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Gaining access to customers' resources through relationship bonds
(Australian & New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC), 2009)This paper notes that, in addition to tangible resources, a seller needs to access valuable and less imitable intangible resources, such as downstream market knowledge, from its customers. This exchange occurs as part of ... -
Gaining access to customers’ resources through relationship bonds
(Gabler Verlag, 2013)In order to get good access to a buyer’s resources, which contribute to relationship value creation, a seller needs to put resources into the relationship, and the bonds between the buyer and seller need to be strong. This ... -
Gamification in logistics and supply chain education: extending active learning
(IADIS Press, 2012)Engagement with users involved in an activity has become increasingly important, particularly in Higher Education. We review the concept of gamification and outline several existing applications. These incorporate game ... -
Giving Science Innovation Systems a 'Nudge'
(Carleton University, 2019)In this article we consider the role that contextual factors play in science innovation systems - that is, the choice architecture, that influences the orientation and outcomes of publicly-funded research. More specifically, ... -
Going west in China
(New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, 2011)Chinese accountants are increasingly interested in joining a Western professional body in addition to belonging to the domestic Chinese government-controlled profession. Western-style accounting procedures are increasingly ... -
Good news or bad? The shifting points of intersection in the game of elite sport development in NZ
(University of Gothenburg, 2011)Critical and postmodern approaches remain on the fringes of sport management research (Skinner and Edwards, 2005). The purpose of the study proposed in this paper is to broaden the scope and conceptual complexity of a topic ... -
Green Hospital Design: Integrating Quality Function Deployment and End-user Demands
(Elsevier, 2015)There is a rapidly growing awareness amongst the public of facilities where the design that incorporate green construction. This paper aims to study the quality function deployment (QFD) concept and technique when implemented ... -
Guiding best practice or legitimating current practice? An examination of AGS-1010 on the consideration of environmental matters in the audit of a financial report
(AUT University, 2008)The primary aim of this paper is to report interview evidence on one aspect of a doctoral work in-progress which covers the consideration of environmental in the audit of a financial report. This study particularly considers ... -
Guiding the funders: a case for comparability
(New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, 2011)Presents the findings of research that looked at what financial organisations (FOs) are looking for in not-for-profit organisations' (NFPs) funding applications. Makes several recommendations for NFPs seeking funds from FOs. -
Has sector neutrality had its day?
(CAJ, 2009)The article reports on the not-for-profit organizations (NFP) issues towards the proposed changes to financial reporting rules in New Zealand. The authors mention that these issues, include the definition of public ... -
Hegemony and accountability in BRAC – the largest hybrid NGO in the world
(Accounting, Organizations and Society (AOS), Department of Accounting, London School of Economics (LSE), 2012)This case study of BRAC, one of the largest indigenous hybrid NGOs in Bangladesh and possibly the world, examines how, why, to what effect, and for whom its functional and social accountability developed; and whether it ... -
Help or Hindrance? Boardroom Network Connectivity and Firm Performance
(Auckland Centre for Financial Research, AUT University, 2016)While boardroom networks should act as a conduit for resource sharing between firms, and in doing so improve firm performance, recent evidence on the value of connected boards is limited and inconclusive. This study aims ... -
High school teachers’ perceptions of accounting: an international study
(2006)A decline in enrollments in accounting programs in the United States of America has been well documented over the last decade. Some researchers have suggested that this decline is in part due to the misinformation or lack ... -
High-performance work systems and the instrumental employee
(Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ), 2012)Employee instrumentalism, which has been defined as the belief that work is primarily a means to non-work ends rather than a central life interest, was investigated as a potential negative antithesis to employee job ... -
Higher Education Curriculum for Sustainability: Course Contents Analyses of Purchasing and Supply Management Programme of Polytechnics in Ghana
(Emerald, 2016)Events such as worsening droughts, flooding, global warming, poverty and famine, civil unrest, humanitarian crisis, and human rights violations which now characterise human existence are proof enough that passivity is no ... -
How boards influence organisational performance
(The Latin American Council of Management School (CLADEA), 2012)As the effects of the global financial crisis upon organisational performance become increasingly evident and with some commentators implicating corporate governance in respect of corporate casualties, it is clear that a ... -
How can business buyers attract sellers' resources? Empirical evidence for preferred customer treatment from suppliers
(Elsevier, 2012)This paper describes a study that investigates what makes a buyer attractive to a seller in a business-to-business buyer-seller relationship and encourages the seller to commit to and invest resources preferentially in the ... -
How do salespeople help make buyer’s resources available?
(The University of Strathclyde, 2011)Purpose of the paper and literature addressed There is great emphasis by researchers on the issue of co-creation of value across business-to-business buyer-seller relationships because co-creation is the source of much ... -
How does contact with accountants influence perceptions of accounting
(The University of Sydney, 2013)Contact with accountants has often been suggested as a strategy for changing the stereotypical perceptions people have of accounting. This study examines how contact with accountants influences these perceptions. The ...