College of Business and Law: Recent submissions
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University-led internships for innovative thinking: a theoretical framework
(Emerald, 2020)Purpose:This article explains how business internships can be used to develop innovation skills in undergraduates. Design/methodology/approach: Using work-integrated learning and current literature on innovation, this ... -
Essays on the application of derivatives : evidence from the United States.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)My thesis focuses on examining the application of financial derivatives on U.S. market. In Chapter 1, I test whether the introduction of derivatives affects their underlying assets. By examining the flow of money to ... -
De-globalisation in practice : New Zealand strategists’ interpretations.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This research investigates strategists and their interpretations and actions as a result of the contemporary de-globalisation phenomenon. Specifically de-globalisation refers to economic and political influences inhibiting ... -
Social media influencers and body fascination.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This research explores the experience of young female users of image based social media platforms, such as Instagram, and the way they can be influenced by prominent ‘celebrity’ influencers. Data was captured through ... -
The redefinition of legal parenthood in the era of new assisted reproduction technologies.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Biological paradigms (gestation and genetic) are still entrenched in the law as the main factors for allocating parenthood, despite the social and legal changes in family formation and the increasing use of assisted human ... -
Essays on agricultural commodity markets
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The 'Ebb and Flow' of Fiscal Support for Research and Development: A New Zealand reflection
(2020)Investment in research and development (R & D) activities is enhanced through appropriate government support. New Zealand’s (NZ’s) investment in R & D activities as a percentage of GDP has remained low and near the bottom ... -
Digital health eco-systems: an epochal review of practice-oriented research
(Elsevier BV, 2019)© 2019 Elsevier Ltd This article describes an epochal review of research literature on practice-oriented digital health ecosystems that have emerged during the period between 1998 and 2018. Practice-orientation refers to ... -
Design of blockchain-based precision health-care using Soft Systems Methodology
(Emerald, 2019)The purpose of this paper is to describe the application of soft systems methodology (SSM) to address the problematic situation of low opt-in rates for Precision Health-Care (PHC). Design/methodology/approach: ... -
Revisiting the Knowledge Gini Coefficient: Digital Literacies and Sustainable Development
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)© 1999-2012 IEEE. This article examines the postulate that digital literacy bridges knowledge disparities within a society and creates conditions for sustainable development. -
A case study of collaborative disaster management in Malaysia.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Cross-sector collaboration is often cited as an effective tool to mitigate and manage disasters (James, 2011; Power, 2017). However, research in non-disaster settings suggests that collaboration is difficult to develop and ... -
Essays on resource dependence, income and local development outcomes in Indonesia.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)My thesis explores the effect of natural resource dependence on income and local development indicators at the district level in Indonesia. The thesis is comprised of five chapters, where the middle three chapters are the ... -
Mutual fund industries in emerging markets : evidence from China.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)There are three aims in this thesis: the first is to test, in the context of the Fama and French Five-Factor-Model, what combination or combinations of fac- tors best explain the stock return variations in China. The second ... -
A Re-Evaluation of the Choice of an Inflation Target in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis
(2019)Through an appropriate choice of inflation objective – a real-exchange-rate-adjusted (REX) inflation target - the central bank can limit fluctuations in real economic activity which have become a cause of great concern ... -
Drivers of thoroughness of NPD tool use in small high-tech firms
(Elsevier BV, 2019)This paper explores how thoroughly practitioners in small high-tech firms use tools in support of NPD activities. We present a mixed-methods study starting with a survey of 99 firms covering 76 tools across 12 functional ...