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An Activity Based Management study of LTC service provision in community pharmacy

Sharma, Utsav (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

New Zealand has undergone a period of previously unprecedented change to the community pharmacy sector. A new funding model was implemented in 2012 with the goal of rewarding pharmacists for patient contact and clinical ...
Analysis of New Zealand Specific Electric Vehicle Adoption Barriers and Government Policy

Zhu, Jiayi (Jason) (2016)

The New Zealand (NZ) Transport sector represents over 40% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. Electric Vehicles (EV) are fast emerging globally as a viable alternative to traditional fossil ...
Awareness and Perception of Intellectual Property Rights and its processes in New Zealand – The disconnect between innovation and commercialisation, a study based on the Students at Victoria University’s School of Design

Hill, Martina (2014)

In New Zealand intellectual property (IP) is seen as an economic driver, however in recent years patent applications have plateaued and design applications decreased in comparison to the previous years. A review of the New ...
Backstage – the play within a play: Utilising a dramaturgical metaphor to consider the rapid development of team culture in short-term stage crews

Sealy-O’Donnell, Sue (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This research project asks the question of how short-term theatre production teams (stage-crew), are able to rapidly develop a strong team culture within an environment which does not allow the luxury of time for the ...
Blue Oceans: Looking overseas for business success - How do New Zealand SMEs internationalise and manage branding in foreign markets?

Palazzetti, Daniele (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The purpose of this study and its underlying research questions is to understand how New Zealand SMEs, that fall within knowledge intensive service industries, internationalise and manage branding in foreign markets. The ...
Business Models: A Unit of Analysis for Company Performance

Ormrod, Nicholas George (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Business models have been popularised in recent practitioner literature as a tool for summarising and representing how a company generates value. But academic consensus remains absent with a multitude of different definitions ...
Challenges of Public-Private Partnership in the Cultural Sector

Ganason, Vera (2016)

The purpose of this business research project is to identify the challenges of public-private partnership in New Zealand, particularly in the cultural sector. With the baseline funding remaining static over the last few ...
A Comparative Analysis of Leadership Styles in New Zealand and India

Gandhi, Mayur (2016)

This research paper provides insight, analysis and comparison into commonly used Leadership styles and behaviours in New Zealand and India. Research was conducted via interviews with leaders in both countries and analysed ...
Diversity is everywhere, inclusion isn’t: An explorative study into the ethical and diversity outcomes of social media recruitment in New Zealand

Rodani, Louisa Motamedi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

New Zealand is known to be a socially diverse and inclusive nation. It was the first country to give women the right to vote in 1893, and has had 30 years of sex discrimination legislation. There are 213 different ethnicities ...
The emerging role of telehealth in a New Zealand ambulance service

Stevenson, Jared (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Telehealth systems – using ICT to manage health from a distance – have been developing for decades, including within the ambulance sector. The author undertook this research to better understand how telehealth could improve ...
Engineering consultant-client relationship: Transactional versus collaborative approach

Contreras, David Osuna (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

The main focus of this study was the transactional and collaborative nature of the engineering consultant – client relationship. The aim of the study was to determine the extent to which each one of these approaches describes ...
Enterprise App Adoption: An investigation of the key factors that affect the adoption of mobile apps by Commercial Bankers at a financial services organisation

Livingston, James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The purpose of this study is to examine the key factors that affect the adoption of mobile enterprise applications by Commercial Bankers. A review of technology acceptance literature relating to mobile apps for employees ...
Equal Opportunities: Towards a greater understanding of the fulfilment of Women’s career aspirations in senior management

Syme, Bettena (Tina) (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Firms are beginning to understand that a key to economic growth and competitive advantage lies in gender diversity within senior leadership positons, yet the number of women who hold senior managerial positions remains ...
Future marketing and engagement considerations for the non-surgical cosmetic enhancement industry for educated and professional male and female millennial generation target audiences

Kadam, Sudipa (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This paper examines the relationship between the cosmetic enhancement industry and the generation of people who were born after 1980. It describes how millennial target audiences represent a significant investment opportunity ...
Good times and bad: Client and vendor insights on ITO relationship quality

Callaghan, Claire (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

The success of Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) today is intrinsically linked to the quality of the relationship formed between client and vendor. The academic literature has already defined the key characteristics ...
He Pāpori Hinonga Whakamoe: Exploring Contributions to the Indigenous Social Enterprise Network in New Zealand

Cowie, Janelle (2016)

There is a misalignment between Māori Social Entrepreneurs believe social enterprise to be and the interpretation of Māori values from the support services perspective. Without the knowledge of why Māori choose social ...
Identifying Critical Requirements for Successful Recruitment Practices in Wellington’s Small IT Firms

Longley, Dylan (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

This paper explores the needs of small IT firms in Wellington related to staff recruitment and retention. It identifies the critical factors that influence the location, sourcing and matching of candidates’ and their skills ...
The Influence of Trust and Knowledge Sharing on Virtual Team Effectiveness

Thomas, Ted (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Virtual teams are a growing response to increased de-centralisation and globalization, and the need for organizations to adapt to an ever changing and complex work environment. Their growing prevalence reflects many different ...
Innovation in professional services in a context of disruption

Bailey, Andrew (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This research is focussed on how large professional services firms in New Zealand innovate in the context of and as a response to potential disruption. The theory of disruptive innovation describes how incumbents can be ...
Innovation & the professional service firm: Insights into the Locus, Patterns, and Tensions of Innovation in a Fast-Growing Information Technology Consultancy in New Zealand

Lee, Darren (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This research investigated the locus of innovation through a time-frame of ten years for a fast growing, privately-owned New Zealand information technology professional service consultancy firm. Emergent patterns related ...