Current events - Business School - The University of Auckland

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: Network interconnection and competition (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

3 May 2012 6pm- 8pm

The third of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Professor Patrick Rey (University of Toulouse and Ecole Polytechnique) >>

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: eCultural Heritage, eTourism and New Zealand (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

22 March 2012 6pm- 8pm

The second of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Professor Detmar Straub (Georgia State University). >>

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: The missing link: Social science, university knowledge exchange and the innovation process (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

7 March 2012 6pm- 8pm

The first of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Professor Alan Hughes Director of Cambridge University’s Centre for Business Research. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series: Looking into the future: Trends and implications for data, technology and policy (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

5 December 2011 5.30pm- 8pm

The eighth of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Brendon Lynch, Chief Privacy Officer at Microsoft Corporation. >>

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: New frameworks for developing growth strategies and managing risk in today’s economic climate (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

5 October 2011 6pm- 8pm

The seventh of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Professor George Foster (2011 Sir Douglas Myers Visiting Professor). >>

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: E-business: Beyond the hype (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

17 August 2011 6pm- 8pm

The sixth of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Dr Amit Basu, from Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. >>

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: If you build it will they come? A market driven perspective on taking new technologies, products and services to market (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

11 July 2011 6pm- 8pm

The fifth of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations, will be given by Dr Rob Adams, New Zealand Venture Investment Fund international entrepreneur-in-residence. >>

Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series: A company director goes to New York (and discovers messy multilateralism and problems without passports) (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

16 June 2011 6pm- 8pm

The fourth of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations, which will be presented by Jim McLay, New Zealand’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series: The ethical challenges of leading well (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

3 May 2011 6pm- 8pm

The third of this year's Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Joanne B Ciulla, Coston Family Chair in Leadership and Ethics and co-founder of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, University of Richmond. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series: Open strategy: A long view on a precarious profession (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

15 March 2011 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm

The second of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Richard Whittington (Professor of Strategic Management at Saïd Business School and Millman Fellow at New College at the University of Oxford). >>

Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series: Rethinking marketing: How marketing can better deliver value (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

9 March 2011 6:00 pm- 7:30 pm

The first of this year’s Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series presentations will be presented by Professor Robert F Lusch, Pamela and James Muzzy (Eller College of Management at the University of Arizona). >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: Double, bubble, the New Zealand dollar and trouble? (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

3 November 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

The world economy has faced three major bubbles in the past 13 years (Asian crisis, tech bubble and global financial crisis). Why haven't investors and policymakers learned to recognise the bubble dangers? >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: Demand management: Effective, evil or just everyday? (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

12 October 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

No one is surprised these days to have paid a different price to the person sitting next to them on the plane; yet how would you feel knowing you paid more than the person sitting next to you at the movies who purchased his ticket at the last minute? >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: The relevance of public law to business in New Zealand and Australia - mitigating regulatory and political risk and maximising opportunities (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

4 August 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

Mai Chen will talk about how the three branches of government – legislative, executive and judicial – have changed and what impact this has had on business and the market for legal advice. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: Politics, premises and practicalities: Accounting for water (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

15 July 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

When the full impact of Australia's water crisis became apparent, accounting and water experts joined forces to create a new discipline that will distinguish the truths, lies, errors and uncertainties in managing the world’s most precious resource. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: Surviving the next financial crisis (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

22 June 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

In this presentation Professor Mayes will draw on his international research over the past decade to look at how to reduce the chance of financial crises and alleviate the impact of those that cannot be avoided. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: Job creation and wealth generation by angels and entrepreneurs (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

21 April 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

In this tough economic environment, the challenge for any entrepreneur is to create new opportunities for success. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: Regulating derivatives by deregulating them (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

8 April 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

When credit markets froze in 2008, many economists pronounced the crisis both inexplicable and unforeseeable. That's because they were economists, not lawyers. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speakers Series: The regional-global aspects of international competitiveness in New Zealand (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

23 February 2010 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

Professor Rugman will speak about his recent research on globalisation. His research has found that the world's largest 500 firms largely operate within their home region of the broad triad of Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific. >>

Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series: Gender diversity on corporate boards: Does it matter? (Alumni events, Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series, All events)

8 October 2009 6:00 pm- 8:00 pm

In this presentation, Professor Vinnicombe will look at five general myths on women in leadership, before studying the position of women on the top UK corporate boards. >>