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Inside New Zealand's little black box
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 ...
An exploration of Maori health state preferences
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, ...
Examining the state of preparedness of New Zealand Information Technology management for events that may require forensic analysis
Computer security is of concern to those in IT (Information Technology) and forensic readiness (being prepared to deal effectively with events that may require forensic investigation) is a growing issue. This study used a ...
Current problems and tools support for testing distributed systems
Testing is a critical activity in designing and implementing software and computer systems, especially distributed systems (Eickelmann & Richardson, 1996). In addition, validating distributed systems is a complex process, ...
Financial performance: the motivation behind corporate social responsibility reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting has become an increasing trend in the corporate world. It is a relatively new concept but has become a major research topic in the accounting profession. The motivations ...
Comparing predictor methods; the case of bankruptcy predictions
The aim of this study was to compare three methods of bankruptcy prediction, which were Multivariate Discriminant Analysis, Logit Analysis and Artificial Neural Networks. The
methods were compared based on their ability ...
International standards in the IT marketplace: How to bridge the gap and face the threats
Standards development and adoption play a crucial role in shaping competition in the IT industry. In addition to the traditional, formal standards development organisations (SDOs), many private consortia bodies are formed ...
Living gallery: Investigating dynamic display of artwork through proximity detection
Galleries displaying artwork and artefacts are already taking advantage of technology to give added value to the viewing public. However are such systems suitable or desirable for use in art displays? The purpose of this ...
Relevance and reliability: A trade-off?
According to the Statement of Concepts, two qualitative characteristics that financial accounting information should possess are relevance and reliability. There is a long-held belief that there is a trade-off relationship ...
IC3:Information and Communication integration using VCoIP between 3 collaborating parties
This study develops a new communication and collaboration supported tool – IC3. In particular, this tool is an integration of open source video conference over internet protocol (VCoIP) and virtual network computing (VNC) ...