• 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 ...

• Returns to initial years of formal education: how birthdate affects later educational outcomes 

  Ali, Asaad Ismail (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  The primary school entry policy in New Zealand is different from the policies of other developed countries like most of the European Union, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom, and Australia. In most ...

• Investigating the role of self-determination in motivation for corporate volunteering. 

  Hamilton Skurak, Henrieta (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  This thesis integrated theories and concepts from organisational behaviour and investigated how organisations can motivate employees to participate in corporate volunteering initiatives, and ensure this participation leads ...

• Unconsented dissemination of manipulated human images under New Zealand law. 

  Ekaratne, Santiago Chehani Anuka (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  A person’s visual image can be captured in either photographic or video form. There are many instances of such visual images being manipulated and disseminated without the consent of the human subject featured in the image. ...

• The role of social capital in small business disaster recovery : a multiple case study of Christchurch and Kaikoura businesses. 

  Bethany, Michael Paul (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  According to the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (2005), between 1994 and 2003 there have been 307 disasters each year culminating in USD $55 billion in economic damages and 53,678 deaths per annum; ...

• Terminating building societies in New Zealand : an appraisal of their growth within the savings and mortgage sectors of the economy 

  Sinclair, Colin Arthur (University of Canterbury, 1966)

  New Zealand Terminating Building Societies have expanded rapidly in recent years to become important parts in the structure of non-bank financial intermediaries in this country. It is the purpose of this thesis to show ...

• Sustainable winegrowing practices and wine tourism in Australian and New Zealand cool climate winegrowing regions : a longitudinal and comparative context. 

  Baird, Tim (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  This study examines wineries’ perceptions towards wine tourism and sustainable winegrowing practices in New Zealand. In order to investigate and contextualise the current situation in New Zealand the National Wineries’ ...

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