Business School


Past speakers and video interviews

The Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series (DDSS) brings a variety of high-profile corporate, academic and industry leaders to The University of Auckland Business School.

Date Speaker Title
2012    
22 March Professor Detmar Straub eCultural Heritage, eTourism and New Zealand
7 March Professor Alan Hughes The missing link: Social science, university knowledge exchange and the innovation process
2011    
5 December Brendon Lynch Looking into the future: Trends and implications for data, technology and policy
5 October Professor George Foster New frameworks for developing growth strategies and managing risk in today’s economic climate
View video interview (42:15)
17 August Dr Amit Basu E-business: Beyond the hype
View video interview (29:54)
11 July Dr Rob Adams If you build it will they come? A market driven perspective on taking new technologies, products and services to market
View video interview (16:34)
16 June Jim McLay A company director goes to New York (and discovers messy multilateralism and problems without passports)
3 May Joanne B Ciulla The ethical challenges of leading well
View video interview (37:27)
15 March Richard Whittington Open strategy: A long view on a precarious profession
View video interview (32:45)
9 March Professor Robert F Lusch, Pamela and James Muzzy Rethinking marketing: How marketing can better deliver value
View video interview (47:59)
2010    
3 November Professor Alan Beckenstein Double, bubble, the New Zealand dollar and trouble?
View video interview (39:44)
12 October Professor Tava Olsen Demand management: Effective, evil or just everyday?
View video interview (18:12)
4 August Mai Chen The relevance of public law in New Zealand and Australia
View video interview (24:09)
15 July Professor Jayne Godfrey Politics, premises and practicalities: Accounting for water
View video interview (32:20)
22 June Professor David Mayes Surviving the next financial crisis
21 April Professor Bill Payne Job creation and wealth generation by angels and entrepreneurs
View video interview (18:50)
5 April Professor Lynn Stout Regulating derivatives by deregulating them
View video interview (14:26) | View full video interview (28:43)
23 February Professor Alan Rugman The regional-global aspects of international competitiveness for New Zealand
View video interview (14:45)
2009    
8 October Professor Susan Vinnicombe

Gender diversity on corporate boards: Does it matter?
View this video (44:56)

29 September Professor George Foster Company strategy in challenging economic times
6 August Professor Liz Hickey The global financial crisis: Accounting... a cause or a cure?
23 June Professor John Creedy Tax and transfer tensions: designing direct tax structures
27 May John Shewan Tax reform in New Zealand in a global financial crisis
View this video (45:42)
19 March Martin Fisher Real good not feel good - How KickStart International is changing the way the world fights poverty
View this video (41:32)
2008    
13 October Robert V Kozinets Click to connect: The online community revolution and its implications for marketers
13 August Professor John Farrar The corporate governance of SMEs and unlisted companies
14 July Alan Bollard Bill Phillips: Man, money and machine
12 May Professor George S Day Closing the growth gap: Balancing "big I" and "small i" innovation
27 March Robert E Lucas Jr The industrial revolution: past and future
6 March Lynette Stewart Removing barriers and creating opportunities
29 February Professor Bill Sahlman Venture capital, private equity and entrepreneurship
2007    
19 September Professor Bruce J Avolio The roots of positive leadership and sustainable organisational growth
24 July John Allen and James Strong Keeping the ANZAC spirit alive: the future of the Trans-Tasman trading relationship
14 May Paula Rebstock Competition - an everyday miracle
12 April Paul Kelly Globalisation: Irrational expectations?
13 March Ann Sherry Slice of heaven
2006    
7 September Hon Phil Goff New Zealand trade policy: Doha suspended - what next?
16 August Dr David Skilling Taking the New Zealand economy global
11 July Ralph Waters The renovation of Fletcher building
13 June Michael Luger Transforming knowledge into wealth: The role an entrepreneurial university plays in economic development
17 May Michael Useem The decision moment: When leadership really counts
9 March John G S Buchanan Mergers and acquisitions: Winning against the odds

 

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