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AI's Impact On Environmental Reporting

Wednesday, 21 February 2024, 10:03 am | University of Auckland Business School

As the importance of sustainability in all areas of our lives continues to grow, researchers are investigating how artificial intelligence can contribute. AI-generated content raises concerns when it comes to the accuracy and integrity of sustainability ... More >>

Ethics On Autopilot: The Safety Dilemma Of Self-driving Cars

Friday, 15 December 2023, 12:32 pm | University of Auckland Business School

A recent study exposes the safety concerns surrounding self-driving cars and underscores the urgent need to understand the consequences of automation. Self-driving cars, or autonomous vehicles, are revolutionising how we move from one place to another. ... More >>

China’s State-Sponsored Digital Currency: Impacts On Fintech/Third-Party Payment Platforms

Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 6:50 pm | University of Auckland Business School

Authored by Xingang Wang and Xin Chen. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) has been holding public consultations on the possibility of a central bank-issued digital currency (CBDC) since September 2021. Although it has yet to announce a decision, ... More >>

University Of Auckland Appoints Theresa Gattung Chair For Women In Entrepreneurship

Friday, 3 December 2021, 3:53 pm | University of Auckland Business School

After a worldwide recruitment search, Associate Professor Dr Christine Woods from the University of Auckland Business School has been appointed as the inaugural Theresa Gattung Chair for Women in Entrepreneurship. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2112/61ac5466ef24dd782309.jpeg" ... More >>

Battery Electric Vehicles Currently Best Choice To Decarbonise New Zealand

Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 7:57 pm | University of Auckland Business School

Research that evaluates Electric Vehicles (EVs) based on energy consumption and overall emissions, alongside New Zealand’s goal of decarbonising the transport sector, found that Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) perform better than other types ... More >>

The future of the media

Friday, 5 July 2019, 10:37 am | University of Auckland Business School

How can media organisations survive and thrive in a rapidly changing digital environment? How can media outlets build products and services that people will pay for, while at the same time incentivise good journalism? More >>

Technology supported by people’ is the new business model

Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 12:50 pm | University of Auckland Business School

For happier (and more productive) employees, businesses need to shift from a model of ‘people supported by technology’ to one of ‘technology supported by people’ to keep up in the intelligent automation (IA) race. More >>

Cherry-picking undermines sustainability reporting

Monday, 27 August 2018, 1:35 pm | University of Auckland Business School

Companies may be cherry-picking sustainability measures that make them look good, while huge variation in what’s reported makes meaningful comparisons across firms impossible, a new international study shows. More >>

VR takes property students new places

Sunday, 12 August 2018, 12:15 pm | University of Auckland Business School

Virtual reality (VR) field trips are now being used to teach students about construction and leaky homes at the University of Auckland Business School, as the technology revolutionizes the property industry. More >>

Major conference examines land law developments

Thursday, 26 July 2018, 3:19 pm | University of Auckland Business School

Significant changes to the country’s land law, including security of title, will be the focus of an upcoming conference at the University of Auckland next month. More >>

Lessons from Netflix’s success

Monday, 26 March 2018, 12:42 pm | University of Auckland Business School

How did Netflix go from a tiny, obscure DVD rental start-up in the late 1990s to the world’s biggest internet TV network? Management experts at the University of Auckland Business School have identified some of the secrets of its success, and ... More >>

New tool estimates if solar panels are economic

Friday, 13 October 2017, 8:37 am | University of Auckland Business School

A new tool is available to help Auckland households and businesses work out whether it makes financial sense to install solar panels on their roofs. The free online calculator factors in the unique “solar rooftop potential” of half a million ... More >>

Companies need to shape, not predict, the market

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 10:53 am | University of Auckland Business School

Instead of just gradually improving or creating new products and services, businesses now need to look at everything that impacts on what they make and how it is used – and shape that wider ecosystem. Nearly always, this will involve collaborating ... More >>

Sir Owen Glenn gifts $2.6 million to University of Auckland

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 11:58 am | University of Auckland Business School

The new Dean of the University of Auckland Business School, Professor Jayne Godfrey, is delighted to announce a gift of $2.6 million from Sir Owen Glenn to support innovation and entrepreneurship initiatives at the School and across the University, including ... More >>

Worker exploitation widespread in New Zealand – new study

Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 9:19 am | University of Auckland Business School

People in New Zealand are working 80-90 hour weeks for $500, being paid for half the hours they work and paying their own salary to “buy” permanent residency, a new study reveals. The study - the most wide-ranging of its type to date – suggests ... More >>

Sustainable Business Survey 2016

Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 12:00 pm | University of Auckland Business School

New Zealand businesses are taking mostly tentative steps into the world of sustainability, but may be gearing up to tackle the big issues, according to a University of Auckland survey. More >>

Auckland professor a curator of world-first exhibition

Thursday, 27 October 2016, 10:35 am | University of Auckland Business School

Why do humans create and appreciate art? Has art played a role in the biological survival of our species? More >>

Making fashion fairer

Friday, 30 September 2016, 3:54 pm | University of Auckland Business School

This week two global fast fashion giants come to town. Fancy a bargain, but care about the people who made your peasant blouses and hoodies? Someone has to pay for fast fashion. Too often, it’s clothing factory workers in Bangladesh, Pakistan ... More >>

First two Pacific academics graduate with PhDs

Tuesday, 27 September 2016, 12:18 pm | University of Auckland Business School

The first Pacific academics at the University of Auckland's business school are two Tongan New Zealand women, graduating today with PhDs. Sisikula Sisifa and Ilaisaane Fifita, both 31, started working as research fellows at the Business School this ... More >>

Get over parochialism, share ideas and think big

Friday, 9 September 2016, 2:12 pm | University of Auckland Business School

New Zealand: stop hating on Auckland. And Auckland: look outward, share your ideas, think big, and bring everyone along. More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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