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Strategic Business Model Development in Ecosystems

Mann, Dominik (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Designing and strategically developing viable business models is vital for value creation and capture and in turn for the survival and performance of entrepreneurial ventures. However, the widely held firm-centric and ...
Strategic Sustainability:the Case of the New Zealand Energy Sector

Kramer, Sebastian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This thesis takes an in-depth look at the current sustainability practices of two specific energy companies in the New Zealand energy sector to develop a framework for how they might strategically implement sustainable ...
Strategising for Resilience

Collins, Simon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The term “resilience” is used to describe aspects of businesses that are able to withstand potentially destructive changes in the commercial environment in which they operate. Few studies have investigated the ability that ...
Strategizing for Legitimacy in Pluralistic Contexts: New Zealand’s Science Sector

Bednarek, Rebecca Suzanne (Victoria University of Wellington, 2011)

How do organizations strategize for legitimacy in pluralistic contexts? Little is known about the strategies organizations use to manage their legitimacy with multiple internal and external stakeholders within pluralism. ...
Strategy as Ethical Persuasion - How Aristotle Can Make Strategy Ethical

Aslak, Thore (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

In this thesis it is argued, that managers with strategic responsibilities are unlikely to commit to contemporary business ethics, because its deontological nature is limited for strategic work's teleological focus. This ...
STUDENT VOLUNTEERING AT BUSINESS EVENTS IN CHINA: MOTIVATIONS AND CONCEPTUALIZATION

Qi, Hongxia (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

With the continuous growth of the global event industry, the importance of event volunteering has been widely acknowledged, while the understanding beyond sports events is overlooked. Moreover, the current literature on ...
A Study of Technological Innovation in New Zealand

Winsley, Peter Harry (Victoria University of Wellington, 1997)

This thesis addresses the research problem of "what are the key underpinning assets or drivers of technological innovation, and how can they be harnessed to create competitive advantage?" Technological change is an ...
A study of the interplay between the law and organisational codes of conduct with regards to sexual harassment in New Zealand

Menne-Spohr, Heike (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

The aim of this research is to fill a gap in the New Zealand literature which is to investigate whether the sexual harassment legislation is being understood, implemented and monitored in organisations effectively. This ...
Success of Ecotourism Sites and Local Community Participation in Sabah

Pengiran Bagul, Awangku Hassanal Bahar (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, is an ecotourism destination that is well known in the international tourism scene, where nature and culture has been positioned as the two main products. With high biodiversity and more than 30 ...
Suppliers’ Perspectives on Authentic Souvenir Products: A case of Luang Prabang, Laos

Soukhathammavong, Bouavanh (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

Research on authenticity of souvenirs has been approached from the tourists’ perspective given the fact that souvenirs are viewed as items functioning as a reminder or collection tool of destination experience. The heavily ...
Support to learn and use Te Reo in New Zealand public services : A report prepared for the Maori Language Comission Te Taura Whiri I te Reo Maori

Plimmer, G. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

2016 Workplace Dynamics in New Zealand Public Services Survey An email was sent to 57,315 PSA members inviting them to participate in this survey. Further invitations to participate were included in PSA newsletters and ...
Surfacing some implications of the sharing economy: A New Zealand perspective

Dunn, Caleb (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

This thesis highlights major influences and effects that the sharing economy appears to be having on New Zealand businesses. The sharing economy is “a socio-economic ecosystem built around the sharing of human and physical ...
Survey shows hard road for public sector reforms

Plimmer, G (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

In April 2013, the Public Service Association and Victoria University’s School of Management surveyed public servants about their jobs, workplaces and organisations. Almost 16,000 PSA members took part from a wide range ...
Sustainability in the film industry: External and internal dynamics shaping the Wellington film district

Muñoz Larroa, Argelia Erandi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Official statistics show that the revenue from film production in Wellington has increased in the last decade. However, unofficial debates identify that the Wellington film industry lacks financial capacity and has only ...
Sustainable Tourism in New Zealand: the Chinese Visitors' View

Chan, Diana (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This thesis addresses sustainable tourism in New Zealand, in the context of the Chinese inbound visitor market to New Zealand. The purpose of this research is to achieve a better understanding of environmental sustainability ...
Taking subjectivity and reflexivity seriously: Implications of social constructionism for researching volunteer motivation

Bridgman, T. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This paper explores the contributions a social constructionist paradigm can make to researching volunteer motivation, by reflecting on an active membership study of volunteer netball coaches at a New Zealand high school. ...
Tauhi Vā Māfana: Tongan leadership and culture in the New Zealand Public Service

Paea, Mele Katea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

How does knowledge of cultural practices help us think differently about how leadership is understood and practised in a particular context? This thesis presents a Tongan leadership model from a Tongan perspective. It is ...
Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Appreciative Inquiry (AI): A comparative study of their effectiveness in improving Master's thesis students' performance

Pongsart, Garoon (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

The foundations of this research derived from two separate directions: firstly methodological, and secondly, a problematic situation. Both were strongly driven by the “highs” and “lows” of the researcher’s experiences over ...
Thinking differently about leadership: a critical history of the form and formation of leadership studies

Wilson, Suze (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

We have come to live in an age where leadership is the solution, regardless of the problem. Today, managers are called on to provide leadership which is ‘visionary’, ‘charismatic’, ‘transformational’ and ‘authentic’ in ...
Tourism and climate change : Interrelationships and implications

Schott, C. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

This chapter contextualizes the interrelationships between tourism and climate change and thus provides an introduction to this volume. It commences with a brief but comprehensive overview of the key issues identified by ...