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Financial contributions under the Resource Management Act 1991
(Lincoln University, 2001)
This research identifies how financial contributions for development are obtained under the Resource Management Act 1991 (the RMA). Ten city/district councils and two regional councils (one being a unitary authority) agreed ...
Null-model validation of MLP input contribution analysis in ecology
(IEEE Computer Society, 2006-12)
A method is presented for applying a null-model analysis to the verification of the significance of the input neurons of Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP). This method was applied to a problem from ecology, namely the establishment ...
Farmer perception : what is limiting sheep production in the upper North Island?
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
The purpose of this study was to determine what farmers perceive as limiting factors to
improving sheep production on their properties based in the Upper North Island (Taupo -
Kaitaia).
The researcher had recently changed ...
Sports clubs in the Matamata Piako District : there must be a better way
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Commerce. Kellogg Rural Leaders Programme., 2001)
For sports clubs in the Matamata-Piako District to survive it is
important that they consider if the methods of the past are in fact
the ways of the future.
Clubs often have to bear the burden of spiralling maintenance
costs ...
Strategic orientation and its effect on strategic alliance formation and outcomes in dedicated biotechnology firms
(Lincoln University, 2002)
Dedicated Biotechnology Firms (DBFs) operate in uncertain, turbulent and ever-changing environments. Product life cycles are decreasing, technological change is increasing, and the marketplace in which these firms operate ...
Foreign direct investment and productivity : evidence from Sri Lanka
(Lincoln University, 2003)
The recent reform measures undertaken by the government of Sri Lanka, and its continued efforts towards integration with the global economy in the last two decades have renewed interest in foreign direct investment (FDI) ...
An empirical study of customer retention in New Zealand’s retail banking industry
(Lincoln University, 2004)
In an environment of increasingly intense competition and reduced profits, one of the most important business tenets in current practice is customer retention. The literature on customer retention is vast. Even so, little ...
Market response to corporate loan announcements in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2001)
The benefits of bank financing from screening and monitoring process have been well documented in studies examining the information content of corporate loan announcements. While most of the previous literature is conducted ...
An evaluation of the use of mediation in environmental dispute resolution under s.268 of the Resource Management Act 1991
(Lincoln University, 2002)
Since the 1970s there has been a growing interest in, and utilisation of, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) techniques to resolve environmental conflicts in western societies. ADR was incorporated into one of New Zealand's ...
Regionalism and its significance in contemporary landscape architecture in New Zealand
(Lincoln University, 2000)
In the past there have been a number of commentaries on the potential of regionalism in landscape architecture. In the context of New Zealand there is indication to suggest it is re-emerging as a method of approaching ...