The Internet and associated networks and devices are intruding throughout social and commercial activity. They are improving information exchange storage and utilisation to an extent that is re-shaping the structure and institutions of society that have evolved over centuries inresponse to...

There is concern in many jurisdictions that firms found to enjoysubstantial market power may be under a special responsibility to grant to their competitors access to essential facilities. Where a firm enjoying market power has some asset which a new entrant to a concentrated market must have or...

Our study is based upon publicly available sources of information. Internationally published statistics have been used to supplement New Zealand data to assess New Zealand's relative position. While international studies have provided some basis for comparison the supplementary information...

Allocative and productive efficiency are static concepts in the sense that they relate to welfare at a point in time. Allocative and productive efficiency reflect the outcome at a single point in time of resource allocation and production decisions.

In Western Europe and East Asia capital markets require higher dividends from corporations tightly affiliated (at the 20% level of control) to a group and within a group from corporations whose controlling shareholder has a lower ratio O/C of ownership to control rights. For loosely-affiliated...

This study provides an economic history of the Internet access market in New Zealand from 1996 essentially the inception of the market to early 1999. It reviews the strategy literature about entry to new markets and tests a resource-based theory concerning the timing of entry.

This brief outline identifies the various issues which confront the failing company defence. This article will:(1) briefly outline the competition laws which apply to mergers in New Zealand;(2) examine the theoretical basis for the defence with particular reference to the New Zealand setting;(3)...

This report describes the process and results of the evaluation of five State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). It incorporates a comparison of their performance with that of NZ Rail. The SOE study taken as a whole is useful in establishing the performance of NZ Rail following privatisation. It is also...