This qualitative study investigates the extent, purposes, and outcomes of environmental communications (hereafter ECs) produced by ski areas on New Zealand’s South Island. Researchers have examined why ski areas participate ...

This thesis explores how the notion of responsible business practice unfolds in a developing country context, Tanzania. The research provides important insights into how the socio-cultural environment shapes the uptake and ...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relative strengths of the channels through which monetary policy impacts upon the real sector in New Zealand. The three main channels that have been identified in the literature ...

The allocation of publicly funded resources in the health sector via Cost Utility Analysis requires preferences for different health states to be known. While preferences for New Zealanders as a whole have been elicited, ...

When entering into a new country, marketers must be aware of various environmental differences that they may have to address, such as media restrictions and cultural and legal factors. This paper observes a study of Malaysian ...

Ever since laws were formed to protect intellectual property, disputes have raged over their impact. The rapid onslaught of “patent wars”, where companies turn to intellectual property litigation as a means to attack rivals, ...

This thesis investigates the role of wine awards in influencing consumer decision-making, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. Firstly, four focus groups and an online questionnaire were conducted, to explore ...

This dissertation develops an approach to solving a job-shop scheduling problem with a limited buffer capacity. The research problem is derived from solving a container unloading and loading problem at Port Otago. By ...

Social network sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, are one of the fastest-growing types of websites on the Internet. They have attracted millions of Internet users around the world. Social network sites provide a fast and an ...

This thesis examines the impact of institutional change on a New Zealand university during the 25-year period up to 2010. The assessment of this impact is based upon a case study using interviews with the two main ...