I suspected that there is a significant problem in the New Zealand dairy industry with regard to high fatigue/stress levels. In researching this project I discovered that there has been very little work done in New Zealand ...

In recent years, consumer loans have steadily become one of the largest types of loans made in the financial market, and amongst the types of consumer loans available, vehicle loans have gained considerable attention due ...

Recently the pricing problem of a monopolist producing several different qualities of a product has received some attention in the literature. Mussa and Rosen (1978) studied the optimal product mix of a monopolist producing ...

This study argues that the value of imputation tax credits should be taken into account when firms are making decisions on investment, capital structure and dividend policy. The research examines ex-dividend day share price ...

Tourism is a dynamic international industry that attracts customers from all walks of life to locations all around the globe. It is also an industry that has the potential to provide a large source of revenue for many ...

The study of linguistics and its relationship to communication is a well developed discipline. Communication across cultural boundaries is also a subject of interest to many social scientists. The study of cross-cultural ...

A number of themes are addressed below concerning the environment, nature, and implications of moral progress. Central to the account is the very credibility of moral progress itself, for we cannot suppose moral progress ...

Some look to holy books for hints, even gems; some to literature; others to the wiser scientists and statesmen. Philosophers on the hunt have always had the riddle like fragments of the Pre-Socratics, the tantalising remains ...

It has been my brief to critically analyse a sample of 70 farming operations from a total population of approximately 300 operations. My analysis has been in the capacity of a financier and therefore biased toward economic ...

The philosophy underlying New Zealand's monetary policy, since the introduction of the 1989 Reserve Bank Act, appears to subscribe to two basic propositions about the underlying nature of money. The first follows that of ...