Business: Reports
Recent Submissions
-
IT’S MY LIFE: EVALUATION REPORT
(2014) -
Milford Opportunities Project: Te Anau Basin Study
(Southland District Council, 2021) -
Remote Auditing and Assessment during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New Zealand and China: Learnings from the food industry and guidance for the future
(2021)This report presents results of a study into the use of remote auditing and assessment during the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical evidence was collected through interviews with a group of key stakeholders who were all ... -
NZATD Annual Industry Training Report
(2019)It is widely recognised that investment in staff training and development is vital for any organisation to be successful. It is also acknowledged that there are wide ranging degrees of investment across different ... -
Airbnb and the Formal Accommodation Sector: Perceptions of Stakeholders
(University of Canterbury, 2019)The objectives of this report are to: 1. Understand the experience of being an Airbnb host. 2. Identify the challenges and opportunities posed by Airbnb as perceived by the formal accommodation sector. 3. Evaluate the ... -
National Report of New Zealand
(IBFD, 2020) -
Optimising complex case studies as teaching tools in accounting and law education
(Ako Aotearoa, 2019) -
The Social Benefits of Toy Libraries in Australia
(University of Canterbury, 2019) -
An Investigation of the Resource Curse in Indonesia
(RePEc, 2018)We investigate the effect of resource dependence on district level income in a rare within-country study for Indonesia, one of the largest resource producing countries in Asia. We follow 390 districts between 2006 and ... -
Supply Chain Management in New Zealand: Practices, Strategy and Performance.
(Q21 Research Group, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2017)Supply chain management is an important part of New Zealand (NZ) economy yet relatively little empirical evidence is available about the practices of NZ firms and their impact on supply chain performance. In this study, we ... -
Hong Kong’s Involvement with International Tax Reform: What’s the ‘BEPS’?
(2017)The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) was initially a reluctant participant in major international tax reforms initiated by the OECD, including (automatic) exchange of information (AEOI). In more recent times, ... -
Benchmarking Resilience: Organisational Resilience in the Australian Water Industry
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2013)Under Sydney Water’s Climate Change Adaptation Program we set a goal to understanding our existing organisational, operational and cultural resilience to identify how well placed we currently are to deal with the impact ... -
The role of insurance in organisational recovery following the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquakes
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2013)Insurance is widely acknowledged as a key component in an organisation's disaster preparedness and resilience. But how effective is insurance in aiding business recovery following a major disaster? The aim of this ... -
Submission to the Ministerial Forum on Alcohol Advertising and Sponsorship
(University of Canterbury. Department of Economics and Finance, 2014) -
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) project on the Canterbury Earthquake Series and SME Resilience: Report 7: Improving the resilience of SMEs: policy and practice in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2012)There are many things that organisations of any size can do to prepare for a disaster or crisis. Traditionally, the advice given to business has focused on identifying risks, reducing their likely occurrence, and planning ... -
Resilience Management: A Framework for Assessing and Improving the Resilience of Organisations
(Resilient Organisations Research GroupUniversity of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information Systems, 2007)Organisations today are increasingly aware of the need to prepare for the unexpected. High profile international events of the last decade, such as the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Indian Ocean tsunami, Hurricane ... -
Employee Resilience Scale (EmpRes): Technical Report
(Resilient Organisations Research Report 2013/06University of Canterbury. Management, Marketing, and EntrepreneurshipUniversity of Canterbury. Psychology, 2013)Building on definitions of organisational resilience, employee resilience is conceptualised as the capacity of employees, facilitated and supported by the organisation, to utilise resources to positively cope, adapt and ... -
Developing Local Partners in Emergency Planning and Management: Lyttleton Time Bank as a Builder and Mobiliser of Resources during the Canterbury Earthquakes
(University of Canterbury. Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, 2013)This research examines a surprising partner in emergency management - a local community time bank. Specifically, we explain the role of the Lyttelton Time Bank in promoting community resiliency following the Canterbury ... -
Validation of the Firefighter Recruitment and Selection Programme. New Zealand Fire Service Commission Research Report Number 96
(University of Canterbury. Management, 2009)In 2003 the New Zealand Fire Service (NZFS) adopted a competency-based recruitment programme to select trainee firefighters. The current study measured the effectiveness of the selection tests against new recruits’ performance ... -
Benchmark Resilience: A study of the resilience of organisations in the Auckland Region
(Resilient OrganisationsUniversity of Canterbury. Department of Accounting and Information SystemsUniversity of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2010)The project, initiated in August 2007, aims to develop a tool for benchmarking the resilience of organisations. As part of the project the benchmarking tool has been tested on organisations in the Auckland region. Why ...