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Gender differences in the relationship between workplace friendships and organisational outcomes
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2007)The current study investigated gender differences in (a) perceived benefits of workplace friendships and (b) the relationship between friendship factors and organisational outcomes. Four hundred and forty-five respondents ... -
In search of Professional Identity: a descriptive study of New Zealand “Professional” bodies’ codes of ethics
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2005)“Professional” representative bodies are increasingly turning to codes of ethics in order to define acceptable standards of behaviour. This study addresses a gap in academic literature by focusing on the codes of New Zealand ... -
Innovation networks and the development of consumer-driven ICT-based Management Systems
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2003)This paper examines the use of consumer-driven innovation networks within the UK food retailing industry using qualitative interview-based research analysed within an economic framework. This perspective revealed that by ... -
Insider trading, regulation and the components of the Bid-Ask Spread
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2005)Insiders pose a risk to providers of liquidity, who require compensation for this and consequentially widen spreads. In this paper we investigate the relationship between insider trading regulation and the cost of trading ... -
Insiders and the law: the impact of Regulatory Change on Insider Trading
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2004)The impact of regulations in minimizing the detrimental effects of insider trading is unsettled. In this paper, we investigate the impact of the introduction of the Securities Market Amendment Act 2002 in New Zealand on ... -
Internet strategies for established retailers: five case studies from New Zealand
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2003)This paper reports the findings of research on the strategic responses of established retailers to the challenges and opportunities offered by the Internet and the development of electronic commerce. The paper identifies ... -
Measuring intangible value in business to business buyer-seller relationships: an intellectual capital perspective
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2003)The value in a firm's relationships needs to be developed and managed carefully and marketing managers need to be able to quantify this value in order to manage it and in order to argue for their share of the firm’s resources ... -
Meridian Energy and Project Aqua: a study in stakeholder identification and salience
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2006)In 2004 Meridian Energy, a New Zealand State Owned Enterprise, announced its decision to cancel Project Aqua, a power generation scheme that would have involved the construction of six dams on the lower Waitaki river, in ... -
Monetary Policy Transparency and Pass-Through of retail interest rates
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2005)This paper examines the degree of pass-through and adjustment speed of retail interest rates in response to changes in benchmark wholesale rates in New Zealand during the period 1994 to 2004. We consider the effect of ... -
New perspectives on the Supply-Chain and Consumer-Driven innovation
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2004)This paper considers the interrelationship between innovation and the control of the supply-chain in consumer-driven industries. In particular the paper employs the concepts of Control and Innovation Networks as an analytical ... -
Paying attention to the Construct Of Salience In Identity-related Literature and Beyond
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2004)This paper reviews the salience construct, proposing a definition of salience as a phenomenon of connection between a stimulus and a person. Our framing of the salience construct includes its elements, temporality, and ... -
Performance appraisal of administrative staff in a Tertiary Institution: perception
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2006)There is little empirical evidence relating to how university administrative employees view the performance appraisal process (Analoui & Fell, 2002). The aim of this paper was to investigate administrative staff perceptions ... -
Political orientation of Government and Stock Market returns
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2006)Prior research documented that U.S. stock prices tend to grow faster during Democratic administrations than during Republican administrations. This letter examines whether stock returns in other countries also depend on ... -
Retailers’ perceived value of manufacturers’ brands
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2003)Most of the theoretical and empirical research into brand equity has focused on business to consumer relationships and the value created with end-customers (consumer-based brand equity). Little is known of the processes ... -
Stock market volatility around national elections
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2006)This paper investigates a sample of 27 OECD countries to test whether national elections induce higher stock market volatility. It is found that the country-specific component of index return variance can easily double ... -
Strategy-making process and firm performance in small firms
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2005)This paper argues that individual small firms, just like large firms, place differing emphasis on strategy-making and may employ different modes of strategy-making. It offers a typology of the different modes of strategy-making ... -
Technology, organisation and innovation: the historical development of the UK magazine industry
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2003)For most of the twentieth century, the publishing of magazines was technologically and organisationally embedded within the printing industry. By charting the origins and evolution of Britain’s principal magazine publisher, ... -
Testing for the Invariance of a Causal Model of Friendships at work: an investigation of job type and needs
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2005)The relationship between workplace friendships and organisational outcomes were investigated. Employees from diverse industries responded to an Internet-based survey (n=445). A previously supported model of workplace ... -
The impact of regulations on the informational basis of insider trading
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2006)While insider trading has been regulated in the vast majority of countries with financial markets, the efficacy of these regulations has only been sparsely examined. In this paper we examine the impact of major regulatory ... -
The impact of Regulatory Change on Insider Trading Profitability: some early evidence from New Zealand
(AUT Faculty of Business, 2004)This paper adds to the scant literature on the tightening of regulations and its impact on the profitability of insider trades by examining the effects of the recent enactment of the Securities Market Amendment Act 2002 ...