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The socio-technical networks of technology users' innovation in New Zealand: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis
(Lincoln University. Agricultural Economics Research Unit, 2010-10)
Technological innovation by the actual users of technologies is receiving more attention, and deservedly so, as these users combine their passions and expertise into improving the technologies which they employ in their ...
Comparison of innovation policies in selected European, Asian and Pacific Rim countries: how best to optimise innovation governance in New Zealand?
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2010-11)
The technology users’ innovation (TUI) research programme aims to identify the conditions under which socio-technical networks best foster technology development, adoption and commercialisation, and thereby contribute to ...
Forestry and agriculture on the New Zealand East Coast: socio-economic characteristics associated with land use change
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2000-06)
The topics of land use, and issues associated with land use change, have been a major theme of research in the AERU since its inception in 1962. In earlier years the research focused on
pastoral land uses, reflecting the ...
Visitors' and locals' experiences of Westland, New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2001-07)
The objective of this study was to develop an understanding of visitors' and locals'
experiences of the Westland landscape and infrastructure. The interest in landscape
experience reflects the central role that both passive ...
Visitors’ and locals’ views of environmental management in Christchurch, New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Tourism Recreation Research and Education Centre, 2003-04)
The objective of the research presented in this report was to develop an understanding of visitors' and locals' views of environmental management in Christchurch. A total of 63 people were selected in a diverse, non-random ...
Understanding why farmers change their farming practices : the role of orienting principles in technology transfer
(Lincoln University. Agricultural Economics Research Unit, 1995-09)
This report presents results from a qualitative study of sheep, beef and dairy farmers in the
Temuka, Geraldine area of the South Island, New Zealand. Farmers' accounts of their farming
practices, and how they decide to ...
Visitors to Rotorua : characteristics, activities and decision-making
(Lincoln University. Tourism Research and Education Centre, 2000-02)
This report presents results from two surveys of visitors to Rotorua, New Zealand, which investigated visitors' general characteristics (e.g., age, gender, origin country, accommodation, group type and size, length of stay, ...
The impact of tourism on the Māori community in Kaikoura
(Lincoln University. Tourism Research and Education Centre, 1998-09)
The objectives of this report were to describe and evaluate the interaction between Kaikoura Māori, their culture and tourism. To achieve these objectives a cross section of the Māori community was canvassed to reflect ...
New Zealand farmer and orchardist attitude and opinion survey 2008 : characteristics of organic, modified conventional (integrated) and organic management, and of the sheep/beef, horticulture and dairy sectors
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-07)
The core of the ARGOS research design is a longitudinal panel study of New Zealand farms (including orchards in the case of the kiwifruit sector). Panels of 12 farms were selected to represent conventional, integrated and ...
Evolving community response to tourism and change in Rotorua
(Lincoln University. Tourism Research and Education Centre, 2000-02)
The aim of this report is to outline how the Rotorua community experiences tourism and tourism development and how they have adapted to it. The objectives are to: give an historical account of the history of the development ...