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The choice of market entry mode: greenfield Investment, M&A and joint ventures
Multinational firms may enter a market by different modes of foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper endogenizes both the mode and the size of FDI. It shows that the credibility of greenfield investment decides on the ...
Simulating the effects of marine reserves as an additional management tool to paua harvest around Stewart Island: an economic analysis
Marine reserves have increasingly been recognised for their potential to address the pervasive problem of unsustainable harvest of fisheries worldwide. Abalone catch around Stewart Island has been in decline since the turn ...
Cows and conquistadors: a comment on the colonial origins of comparative development
Robust estimation of the impact of political institutions on economic development requires the identification of valid instruments for institutional quality. Acemoglu et al. [2001] introduced the use of colonial settler ...
Consumer benefits and acceptance of genetically modified food
Widespread consumer resistance towards genetically modified (GM), particularly as expressed in the news media, has led to slow adoption of this technology outside of North America.
Much of the resistance appears to stem ...
Maori Business Networks in Dunedin: Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa: Let us keep close together, not far apart
This report is the result of a partnership and consequent research brief established between the University of Otago School of Business, Te Kupeka Umaka Maori Ki Araiteuru Inc. (KUMA), the Dunedin City Council, Te Runanga ...
On marine reserves: rents, resilience and ‘Rules of thumb’
Using a bioeconomic model with two separate forms of uncertainty (a diffusion process and a jump process) a perturbation method is used to determine optimal reserve size for a harvested population with density-dependent ...
The triple bottom line: how New Zealand companies measure up
Triple bottom line reporting involves the measurement, management and reporting of economic, environmental and social performance indicators in a single report. Over the past few years an increased number of New Zealand ...
Selection criteria for country of origin of food imports by European food distributors
Country-of-origin preferences of distribution channel gatekeepers when sourcing food imports were investigated using in-depth interviews in five European markets. Channel member perceptions of product-country image related ...
Skill classification and the effects of trade on wage inequality
The extent to which rising wage inequality in developed nations can be attributed to increased North-South trade has been a contentious issue over the last 20 years or so. We contribute to the debate by outlining a new ...
Human capital, production and growth in East Asia
The present study uses a production function and an alternative empirical strategy to investigate the importance of human capital on the level and growth of output by focusing on a single region, namely East Asia. The ...