Management
Recent Deposits
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The effects of catalytic innovation on the creation of social impact
Social innovation (SI) is increasingly being appraised to possess the potential to provide innovative interventions to confront complex and interdependent social problems in both developing and developed economies. SI has ... -
The study on Chinese SMEs' internationalization speed
Enterprise internationalization, as one of the key strategies for companies to increase business opportunities and expand their business territory, is not only the core driving factor of economic globalization, but also a ... -
Culture integration in post-M&A: The case of Chinese healthcare companies
While the adjustment of the financial, capital and market structure ensures firms’ control rights after merger and acquisition (M&A), organizational culture as an informal system can profoundly affect the control rights ... -
Are Mental Health and Addiction Services Leaning Towards People Centred Care?
This thesis focuses on the use of Lean Thinking in the mental health and addictions sector. It considers the directions in which the sector is trying to improve and the suitability of Lean Thinking approaches to assist the ... -
Water footprint management - theory to reality. Water management and performance of New Zealand livestock agribusiness
The livestock industry in New Zealand has seen remarkable growth in recent times, in terms of farm outputs and an increase in the farming area. This has put increased pressure on water resources around the country. In this ... -
The value and processes of partnerships in the English National Health Service: A study of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Background The Long Term Plan for the English National Health Service (NHS) (2019) states that partnership structures, in the form of Integrated Care Systems (ICS), are to be developed by 2021. The Plan is preceded by a ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Industrial service design: an examination of Chinese choice preferences for shipping services
During the last three decades the Asia-Pacific region has grown rapidly. In close parallel, the reliance on maritime transport has also grown significantly to keep pace with the regions rapid economic growth. Yet, despite ... -
A comparative case study of crisis communication strategy between ZTE and Huawei within China’s telecommunications industry
This study analyzes the crisis communication strategies of two Chinese multinational technology enterprises and tests the effectiveness of their crisis response. This study conducts a quantitative analysis, embedded in a ... -
The Efficacy and Maturity of Quality Improvement Approaches in the New Zealand Healthcare System
Purpose The purpose of this research is to critically evaluate the quality improvement (QI) phenomenon in healthcare providing organisations (clinics, hospitals, etc.) and propose an agenda for system-wide continuous ... -
One Size Does Not Fit All: Longitudinal Research into Immigrant Professionals' Perceived Lived Experience of Cross-Cultural Adjustment: A Comparative Study of Three Ethnic Groups in the New Zealand Context
Despite their perceived significance for national economies (based on various countries' immigration policies), the adjustment of immigrant professionals to their host culture – with an eye to understanding their own, ... -
High Value Manufacturing in New Zealand to 2040
The Work Futures Otago project analyses and forecasts the trends, future projections and potential disruptions in New Zealand with a time horizon of 2040. We utilise the power of a narrative approach to construct scenarios ... -
Effects of Social Capital on Start-up Outcomes
This thesis explores the effects of social capital on start-up outcomes. Entrepreneurs’ ability to access and utilise social capital, through bonding and bridging relationships of various types, facilitated by trust, is ... -
Stock Market Reaction to A Buyer’s Supply Chain Sustainability Management: An event study examining the consequence to buyers and their suppliers
In response to increasing stakeholder pressure on firms to improve environmental and social performance, firms increasingly adopt supply chain sustainability management (SCSM) that place new requirements on their suppliers. ... -
Pursuing Formal Theories: An East-West Philosophical Synthesis Approach in Formal Grounded Theorising
This thesis develops and presents a formal Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM) construct with a conjoined philosophical approach, testing it through empirical work in historical cultural clusters. The GTM originated by Glaser ... -
Indigenous Entrepreneurial Orientation: Exploring Entrepreneurial Orientation with Māori Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) refers to policies and business practices that are entrepreneurial and reflected through five dimensions: innovativeness, risk taking, proactiveness, autonomy and competitive aggressiveness. ... -
ICT in Dunedin to 2040
The Work Futures Otago project analyses and forecasts the trends, future projections and potential disruptions in New Zealand with a time horizon of 2040. We utilise the power of a narrative approach to construct scenarios ... -
Learning from open innovation in a context of a less-open country
Chesbrough first coined the term “open innovation” about 15 years ago. Since then, a growing number of studies have shown that openness to the environment can improve firms’ innovation. However, most of the previous studies ...