New Research by Robert Davis and Bodo Lang.
Does consumer self concept effect game purchase behaviour and usage? Authors Mr R Davis Associate Professor Faculty of Creative Industries and Business Unitec Institute of Technology, Department of Management and Marketing, Auckland, New Zealand Email: rdavis@unitec.ac.nz Mr B Lang Senior Lecturer Department of marketing Faculty of Business, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Email: b.lang@auckland.ac.nz […]
Community understanding of the impact of temporary visitors on incidental destinations: Community Development Vol. 41, No. 3, July–September 2010, 340–353
Community understanding of the impact of temporary visitors on incidental destinations. Ken Simpson: Department of Management, Unitec Institute of Technology, Private Bag 92-025, Auckland,New Zealand Phil Bretherton: School of Law and Business, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia Influential changes in global economics have posed important survival and sustainability questions for small urban communities. In response, […]
Well Done Diana Sharma: 14th Waikato Management School Postgraduate Student Conference 2010
THE IMPACT OF FORMAL CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAMMES IN OWNER-OPERATED SMALL BUSINESSES by Diana Sharma Diana Sharma is a research assistant and is also completing her Master of Business at the DoMM, Unitec. In her role, Diana is currently working in a job role as a business assessor and development specialist where her role requires her to […]
Entrepreneurs – What is the "what" these people know?
In a study conducted in Sri Lanka, the findings enabled the identification of some qualities, preferences, and ambitions of successful business managers. Most successful owner-managers have started businesses related to the industries they have previously worked. So, they knew (ie. addressing “what these people know”) all what they needed to know about the technical aspects, […]
Work in Progress: SUSTAINABILITY IN A JOINT VENTURE ORGANISATION VERSUS A CHINESE OWNED ORGANISATION: THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
SUSTAINABILITY IN A JOINT VENTURE ORGANISATION VERSUS A CHINESE OWNED ORGANISATION: THE ROLE OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ABSTRACT This research investigates the role of human resource management (HRM) practices in a joint venture organisation and a locally owned organisation in China to maintain their sustainability; it compares similarities and differences of HRM practices. It […]
GEM Tonga Results to be Delivered Next Week – July 26th
Associate Professor Dr Robert Davis is pleased to announce that the Tonga GEM 2009 results will be delivered and returned to the Kingdom of Tonga next week. We hope that these results will continue to contribute to the discussion in Tonga on innovation and entrepreneurship as well as help provide momentum in this area as the Kingdom moves […]
Current Work on Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu 2010
Malama Solomona, Judith King and Tuna Tiseli returned back from Vanuatu on Saturday the 22nd May, 2010, completing the data collection to understand Entrepreneurship in Vanuatu. Like our work on Tonga in 2009, this study was also funded by AusAid and the research was completed by the departments staff.
Recent Work on Entrepreneurship in Tonga
In 2009, work was completed by the departments staff on entrepreneurship in Tonga for AusAid. Two sets of data were collected. The first is the Adult Population Survey, which involved a survey of the national adult population. The second consists of the National Experts’ Survey and the qualitative interview of the national experts. These surveys used […]
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