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Purpose – This paper aims to determine if proximity to cell phone towers influences house prices with a focus on isolating the impact of tower aesthetics on nearby property values. Design/methodology/approach – Sales transaction data from the Auckland Region during 2005‐2007 were analysed...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a picture of (local) e‐government impact and development philosophy in China, New Zealand, Oman, and the UK. Design/methodology/approach – A survey instrument was used to collect data from policymakers in 114 civil service organisations in...
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Landonline has been implemented for some 15 years. Overall, it has operated successfully in New Zealand - so far. Nevertheless, initial thoughts that the system transfers risk from the State to conveyancers (as users of the system) are still adhered to. The issue is whether (or when) this will...
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Purpose Automation facilitates production activities within offsite construction (OSC) projects through computer … benefits of automation to offsite production, the level of automation adoption in New Zealand is low. This study is an effort … to understand the current status of automation within the New Zealand construction industry and to identify the barriers …
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Presents an exploratory study on travel agents’ attitudes towards automation. Surveys 167 travel agents from both … Canada and New Zealand. Shows that there are four distinct groups of agents whose attitudes towards automation differ quite …
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In seeking economic immigrants, especially those who are skilled, entrepreneurial and with capital to invest, a settler country such as New Zealand has assumed that national and city labour markets/economies will gain by adding to the human capital pool as well as creating new 'economic'...
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Information technology (IT) tends to be viewed as ancillary to core government functions. Consequently, IT is often outsourced to the private sector. Unfortunately, there is a long line of failed outsourced projects. This article uses two New Zealand case studies, the particularly public failure...
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