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An Exploration into Sponsor Relations: How Value is Perceived by Businesses in Art Sponsorship Relationships
While a vast number of studies have explored exchange dimensions between two entities as a means of value extraction, little attention has been paid to the value which an organisation can receive from a sponsorship ...
A Cognitive-Relational Approach to Leadership Studies: Finding a Middle Ground For Leadership Research
This thesis uses the New Zealand Police as a case study to answer the question “how can a cognitive-relational theoretical perspective provide a middle ground between the conventional Objectivist and Subjectivist polarities ...
Always Best Connected (ABC) and Perceived Value: An Analytical Study
The concept of Always Best Connected (ABC) is pivotal to the emerging scenario of 4G networks, which intends to integrate different network technologies in order to exploit mutual advantages and to provide a variety of ...
What Experiential Marketing Elements Create Memorable Customer Experiences in the Supermarket Environment?
The purpose of this study is to investigate and explore current customer perceptions towards the supermarket shopping experience and whether those experiences can be termed memorable or not. This will give Foodstuffs ...
Constructing Professional Identity: How career advice, guidance and counselling practitioners’ construct their own sense of professional identity in relation to their work environment.
Career advice, guidance and counselling practitioners focus their gaze outward to their clients, helping them with their career development. Little research exists on how they construct their own occupational identity. In ...
Asset Pricing Models and Illiquidity: Using Multi-factor Regression Models on Thinly Traded Equities
In this paper I examine the power of multifactor regression models in describing the returns to New Zealand stocks and portfolios from January 2006 to October 2010. The analysis focuses on making additions and adjustments ...
Information Asymmetry and Corporate Governance in New Zealand
This paper examines the effect of information asymmetry on the governance structure of New Zealand firms. It is found that firms facing higher information asymmetry tend to have a smaller and less independent board of ...
The Prediction of Morningstar Ratings using Data Envelopment Analysis
Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a nonparametric modelling technique which allows the user to model the relative efficiency of mutual funds based on defined inputs and outputs. The DEA analysis involves creating an ...
Underwriter Reputation and IPO Pricing and Performance: New Zealand Evidence, 1990–2009
This paper examines the initial and aftermarket performance of new issues of common equity in New Zealand offered to the public between 1990 and 2009. In addition, the paper tests whether there is a systematic relationship ...
The Determinants of Sovereign Credit Default Swap Spreads
Sovereign Credit default swaps (sovereign CDS) have come into the limelight recently as a result of the economic quagmire of a crisis the global economy has faced since mid-2007. This thesis aims to shed light on the ...