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Why case study research? Introduction to the field guide to case study research in tourism, hospitality, and leisure
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2012)This chapter is a general introduction to the field of case study research in tourism, hospitality, and leisure. The chapter presents a brief review of the literature on the intra-individual logic of case study research. ... -
Why dialogue? Christian engagement in interfaith relations
(2007-06)For nearly 2000 years the primary stance of Christianity and Christians towards other faiths and their peoples was to treat them as radically ‘other’ and the targets of evangelical mission. During the 20th century a sequence ... -
Why did they do it? Moral sensibilities, motivating reasons, and degrees of moral blame in culpable homicide
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Humans have a long evolutionary history of violence. The psychological mechanisms underlying aggression can be viewed as “solutions” (albeit undesirable solutions) to any one of a number of adaptive problems that exist in ... -
Why do I need research and theory? A guide for social workers, by Jennifer Anderson-Meger[Book Review]
(Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers, 2017)This article reviews the book “Why do I need research and theory? A guide for social workers”, by Jennifer Anderson-Meger. -
Why do Maori Disconnect? From their tikanga and legal associated rights and responsibilities within a contemporary world
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis examines some of the reasons why Māori disconnect from their legal and tikanga rights and responsibilities within the contemporary world of today. The aim of this research project is to identify some of the ... -
“Why do teachers keep using American films when ours are so good?” The use of New Zealand screen content in New Zealand schools (Commissioned by New Zealand On Air)
(New Zealand On Air, 2016)The purpose of this research is to investigate and report on the use of New Zealand screen content (feature film, short film, television programmes, documentaries, touch-screen apps, online resource portals and other forms ... -
Why do visitors go to museums? The Case of 921 Earthquake Museum, Wufong, Taichung
(Routledge, 2011)The paper examines the motives and sources of satisfaction of 286 respondents relating to the 921 Earthquake Museum in Taichung, Taiwan. In concludes that income, age and education remain statistically significant determinants ... -
Why do youth step out of sport and into court? A narrative-based exploration
(University of Waikato, 2012)Motivated by my son’s incarceration months after he stopped playing sport this thesis attempts to answer the questions that plagued me as I began dealing with lawyers, courts, and prison visits: If sport is all that it is ... -
Why does Tauranga Harbour exist?
(2017)Within the Bay of Plenty, Tauranga and Ohiwa Harbours are unusual in that their hypsometry indicates that they are less mature estuaries than the rest of the estuaries in the region, which is not consistent with the ... -
Why does the Engel method work? Food demand, economies of size and household survey methods
(2002-05)Estimates of household size economies are needed for the analysis of poverty and inequality. This paper shows that Engel estimates of size economies are large when household expenditures are obtained by respondent recall ... -
Why Facebook doesn’t cause protests
(National Communication Association, 2011-04)Anyone who has followed the recent spate of political unrest in the Middle East and elsewhere could be forgiven for thinking that a full-scale global revolution is underway, caused by digital social networking tools such ... -
Why honey is effective as a medicine. 1. Its use in modern medicine
(National Beekeepers Association of New Zealand, 1999)Honey has been used as a medicine for thousands of years and its curative properties are well documented. However, modern medicine turned its back on honey and it is only now, with the advent of multi-resistant bacteria, ... -
Why honey is effective as a medicine. 2. The scientific explanation of its effects
(National Beekeepers Association of New Zealand, 2001)The effectiveness of honey as a therapeutic agent has been unequivocally demonstrated in the literature reviewed in Part 1 of this article published in 1999, but the biochemical explanation of these effects is more ... -
Why size maters: Investigating the drivers of innovation and economic performance in New Zealand using the business operation survey
(University of Waikato, 2013-09)The economic performance of the New Zealand economy is something of an enigma. Although ranked number one (of 144 countries) for four important 'growth fundamentals' New Zealand is 'middle of the pack' when it comes to ... -
Why students answer TIMSS science test items the way they do
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004)The purpose of this study was to explore how Year 8 students answered Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) questions and whether the test questions represented the scientific understanding of these ... -
Why this time is different: The North Korea Crisis and New Zealand’s interests.
North Korea remains the ultimate international outlier: an isolated totalitarian state seeking to acquire a credible nuclear weapons program. As such, a simmering crisis between the North and the US has been playing out ... -
Why using the level of the active component in manuka honey to replace the UMF rating is misleading
(South City Print, 2008)There have been some news releases claiming that Professor Henle in Germany has found the chemical identity of UMF, and that in future chemical analysis will be used instead of assays of antibacterial activity to indicate ... -
Why were New Zealand levels of life-expectation so high at the dawn of the twentieth century?
(University of Waikato, Population Studies Centre, 2002-09)With population ageing becoming an issue of major importance for societies in the developed countries, in both the scientific and policy communities there is widespread interest in the determinants of these structural ... -
Widespread distribution and identification of eight novel microcystins in Antarctic cyanobacterial mats
(American Society for Microbiology, 2008)The microcystin content and cyanobacterial community structure of Antarctic microbial mat samples collected from 40 ponds, lakes and hydro-terrestrial environments were investigated. Samples were collected from Bratina ... -
Widespread nearshore and shallow marine deposition within the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation in the Surat Basin, Australia
(Elsevier, 2019)In the Surat Basin of eastern Australia, the Lower Jurassic Precipice Sandstone and Evergreen Formation are a highly prospective reservoir-seal pair for notional future carbon capture and storage. However, the succession ...
