional perspective of consumer behaviour in industry-wide crises
Product-harm crises strike fear into consumers and prove devastating for companies caught up in them. Previous product-harm crisis studies have mainly focused on consumer behaviour during discrete crises involving a single ... -
Multi-agent based Models for the Distributed Coordination of Energy Micro-grids
The recognized harmful environmental impact of emissions from fossil fuels (such as their contributions to global warming), as well as the diminishing long-term availability of fossil fuels, will necessitate a shift towards ... -
Securities Class Actions as Disciplinary Mechanisms: Debt Financing, Political Lobbying and Innovation
This thesis examines the role of securities class actions (SCAs) in corporate governance. Three empirical chapters are presented examining the relationship SCAs have with debt financing, lobbying and firm innovation. Chapter ... -
Number of bidders and the winner’s curse
Within an affiliated value auction setting, we study the relationship between the number of bidders and the winner’s curse in terms of its occurrence and its expected harm. From a design perspective, we find that both ... -
Simple guilt and cooperation
We introduce simple guilt into a generic prisoner’s dilemma (PD) game and solve for the equilibria of the resulting psychological game. It is shown that for all guilt parameters, it is a pure strategy equilibrium that both ... -
Authentic Leadership and Team Innovation Ambidexterity: The Mediating Role of Team Inclusive Climate and The Contingency Role of Cultural Values
This study proposes that authentic leaders and team context (team inclusive climate) enable team members to actively engage in both exploratory and exploitative innovation. Also, team’s individualist-collectivist cultural ... -
A critical analysis of the trade union movement in the Nepalese tourism industry
This research examines factors that influence trade union movements in the Nepalese tourism industry. In contrast to global trends, the last twenty-five years have seen a remarkable growth in the power and influence of ... -
Te ara e heke mai nei. Science, innovation and the Māori economy: mapping Māori enterprise (scoping phase)
The aim of this TPK scoping report is to give insight into the extent to which it is possible to map the Māori economy from a High Value Manufacturing & Service Sector perspective. The intention is to determine what the ... -
The Key Influences in Spin-off Development
The aim of this research is to understand the key influencing factors in spin-off development. Whilst there is a growing stream of spin-off literature, greater attention is needed to understand what inhibits and enables ... -
Simulation Evidence on Herfindahl-Hirschman Indices as Measures of Competitive Balance
Measurement of the degree of competitive balance, how evenly teams are matched, is central to the economic analysis of professional sports leagues. A common problem with competitive balance measures, however, is their ... -
Geographic variation in intra-city house price appreciation over the boom-bust cycle: evidence from Auckland, NZ
This study contributes to the empirical literature on intra-urban house-price dynamics. A demand shock affects metropolitan-area house prices, but the effect of the shock varies across neighborhoods. For example, in a ...