• Entrepreneurial growth Intention : the role of effectual logic. 

  Akinboye, Abayomi Kazeem (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  The significance of entrepreneurial venture growth in entrepreneurship research has attracted scholarly attention for decades. More recently, policymakers have also shown a keen interest, not just in venture creation, but ...

• Nonconvex network optimisation : solution methods and applications. 

  Bell, Gavin J. (University of Canterbury, 1998)

  Nonconvex network flow models are used in a wide variety of problem domains involving discounting or economies of scale. Examples include network design, facility location, production planning, physical distribution, ...

• Disaster recovery of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) – a case of recovery from Canterbury earthquakes 2010-11. 

  Ijaz, Rabia (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  The initial goal of this research was to explore how SME business models change in response to a crisis. Keeping this in mind, the business model canvas (Osterwalder & Pigneur, 2010) was used as a tool to analyse SME ...

• Value creation from IT-based knowledge management : a theory of symbiotic relationships 

  Todorova, Nelly (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Knowledge management systems (KMS) support the acquisition, codification, transfer and application of organisational knowledge as part of KM initiatives to generate organisational value. Current research on the value of ...

• Graph theoretic techniques for facilities layout. 

  Giffin, J.W. (University of Canterbury, 1984)

  In this thesis we consider a two-phase graph theoretic approach to designing the layout of a system of physical facilities. Heuristic techniques are required because the complexity of the problem gives little hope for ...

• The implementation of climate change adaptation policy in coastal Vietnam. 

  Phan, Tung Thanh (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  Climate change is a global problem, its effects are profound, threatening human and natural systems, and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the Global Agenda 2030. In practice, while climate change ...

• Servitization transformation process: a longitudinal case study 

  Donovan, Julie (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  Manufacturers are pursuing a servitization strategy because they can no longer compete on products alone. They are facing strong competition from East Asian countries who are dominating in the high volume, low cost product ...

• Essays on the application of derivatives : evidence from the United States. 

  Wei, Xiaopeng (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. 

  Good, Matthew (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. 

  Crosswell, Ella (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. 

  Ceballos, Martha (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 

  Perera, Devmali (University of Canterbury, 2019)

• A case study of collaborative disaster management in Malaysia. 

  Lee, Khiam Jin (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. 

  Hilmawan, Rian (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. 

  Zhan, Hannah Cheng Juan (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 ...

• Navigating the challenges of change : nonprofit–business collaboration from the nonprofit perspective. 

  Brown, Ann M. (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Nonprofit organisations (NPOs) operate in environments characterised by increasing resource constraints and escalating service delivery demands. At the same time, these organisations face mounting pressure to radically ...

• Navigating collective identity in a temporary coopetitive post-disaster rebuild organisation. 

  Liang, Juan (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Collective identity construction in organisations engaged in an inter-organisational collaboration (IOC), especially temporary IOCs set up in disaster situations, has received scant attention in the organisational studies ...

• Essays on intermediation and trade. 

  Duan, Jianhua (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  This thesis focuses on determinants of firms’ export performance. Chapter One introduces the literature on firm export behaviour. Chapter Two replicates the work of Ahn, Khandelwal, and Wei (2011). It examines the role of ...

• The digitization of healthcare in developing countries: examining individuals’ willingness to disclose personal health information 

  Adu, Ernest Kwadwo (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  In recent years, the increasing use of health information technologies (HITs) in support of healthcare services in developing countries has raised concerns about the privacy of digitized personal health information (PHI). ...

• Confronting the Crown. 

  Bagchi, Aishwarya (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  The concept of the Crown suffers from several deficiencies. It is uncertain who or what the Crown is. The Crown refers to both the Sovereign and the executive government. It can denote the executive branch alone or all ...

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