PhD supervision topics
Research themes
In the pursuit of innovative ideas that will create sustainable value for organisations and communities, our research portfolio at Waikato Management School is focused on five multi-disciplinary areas.
1. Organising for performance
Focusing on the ways in which organisations can improve and enhance their performance. This includes research on:
- Peak performance
- Corporate finance and investments
- Audit and assurance
- Accountability and performance measurement
- Strategy and innovation
- Educational innovation
- Operations management
2. International competitiveness and development
Focusing on creating and maintaining international competitiveness and development. This includes research on:
- New Zealand competitiveness
- Asia Pacific development
- Comparative research
- Global research
3. Social and sustainable development
Focusing on creating sustainability for individuals, organisations, communities (including Maori), nations and the global community. This includes research on:
- Corporate social responsibility
- Environmental sustainability
- Social policy
- Community and Third Sector management
- Behavioural sciences
- Health communication
- Human resources
- Organisational behaviour
4. E-commerce and ICT innovation
Focusing on the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and new business processes in organisations. This includes research on:
- Socio-economic impacts of ICT/EC
- Innovative applications of ICT/EC
- Commercialisation of innovative ICT/EC
- Strategic use of ICT/EC
- Adoption, uptake and implementation processes for ICT/EC
- On-line communities and electronic communication
5. Wealth creation for New Zealand
Focusing on the drivers of wealth creation for local and regional development, and future growth of the national economy. This includes research on:
- Tourism and hospitality
- Health
- Creative industries
- Economic policy in New Zealand
- Regional & business economics
- Supply chain management
- Small & medium enterprises
Areas of expertise
Accounting
Discipline expertise
- Accounting education
- Accounting standards
- Accounting theory
- Auditing and accountability
- Financial accounting
- International accounting
- Management accounting
- Taxation
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Health sector
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
Digital Business
Discipline expertise
- Decision making
- Digital business
- Electronic commerce
- Information systems management
- Information technology
- Knowledge management
- Manufacturing management
- Supply chain management
- Quantitative analysis
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
Economics
Discipline expertise
- Agricultural economics
- Development economics
- Economic modelling and econometrics
- Environment and resource economics
- Industrial economics
- International business economics
- International financial trade
- Labour economics
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- Transport economics
- Urban and regional economics
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Agbio sector
- Environmental sustainability
- Health sector
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Discipline expertise
- Entrepreneurship
- International management
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Organisational behaviour
- Social enterprise
- Strategic management
- Strategic networks and clusters
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
Finance
Discipline expertise
- Corporate finance
- Financial analysis and modelling
- Financial markets and institutions
- International finance
- Investment and risk management
- Small business finance
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Corporate governance
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Small and medium enterprises
Human Resource Management
Discipline expertise
- Careers
- Employment and industrial relations
- Human resource management
- Leadership
- Organisation and management theory
- Organisational behaviour
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Corporate governance
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Small and medium enterprises
Management Communication
Discipline expertise
- Intercultural communication
- Interpersonal communication
- Leadership Communication
- Media and visual communication
- Organisational communication
- Political and social rhetoric
- Public relations
- Science, technology and communication
- Strategic communication
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Gender studies
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development
Marketing
Discipline expertise
- Advertising
- Consumer behaviour
- Market research
- Marketing econometrics
- Marketing strategy
- Relationship marketing
- Services marketing
- Sports marketing
- Social marketing
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
Public Relations
Discipline expertise
- Intercultural communication
- Interpersonal communication
- Media and visual communication
- Organisational communication
- Political and social rhetoric
- Public relations
- Science, technology and communication
- Strategic communication
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Gender studies
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development
Strategic Management
Discipline expertise
- Careers
- Entrepreneurship
- Human resource management
- International management
- Leadership
- Organisation and management theory
- Organisational behaviour
- Social enterprise
- Strategic management
- Strategic networks and clusters
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Corporate governance
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
- Management education
- Small and medium enterprises
- Sustainable economic development
- Tourism sector
Supply Chain Management
Discipline expertise
- Decision making
- Digital business
- Electronic commerce
- Information systems management
- Information technology
- Knowledge management
- Manufacturing management
- Supply chain management
- Quantitative analysis
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Information and communication technology uptake and impacts
Tourism and Hospitality Management
Discipline expertise
- Cultural tourism
- Hospitality management
- Hospitality services
- Indigenous tourism
- Tourist behaviour
- Tourism economics
- Tourism modelling and forecasting
- Tourism policy and planning
- Tourism sector
Multidisciplinary expertise
- Business and corporate social responsibility
- Management education
- Sustainable economic development