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New Zealand in the 21st Century - a Consumer Lifestyles Study

Lifting the Lid on Leadership
Search the phrase “honest leaders” in Google and you'll find 17,900 entries on the subject. Topping the list is an entry on University of Otago School of Business researcher Professor Steven Grover, arguably New Zealand 's leading scholar on the subject.

Accounting for Accountability (He Kitenga Research Highlight)
Accountability: it's a word often heard in social, political and corporate debates. So how do those who are held accountable react to this responsibility?

Sport: a Robus Cultural Tourism (He Kitenga Research Highlight)
Take an old-fashioned game like rugby. Create a number of quite artificial professional team franchises. Throw in some cheerleaders, loud music, a TV-friendly kick-off time and some fancy new names for the teams. Add generous quantities of slick marketing and what have you got?

Gender Costs (He Kitenga Research Highlight)
Research by economists Dr Murat Genc, Dr Robert Alexander and Dr Mohammad Jaforullah confirms that women in New Zealand on average earn 13 per cent less than men - even when factors like qualifications are controlled for.

Nothing but the truth...? (He Kitenga Research Highlight)
How do we tell if our boss is being honest?

Otago Economics Department hosts Nobel Prize winner
The School of Business's Department of Economics played host to Nobel Prize winner Dr Edward C. Prescott last month as part of the Southern Workshop in Macroeconomics.

Industry Partnership Links University to the World
The School of Business and Wellington-based partners, software technology company Open Cloud and ICT research company MediaLab, have embarked on an ambitious three-year project: Global Network Interconnectivity: Supporting Networking and Wireless Technologies Development. The project will work on the service and technology structures needed for 3G and 4G broadband mobile communications, wireless and multimedia networking technologies which are set to boom over the next decade.

Organisations not allowing staff to reach full potential
Most organisations focus on traditional methods of human resource management to engage their employees - such as performance and appraisal -  but what employees are really after is quality training and development, say researchers Dr Fiona Edgar and Professor Alan Geare from the School of Business. 

Heading for the hills in aid of research
With the next round of the Performance Based Research Fund right around the corner, staff at the University of Otago School of Business are enlisting a novel approach to enhance research production among its junior researchers.

What Price Wilderness Access?
This summer hundreds of people will venture into the many national and regional parks around New Zealand to tramp, kayak, and camp. But for a section of our population, the mobility impaired - those with physical disabilities and the elderly - access into the backcountry of New Zealand is limited and in many cases, not an option. The question of access for these user groups has never been addressed, until now.

Otago Digital Repository - AuseAccess Wiki
May was a technologically exciting month for New Zealand’s digital future

Digital Future for Business Research Publications
Radical changes in the traditional way universities publish material, particularly research, are underway at the School of Business.

New Research Development Coordinator for School of Business
Graham McGregor has joined the School of Business to develop a strategy to generate enterprise and research funding for the School, through projects and activities that will enhance network connections and relationships with the business community.

Europe's Loss, New Zealand's Gain?
Swiss expert says older tourists flocking to NZ, away from traditional markets

Wizard Software Finalist in Asian Entrepreneur Awards
Innovative decision-making computer software Point*Wizard has been named as a finalist in this year's Global Entrepolis@Singapore Award.

The Road Ahead: Oxford expert advises on how to avoid pitfalls of economic forecasting
You're driving your car but the map is inaccurate and roads are suddenly closed or opened for no apparent reason. How do you get from A to B?

Does Aid Work?
The recent G8 summit in Scotland highlighted the need for the industrialised world to support economic development in Africa and other areas of the developing world, and yet the question remains: Does aid really work?

Polling, Politicians, and Public Perceptions
Are elections and politicians in sharp decline because of negative advertising effects and perceptions of public service, or can citizens be switched on by good public affairs practice?