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Working Papers in Economics [142]
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Reflections on the Founding and Evolution of the University of Canterbury Economics Department
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 2020) -
Visions for gender equality post-2020: How to improve the interaction between legal instruments (EU acquis) and policy-making (communication, funding programme, European semester)
(SAAGE –Scientific Analysis and Advice on Gender Equality in EU, 2019) -
Trade and Commodity Taxes as Environmental Instruments in an Open Economy
(Emerald, 2020)© 2020, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: In a simple reciprocal dumping model of trade, this study scrutinizes the strategic role of trade and commodity taxes as environmental instruments when consumption of an imported ... -
Workplace Exercise Programmes - How organizational factors influence employee participation
(2019)Purpose: Past research identifies many positive outcomes associated with workplace exercise initiatives. Realizing these outcomes is, however, dependent on securing sustained employee participation in the initiative. ... -
The fourth industrial revolution and labour market regulation in Singapore
(SAGE Publications, 2020)The race to develop and implement autonomous systems and artificial intelligence has challenged the responsiveness of governments in many areas and none more so than in the domain of labour market policy. This article draws ... -
Evaluating the Alignment of IT with Business Processes in SMEs
(2007)This paper takes a new approach to IT alignment by focusing on the alignment of IT with business processes. Thus the paper focuses on operational alignment rather than strategic alignment. The paper proposes a new instrument ... -
Assessment and Development of Prior Knowledge for IS Learning Effectiveness: Reflections on Practice
(2004)Ramsden (1992) suggests that excellence in teaching requires constant attention to how a subject is being understood by students and the ability to use the assessment to change instruction so that it more accurately ... -
Development of Assessment Portfolios for IS Majors
(2004)While assessment is acknowledged as a critical enabler of student learning, literature shows lack of alignment between learning objectives and the types of assessment used in practice. This paper reports on the findings ... -
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 ... -
Making sense of blockchain in food supply-chains
(2019)Blockchain is a potentially disruptive and game-changing technology that has created excitement about its potential applications. The agriculture industry in New Zealand is facing increased pressure to be able to accurately ... -
Vicarious liability on the move - but where should it stop?
(2020)The doctrine of vicarious liability has its roots in the early common law, with its core elements coming to be determined in the Victorian era. The ambit of the doctrine thereafter remained fairly settled until around the ... -
Conceptualizing public service value in e-government services
(2010)Given the substantive investments that governments are making in information technology and the development of e-government channels to improve interactions with citizens, there is increasing interest in determining whether ... -
Conceptualising Creative Use: An Examination of the Construct and its Determinants
(2007)Organizations depend on the creativity of their employees in order to get the best possible outcome from the technologies that have been put into place. Yet IT research exhibits few studies in understanding the types of ... -
Application of a Data Mining Process Model: A Case Study- Profiling Internet Banking Users in Jamaica
(2010)Internet banking has become widely available in Jamaica and yet there have been few studies to understand the characteristics of its users. For banks to improve their service and similar services it becomes imperative ... -
Identifying Key Software Development Practices in the English-Speaking Caribbean Using the Nominal Group Technique
(2008)This paper explains how a simplified process improvement framework was developed with practices from the capability maturity model integration (CMMI) model using the nominal group technique (NGT). The NGT was used to ... -
Caught Between Two Worlds: Clusters, microfinance officers and accountability mechanisms in a Sri Lankan MFI
(2018)This paper studies the accountability mechanisms and dynamics that exist within a microfinance context when microfinance officers (MFOs) interact with borrowers at the community level (MFO-community interface). In the Sri ... -
Measurement of IT Management Sophistication in Small Firms
(2005)This study developed an instrument to measure IT management sophistication in small firms. Multiple-case studies were used to explore the concept of IT management sophistication in small firms and provide a pool of indicators ... -
Understanding the Impact of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation on Knowledge Sharing
(2013)Organisations invest heavily in knowledge management technologies and initiatives which are entirely dependent on the willingness of employees to share their knowledge. Educational and reward programs need to be informed ...
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