College of Business and Law: Recent submissions
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Methamphetamine contamination of residential property In New Zealand : the property law and insurance law implications.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Methamphetamine is not a new drug, nor is chemical contamination in residential property a new phenomenon. Rental accommodation, particularly social housing, is one of the main target areas for those looking to consume or ... -
The gendered consequences of Brexit
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To connect or not to connect: exploring communication professionals’ perceptions of using social media for internal organisational communication.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)A large proportion of the studies on social media (SM) used by organisations, address how organisations use SM for external communication (e.g., for marketing purposes) to gain the attention and communication with external ... -
Accessing court files as a feminist endeavour: Reflections on the Feminist Judgments Project Aotearoa: Te Rino, the two-stranded rope
(2018)In this piece, we reflect on the significance of accessing court records for feminist endeavours. We discuss two examples that illustrate the value of accessing and critiquing court processes. Feminist judgment writing, ... -
Politics of Accounting Evidence in Privatising Sri Lanka Telecom
(2018)Purpose: The objective of this paper is to explore the role of accounting information used by people with power to manipulate the perceptions of the audience of an organisation and build trust in uncertain circumstances. ... -
Does practice make micro-entrepreneurs perfect? An investigation of expertise acquisition using effectuation and causation
(Springer Verlag, 2019)The paper reports on a study testing whether effectuation (means-driven thinking) and causation (predictive thinking) influence the use of deliberate practice during business start-up by microfinance borrowers (‘micro-en ... -
What counts for quality in interdisciplinary accounting research in the next decade: A critical review and reflection
(2019)The purpose of this paper is to reflect upon the focus and changing nature of measuring academic accounting research quality. The paper addresses contemporary changes in academic publishing, metrics for determining research ... -
Essays on bank competition and financial stability.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)The three main essays in this thesis focus on exploring the relationship between bank competition and financial stability. Chapter one gives an introduction to the literature on bank competition and stability. Chapter two ... -
Male-biased sex ratios in Australian migrant populations: a population-based study of 1 191 250 births 1999-2015
(2018)Background: The naturally occurring male-to-female (M/F) ratio at birth is 1.05. Higher ratios found primarily in countries across Asia have been attributed to prenatal sex selection due to son preference. There is growing ... -
How did that happen? : an investigation of organisational outcomes when technology is used for knowledge sharing.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This research set out to investigate a specific instance of knowledge sharing in an organisation to contribute to theoretical and practical understanding of use of a knowledge sharing technology (Microsoft SharePoint). The ... -
Conceptualisation and Measurement of the Dimensionality of Place Attachment
(University of Canterbury. Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship, 2014)To extend the discussion and application of place attachment to tourism-relevant contexts, this article proposes two neglected dimensions: place memory and place expectation. Combining these dimensions, a six-dimension ... -
Devising Classificatory Frameworks of Accountings’ Consequences: An illustrative Pacific study of the economic, social, cultural and natural
(2016)Purpose: Applications of accounting ideas and practices invariably have consequences. The people in any way responsible for these applications cannot know all possible consequences; however, this predicament is yet more ... -
Supply chain resilience elements – the case of the dairy sector.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Supply chain resilience refers to the ability of a supply chain to prepare, respond, recover and grow in the face of a disruption. This study aims to identify the elements that build a resilient supply chain in the context ... -
The rule of Law in the Maldives and the tax regime’s contribution to its failure.
(University of Canterbury, 2018)This thesis was inspired by my work as an international tax adviser to the Maldives on behalf of the Asian Development Bank from 2011 to 2015. The Maldives had just transitioned from what was an autocracy to a supposed ... -
Public implementation of Blockchain Technology
(2018)This paper discusses the avenues through which a public implementation of blockchain could deliver efficiency gains in the running of a government. We discuss some of the current inefficiencies in recordkeeping and the ... -
Corporate social responsibility in higher education : a study of the institutionalisation of CSR in Malaysian public universities
(University of Canterbury, 2018)Internationally, the tertiary education sector has faced strong institutional pressures to embrace Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In Malaysia, the government mandated CSR in 2009 and universities had to comply with ... -
Women in the Workforce: Still Unequal after all these Years?
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Accountability of charities on websites
(2017)Purpose – This research shows the extent of accountability and transparency of a charity on its web pages. Methodology – A disclosure index is derived from recent literature on website transparency of not-for-profit ... -
Uncovering wicked problem’s system structure : seeing the forest for the trees.
(Emerald, 2017)Purpose: This article uses systems thinking, systems theory, and Camillus’ (2008) framework for responding to wicked problems to provide social marketers with a theoretically based framework for approaching strategy formation ...
