All seminars

25 May 2012  11am- 12.30pm

A presentation by Dr Andrew Ainsworth (University of Sydney)  >>

22 May 2012  12pm- 1pm

In this seminar, Professor David Parker will talk about the proposed theoretical property investment decision-making process for REITs.  >>

18 May 2012  11am- 12.30pm

The purpose of this study is to examine whether the impact of news items on liquidity risk and whether this effect depends on the quality of a firm’s accounting quality.  >>

TODAY  12pm- 1pm

The Twilight media brand is a worldwide consumption phenomenon which predominantly speaks to female consumers who enter into fantastic and corporeal relationships with its market manifestations.  >>

11 May 2012  3pm- 4.30pm

The received wisdom is that the devastation wrought by the 1995 Kobe earthquake did not have any long-term impact on the Japanese economy, nor much impact on Kobe itself.  >>

10 May 2012  12pm- 1pm

The property sector and broader investment community is constrained by a lack of adequate data surrounding the investment performance of sustainable property.  >>

10 May 2012  12pm- 1pm

The popular press and consumer groups are vocal critics about the value of many loyalty programmes. They argue that consumers have to spend a relatively large amount with a company to receive even a modest reward.  >>

9 May 2012  4pm- 5.30pm

Shanghai is the largest city in China and one of the largest in the world. Both the national and the city government are eager for it to take its place in the ranks of global cities.  >>

4 May 2012  3pm- 4.30pm

This paper studies the impact of vertical integration on competition and performance in markets where firms need to exchange sensitive information in order to interact efficiently with their suppliers or customers.  >>

3 May 2012  4pm- 5pm

Kalyanamitra is a women's rights organisation in Indonesia. It was founded in 1985 during the military regime of Suharto in response to injustices faced by Indonesian women.  >>

3 May 2012  12pm- 1pm

The re-acquisition of discarded objects reshapes linear consumption into a cycle, simultaneously reducing new resources consumed and reducing consumer waste.  >>

3 May 2012  12pm- 1pm

In Edmonton and Calgary, Canada, a specialised ambulance fleet transfers patients between hospitals. We use a heuristic for the vehicle routing problem to schedule transfers.  >>

27 April 2012  3pm- 4.30pm

We explore the role of experience in mixed-strategy games by comparing the behaviour of novice poker players to the behaviour of expert players who have extensive experience playing poker online.  >>

24 April 2012  12pm- 1pm

Online customer reviews have the potential to benefit consumers by providing essential product information and to benefit online retailers by increasing customer time spent on the site, customer satisfaction, and a higher likelihood to purchase.  >>

24 April 2012  11am- 12pm

In this seminar, we discuss a research project that was conducted to investigate the processes involved in, and outcomes of, the implementation of three new policies designed to help address the dramatic increase in childhood obesity in the US.  >>

23 April 2012  3pm- 4pm

Value chain analysis is an innovative tool that views economy in terms of activities instead of its constituent industries and firms (Mudambi, 2008). The value chain approach analyses, at the sector level, each link in the "chain of activity".  >>

20 April 2012  3pm- 4pm

This paper examines the wide range of emotional and behavioural reactions among organisational users, such as enthusiasm, ambivalence, fear and resistance, triggered by the introduction of a new information technology (IT) within their organisation.  >>

20 April 2012  12pm- 1pm

This seminar focuses upon the progress that qualitative research has made within the organisational and management domain and the challenges faced by qualitative researchers in the future.  >>

19 April 2012  10am- 11am

In this seminar, we discuss the challenge of defining and measuring the performance of "hybrid" organisations, which feature two (or more) of the four organisational sectors: private, public, non-profit and community.  >>

12 April 2012  5.30pm- 6.30pm

This seminar considers the issue of whether or not NZ trustees must be recognised as valid parties in NZ’s treaty network and the various approaches in the interpretation of tax treaties and the diverging constructions of the residence article.  >>