College of Business and Law: Recent submissions
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Commercial Surrogacy and the Sale of Children: A Call to Action for the Committee on the Rights of the Child
(Centre for Commercial & Corporate Law Inc, University of Canterbury, 2019)One of the many unsettled issues in relation to commercial surrogacy is whether a commercial surrogacy arrangement amounts to an unlawful sale of children in breach of article 35 of the United Nations Convention on ... -
Exploring how employees adapt to an innovative contemporary workplace: how do office-free workspaces influence communication and work practices?
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Large firms are increasingly swapping individual offices for open-plan workspace designs with few partitions or dedicated personal desks. Managers and designers claim that these new work environments foster collaboration, ... -
The identification of barriers and enablers impacting the adoption and maintenance of the Thai government’s organic standard: the case of Thai organic rice producers
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This doctoral research examined the causal factors contributing to organic farming practices and certification in Thailand. Organic farming practices involve farmers using methods of crop production that rely on specific ... -
The effects of the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) action 13 on transfer pricing practices: a comparative empirical study of New Zealand and Vietnam.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis was shaped from Action 13 of the recent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project adopted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and G20 countries to prevent profit shifting ... -
Exploring communication and engagement between New Zealand farmers and government relating to sustainable agriculture.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)This thesis investigates communication and engagement between New Zealand farmers and government bodies, with a focus on sustainable agriculture. This thesis focusses on how communication and engagement is carried out ... -
Grounded accountability and Indigenous self-determination
(Elsevier BV, 2020)This article develops the concept of grounded accountability, which locates practices of operational non-governmental organizations (NGOs) within the culture of the communities they serve. Grounded accountability is ... -
Evolving MPA management in New Zealand: Between principle and pragmatism
(TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC, 2016)© 2016 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC. In January 2016 New Zealand released a consultation document proposing a new act on marine protected areas designed to significantly reform current and now dated policy. This article ... -
MPAs in the Southern Ocean under CCAMLR: Implementing SDG 14.5
(Brill, 2021)In 2016 the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) designated the largest marine protected area (MPA) in the Ross Sea. Hailed as both a precedent and a prototype for MPAs in both ... -
Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean
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The Evolution of Marine Spatial Planning in New Zealand: Past, Present and Possible Future
(Brill, 2016)© 2016 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. This article explores marine spatial planning (MSP) as it is being developed in New Zealand. It breaks down the global concept of MSP into six core principles and ... -
Aquaculture law and policy in New Zealand
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Does Aotearoa New Zealand Need an Oceans Policy for Modern Oceans Governance?
(2021)Following an abortive attempt to develop an oceans policy in the early 2000s this article assesses whether, in 2020, New Zealand still needs a national oceans policy. It provides a critical examination of New Zealand’s ... -
How does business analytics contribute to business value in organisations?
(University of Canterbury, 2020)With the growing use of business analytics (BA), organisations have benefited from new ways to extract value from data and drive strategic, evidence-based decision making. However, much less thought about how Business ... -
Representations of cuisine in three New Zealand magazines (1955-2016) : a content analysis
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Cuisine is a significant aspect of food culture which represents the special types of ingredients and foods, their combination, methods of manipulation of the ingredients, and rules of preparation and consumption. Not only ... -
Lego Blocks - A Foundation for Effective Group Work
(2020)In addition to being technically competent in their chosen discipline, employers expect graduates to have well-developed problem solving, communication and teamwork skills (Karzunia, West, De Costa, Philippou & Gordon, ... -
More does not always mean better: Do more comprehensive Ethics Management Programmes result in better outcomes?
(2017)Much research has gone into establishing the nature of ethics initiatives adopted by organisations in an attempt to enhance ethical behaviour. Less attention however has been given to the actual efficacy and impact of such ... -
Reflections on the Founding and Evolution of the University of Canterbury Economics Department
(New Zealand Association of Economists, 2020)