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Frictional Capital Reallocation I: Ex Ante Heterogeneity
(Elsevier, 2018)We study dynamic general equilibrium models where capital is traded in frictional markets featuring liquidity considerations. Gains from trade arise from ex ante heterogeneity: some firms are better at investment, so they ... -
Frictional Properties of AZ80 and ZE10 Magnesium Alloys under Dry and Lubricated Contact Conditions
(Elsevier, 2014)The frictional properties of two types of magnesium alloys, i.e. AZ80 and ZE10 were investigated. A purpose-developed sheet metal forming simulator was used to conduct the experiments under constant plastic deformation. ... -
From Austen to social Darwinism: changing ethics
(New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants, 2010)In 1927, the New Zealand Society of Accountants adopted its first guide on professional ethics. The short document was so full of gentlemanly notions that it could have been written by Jane Austen and came at a time when ... -
From campus to newsroom in the South Pacific: credible media career paths versus "academic anaemia"
(University of Wollongong, 2005)The University of the South Pacific’s Regional Journalism Programme, which caters for 12 member countries1 from the Cook Islands in the east to the Solomon Islands in the west, was founded in 1994 with French Government ... -
From chalk talk to tablet talk: pedagogies for control engineering
(International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2013)Individual disciplines, and even subfields within those disciplines, typically exhibit distinctive pedagogical approaches that have developed over time, influenced by the content of the discipline and technology. In control ... -
From chaos towards sense: a learner-centric narrative virtual learning space
(IGI Global, 2014)Throughout educational settings there are a range of open-focused learning activities along with those that are much more closed and structured. The plethora of opportunities creates a confusing melee of opportunities for ... -
From data mining and knowledge discovery to big data analytics and knowledge extraction for applications in science
(Science Publications, 2014)“Data mining” for “knowledge discovery in databases” and associated computational operations first introduced in the mid-1990 s can no longer cope with the analytical issues relating to the so-called “big data”. The recent ... -
From Gorse to Ngahere: An Emerging Allegory for Decolonising the New Zealand Health System
(New Zealand Medical Association, 2020)Prior to colonisation, Māori had a well-developed holistic health system based on maintaining balance between people, place and spirit. The colonial imposition of British economic, religious, educational, legal, health and ... -
From hospitality work to hospitable working: a hotel case study on increasing productivity and decreasing staff turnover
(Griffith University, 2008)This paper presents the case study of the James Cook Hotel Grand Chancellor, a New Zealand hotel that has reduced staff turnover through focusing on two particular drivers of productivity - Creating a Productive Workplace ... -
From Longhand Writing to Word Processing: A Phenomenological Study of the Technophobe Turned Novelist
(Springer, 2017)Firmly grounded on the assumption that using digital technology is an intentional, conscious and subjective experience, this study adopts a transcendental phenomenological approach to reveal the meaning of the individual ... -
From Picardy to Picton
(John Douglas Publishing, 2013)When New Zealand bound itself militarily to Great Britain at the outbreak of war with Germany in August 1914, discussion arose over how the news of the conflict was to be conveyed to readers back home. This chapter considers ... -
From Pisa to Santander: a statement on children’s growth and wellbeing
(Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health (CRES), University of Malta, 2014)No abstract. -
From riches to rags: a narrative approach to entrepreneurs' experience of venture failure
(Academy of Management (AOM), 2013)This paper investigates entrepreneurs’ experience of stigma associated with venture failure. We implement a narrative approach to understand how stigma was experienced personally by entrepreneurs. Findings draw on the lived ... -
From self-employed hospitality entrepreneur to paid employee: the motivational factors behind the transition
(Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), 2013)The New Zealand hospitality industry is characterised by a high rate of business start-ups and closures, especially in small and medium enterprises (Inland Revenue Department, 2011). One reason for this is that many ... -
From Shadow: A Practice-led Design Research on Academic Anxiety
(Anhembi Morumbi University, 2021)This research utilises auto ethnographic and phenomenological research methods to investigate, design and illustrate the ways that academic anxiety manifests in the human experience. Where the journal is used to distil a ... -
From spatial perception to cognitive mapping: how is the flow of information controlled?
(AAAI, 2007)Most models of cognitive mapping would suggest that the process begins by constructing some form of a structural representation of the environment visited. From the latter representation, one develops a conceptual view of ... -
From spheres towards spaces in design and creative technology
(Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited, 2015)Knowledge and creativity have always played a key role in the economy and New Zealand is rapidly moving towards a knowledge-based strategy for growth. Increasing prominence has been given to the role of New Zealand’s ... -
From STEM to STEAM: An Enactive and Ecological Continuum
STEM and STEAM education promotes the integration between science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and the arts. The latter aims at favoring deep and collaborative learning on students, through curricular integration ... -
From STEM to STEAM: strategies for enhancing engineering & technology education
(International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, 2015)This paper sets out to challenge the common pedagogies found in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education with a particular focus on engineering. The dominant engineering pedagogy remains “chalk and ... -
From teacher preparation to classroom practice: perceptions of novice Emirati teachers
(Natural Sciences Publishing, 2013)The teacher-training college where this research took place prepares Emirati primary school teachers to teach the subjects of English, Mathematics and Science through the medium of English. The college courses taught have ...