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(Discussion Paper, 1997)Analyses of landscape structure are used to test the hypothesis that remotely sensed images can be used as indicators of ecosystem conservation status. Vegetation types based on a classified SPOT satellite image were used ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2001)Although the notion of conversations has been discussed for some time as a way in which to provide an abstract representation of extended agent message exchange, there is still no consensus established concerning how to ... -
(Dissertation, Bachelor of Commerce with Honours, 2005)Integrity is a fundamental principle that contributes to ethical business practices. Integrity is a guiding principle for organisational values and practices. Leaders must model integrity so that it is valued in the ...
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(Discussion Paper, 2002)Economic theories of Nonprofit Organizations (NPOs) have modified standard economic assumptions to explain altruism and nonprofit entrepreneurship but have neglected their dependence on leadership due to the traditional ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2012)This research examines the relationship that is known to exist between leadership and culture. In an increasingly seamless world where boundaries are constantly being renegotiated on a number of levels, such an investigation ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2011)Quality and costs of healthcare have become a focus for the public and governments alike. Not only are the public rightly concerned with the relative risk to them of both of these issues; governments and insurers are ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2011)This paper analyses an entry timing game with uncertain entry costs. Two firms receive costless signals about the cost of a new project and decide when to invest. We characterize the equilibrium of the investment timing ... -
(Working Paper, 2006)There are two common sets of underlying assumptions about organizations and their management - Mechanistic and Organic. The mechanistic paradigm has led to the adoption of a scientific rationality which makes whole human ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2005)Trade liberalisation has gained momentum in recent decades due to the increased popularity of free trade areas and the continued progress of multilateral liberalisation via the World Trade Organisation (WTO). We analyse ... -
(Dissertation, Master of Tourism, 1998)Lighthouses have always attracted the public's interest. They encompass a slice of New Zealand's history and are often surrounded by spectacular scenery and wildlife. Up until the mid 1990s, New Zealand's lighthouses were ...
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(Dissertation, Master of Science, 2006)Content syndication specifications such as Atom have become a popular mechanism to disseminate information across the Internet, with many sites providing Atom feeds for users to subscribe to and consume. Such a scenario ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2005)Cost is a major obstacle to the adoption of large-scale data integration solutions by small to medium enterprises (SME’s). We therefore propose a lightweight data integration architecture built around the Atom XML syndication ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2010)The relative standard deviation of win percentages, the most widely used measure of within-season competitive balance, has an upper bound which is very sensitive to variation in the numbers of teams and games played. ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2007)We test long-run PPP within a general model of cointegration of linear and nonlinear form. Nonlinear cointegration is tested with rank tests of Breitung (2001). We determine first the order of integration of each variable, ... -
(Thesis, Master of Tourism, 2002)This thesis presents a comparative analysis of German travel journals on the destination of New Zealand. Part I of the thesis justifies the use of travel journals as a basis for research in tourism, suggesting that they ...
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(Dissertation, Master of Tourism, 2002)This thesis presents a comparative analysis of German travel journals on the destination of New Zealand. Part I of the thesis justifies the use of travel journals as a basis for research in tourism, suggesting that they ...
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(Dissertation, Postgraduate Diploma in Commerce, 2005)Galleries displaying artwork and artefacts are already taking advantage of technology to give added value to the viewing public. However are such systems suitable or desirable for use in art displays? The purpose of this ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 1999)This is a study into political lobbying and how it has become a feature of modern, strategic business marketing. It includes the first longitudinal study of UK Political Party Conferences over the period 1994-98 as market ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2002)Local authorities vary considerably in their capacity for governance. The dimensions of this capacity can only be developed by drawing on local stocks of social capital. The seminal theories of social capital tend to ... -
(Discussion Paper, 2001)A substantial public choice literature exists on the generic phenomenon of government failure in advanced western representative democracies. However, much less attention has been focussed on this question in the specific ...
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