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Training and development : management attitudes and practices in the New Zealand hotel industry
(Lincoln University, 1994)
Economic restructuring and rationalisation in service industries have led to an increased emphasis on the role of human resources in achieving strategic goals. Little attention in the past has been given by senior managers ...
Concept testing : a key to successful product development
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1994-07)
Concept testing is a research tool used to assess the market viability of a new product idea prior to incurring the development expense of actually fabricating a product. This paper examines the current literature on concept ...
Minsky’s financial instability hypothesis in a New Zealand context
(Lincoln University, 1994)
This thesis examines Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis. Minsky believes that economic activity must be examined from a financial perspective, in the light of imperfect expectations and uncertainty. Minsky suggests ...
Improving monitoring and evaluation of development projects : an information technology approach based on logical framework analysis : a case study of the Sigatoka Valley Rural Development Project, Fiji
(Lincoln University, 1994)
Attempts to eradicate poverty and provide food for the great masses of people who live in the developing world have given rise to several development activities, funded through use of local resources by the developing ...
Audit judgments of revalued non-current assets
(Lincoln University, 1994)
The revaluation of non-current assets has become an accepted accounting practice in many countries including the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. This practice has implications for the external auditor who must ...
Wildfowl versus indigenous species
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 1994)
Is there a conflict? Ask around and nobody knows. In no other time of New Zealand's
history is the paucity of information so highlighted as at the present. The need for such
information is predominantly to satisfy the ...
Nature tourism on Banks Peninsula: issues and perceptions of people from the rural community
(Faculty of Commerce, Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme. Lincoln University., 1994)
In New Zealand, nature-based tourism has existed for a long time (imagine the early visitors to Tongariro National Park and Whakarewarewa). Our nature tourism market is affected by the significant increase world-wide in ...
Subsidies without farming : the reform of the CAP : current and future pressures
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 1994-11)
The GATT agreement has been a major factor behind the current reforms of the CAP essentially providing an external constraint on policy developments. This has enabled a radical switch from unlimited support based upon ...
Hedonic analysis of waterfowl hunting lease attributes : an evaluation of owner-provided services
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division, 1994-07)
The role of owner-provided services in fee-based recreation access is evaluated for the case of waterfowl hunting. An hedonic framework is used to analyze and estimate the implicit price of some waterfowl hunting lease ...
The economic rationale of universities : a reconsideration
(Lincoln University. Commerce Division., 1994-07)
This paper is an attempt to make a contribution to current debates about the reform of higher education by using the work of Ronald Coase on 'the nature of the firm' as a framework for considering alternative institutional ...