Browsing Open Theses & Dissertations by Thesis Supervisor "Oehlers, Alfred"
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Assessing Thailand's international competitiveness: A generalised double-diamond approach
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)The Thai economy has been enjoying impressive growth following the financial crisis in 1997. Despite this recovery, Thailand’s competitiveness in recent years has stagnated. Other additional issues have also caused concerns ... -
Contagious financial crises and emerging countries: Lessons for China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Financial contagion is currently receiving an increasing amount of attention in the literature on international macroeconomics. The present study explored the mechanism of financial contagion, reviewed the experiences of ... -
Corporate social responsibility in Islam
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Notions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) have been suggested to be consistent with an Islamic view of society. Indeed, values and principles that have been central to Islam since the time of the holy Prophet Mohammed ... -
Foreign direct investment attraction policies in transitional economies: Lessons from Vietnam?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has empirically become an important contributor to the economic development of the transitional economy of Vietnam. Attracting FDI is therefore recognized as a vital task for the Vietnamese ... -
The impacts of an appreciating currency: Historical lessons for China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)Exchange-rate policy has always been an interesting topic in international economics as it is an important instrument of macroeconomic policy. On July the 21st, 2005, the Chinese government announced changes in its exchange ... -
Maximizing the benefits from free trade agreements: Lessons for New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)Free trade agreements (FTAs) now play an increasingly significant role in international trade. The removal of tariff and non-tariff barriers through a bilateral FTA could promote and facilitate trade in both directions by ... -
The impact of trade liberalisation on economic structure and performance: case of the OECS
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)In keeping with global liberalisation trends and impelled by external liberalisation in terms of eroding preferential treatment in their principal export markets, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)1 together ...