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Research

Business research improves the health of New Zealand's economy, business practices, and international competitiveness. The School of Business currently conducts wide-ranging research that is applicable to all levels of business. With research conducted in a full range of disciplines, the School assists in the development of business theory and the dissemination of research findings to national and international businesses.

There are many opportunities for graduate study or academic exchange in the School of Business. The School offers and array of postgraduate and professional qualifications and encourages involvement in the School's various research centres and clusters.

The School of Business at Otago hosts one of the country's first digital repositories capturing a library of research papers from the School of Business and University of Otago - http://eprints.otago.ac.nz.

Areas of Research Expertise

Augmented Reality	International Economics
Business Law, Conflict and Negotiations	International Marketing Strategy
Competitive Advantage	International Trade
Computer Security	Knowledge, Intelligence and Web Informatics
Connectionist-based Information Systems	Leadership
Consumer Behaviour	Marketing Performance
Contemporary Mobilities	Multimedia Systems
Conventions and Events	Political Communication
Database Research	Representation and Identity
Economic Growth and Development	Rural and Peripheral, Wilderness and Nature-based Tourism
Economics of Sport	Security Research
Employment Relations	Software Engineering
Entrepreneurship and Small Medium Enterprises	Spatial Analysis
Forecasting	Student-Centred and Case-based Pedagogy
Health Informatics	Sustainability and New Zealand Business: Discourse, Practice and Reporting
Human Resource Management	Telecommunication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBRF

The Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) is the new mechanism for funding research in the tertiary education sector. Funding for research will no longer be allocated to institutions according to student enrolments. Instead, research funds will be allocated through the PBRF according to the quality of the research produced in each institution. The system will take into account the quality of researchers, research degree completions and external research income.

The quality of researchers is judged by information supplied by staff at each institution. This information called an "evidence portfolio" gets internally assessed then externally assessed by a panel at the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and awarded a grade.

The 2004 round of PBRF produced many claims about the standing of business schools nationally. While the University of Otago overall secured the greatest net gain, in all universities, business scores were the lowest contributors to the overall mark.

Individuals at the School of Business did very well in business and economics. Out of six A ranked staff Accounting and Finance, the School of Business has two; in Economics we have two of the eight As and the figure is the same for Tourism and Marketing. The School of Business' Department of Tourism was ranked first in New Zealand in the first PBRF round.

More information on PBRF from the University of Otago