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Research Portfolio
Research Expertise
Waikato Management School staff are engaged in world leading theory and practice relevant research, within all of the core management disciplines, and in a wide range of multidisciplinary projects
An overview of the areas of research expertise in each Department is listed below. Further information is available on Department and individual Staff web pages.
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Discipline expertise
- Accounting education
- Accounting standards
- Accounting theory
- Auditing and accountability
- Financial accounting
- International accounting
- Management accounting
- Taxation
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Health sector
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
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Discipline expertise
- Agricultural economics
- Development economics
- Economic modelling and econometrics
- Environment and resource economics
- Industrial economics
- International business economics
- International financial trade
- Labour economics
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Transport economics
- Urban and regional economics
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Agbio sector
- Environmental sustainability
- Health sector
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development
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Discipline expertise
- Corporate finance
- Financial analysis and modelling
- Financial markets and institutions
- International finance
- Investment and risk management
- Small business finance
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Corporate governance
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Small and medium enterprises
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Discipline expertise
- Intercultural communication
- Interpersonal communication
- Media and visual communication
- Organisational communication
- Political and social rhetoric
- Public relations
- Science, technology and communication
- Strategic communication
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Gender studies
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development
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Discipline expertise
- Decision making
- Electronic commerce
- Information systems management
- Information technology
- Knowledge management
- Manufacturing management
- Supply chain management
- Quantitative analysis
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
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Discipline expertise
- Advertising
- Consumer behaviour
- Market research
- Marketing econometrics
- Marketing strategy
- Relationship marketing
- Services marketing
- Sports marketing
- Social marketing
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
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Discipline expertise
- Careers
- Employment and industrial relations
- Entrepreneurship
- Human resource management
- International management
- Leadership
- Organisation and management theory
- Organisational behaviour
- Social enterprise
- Strategic management
- Strategic networks and clusters
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Corporate governance
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
- Tourism sector
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Discipline expertise
- Cultural tourism
- Hospitality management
- Hospitality services
- Indigenous tourism
- Tourist behaviour
- Tourism economics
- Tourism modelling and forecasting
- Tourism policy and planning
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Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development
- Tourism sector
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Research Meta-Themes
In the pursuit of innovative ideas that will create sustainable value for organisations and communities, our research portfolio focuses on five multi-disciplinary areas - known as meta-themes
- Organising for Performance - focusing on the ways in which organisations can improve and enhance their performance. Includes research programmes on peak performance, corporate finance & investments, audit & assurance, accountability & performance measurement, strategy & innovation, educational innovation, and operations management.
- International Competitiveness and Development - focusing on creating and maintaining international competitiveness and development. Includes research programmes on New Zealand competitiveness, Asia Pacific development, comparative research, and global research.
- Social and Sustainable Development - focusing on creating sustainability for individuals, organisations, communities (including Maori), nations and the global community. Includes research programmes on corporate social responsibility, environmental sustainability, social policy, community & third sector management, behavioural sciences, and human resources & organisational behaviour.
- E-Commerce and ICT Innovation - focusing on the application of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) and new business processes in organisations. Includes research programmes on socio-economic impacts of ICT/EC, innovative applications of ICT/EC, commercialisation of innovative ICT/EC, strategic use of ICT/EC, adoption, uptake and implementation processes for ICT/EC, and on-line communities and electronic communication.
- Wealth Creation for New Zealand - focusing on the drivers of wealth creation for local and regional development, and future growth of the national economy. Includes research programmes in tourism & hospitality, health, creative industries, economic policy in NZ, regional & business economics, supply chain management, and small & medium enterprises.
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