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Smallholdings in New Zealand
(New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, 2005-08)
Reports on 'A Study of Smallholdings and their Owners', prepared jointly by AgriQuality New Zealand, Lincoln University and MAF, which outlines the findings of a study undertaken in 2003/04. MAF commissioned the study in ...
Experiences of transdisciplinarity in research on agricultural sustainability
(International Farming Systems Association, 2010-07)
The Agricultural Research Group on Sustainability (ARGOS), a transdisciplinary research programme
funded by New Zealand’s Public Good Science Fund and business organisations interested in primary
production, aims to improve ...
Principled support: value dimensions and innovation at the national level
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2011)
This presentation focuses on value dimensions and innovation at the national level. It begins with a definition of values, and covers studies in values and innovation. Models of values provide data that are multinational, ...
Cultural limits to innovation in New Zealand
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2011)
This oral presentation considers four models, culture, national identity, innovation identity, and cultural limits to innovation. The research goal was to identify the wider social context in which New Zealand innovation ...
Why do builders innovate? : a review of the international literature on homebuilder innovation
(2009-11)
This report reviews the international literature on home building innovation. It draws a distinction between home building and construction, and focuses mainly on the former.
The report starts by characterising the home ...
Synthesis of New Zealand TUI research and policy implications: is it time to support user innovation in New Zealand?
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2011)
This presentation provides a summary of results from TUI (Technology Users' Innovation) case studies. It provides the details of the user innovation situation in New Zealand, and suggests policy indications and implications. ...
Comparisons, contrasts, and a case study: innovation implications of New Zealand's scores in values and personality
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2011)
This study is based on the assumption that high levels of innovation provide an international edge in the global market. It also assumes that there has been a recent marked increase in publically accessible multinational ...
Doing the unthinkable: linking farmers' breadth of view and adaptive propensity to the achievement of social, environment and economic outcomes
(International Farm Management Association (IFMA), 2011)
Farmers produce products for markets that demand food safety and environmental sustainability, while working in a world challenged by a changing climate and decreasing water and energy resources. To meet these challenges ...
Can building and construction sector innovation be improved? : a review of innovation centres and their implications for New Zealand
(2010-08)
The objectives of this research are to report on the role of innovation centres in the building and construction sectors in different
countries, describe their structure and function, and compare the governance of building ...
Synthesis of New Zealand TUI research and policy implications: is it time to support user invention in New Zealand?
(Lincoln University. Agribusiness and Economics Research Unit, 2011)
In New Zealand, as in many countries, innovation is an important topic, one which is seen as vital to economic success. Currently, many New Zealanders are concerned with our present level of innovation, and comparisons ...