University of Auckland Business School RPS e-Journal Vol. 7, No. 1

This e-Journal issue features research presented at the 2025 PhD Conference hosted by the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland.

Announcements

Editor: Claire Beach, PhD Representative

Editor: Yunjie Shi, PhD Representative

Editor: Hanyi Xu, PhD Representative

This e-Journal issue features research presented at the 2025 PhD Conference hosted by the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. The conference theme, “Business (Un)Usual: Navigating Change in a Dynamic World,” reflects the Faculty’s aim to foster research excellence and prepare future leaders to navigate volatility, complexity, and digital transformation in constantly evolving global markets.

This special issue brings together original work from doctoral students across the Faculty’s departments, showcasing innovative scholarship that addresses contemporary challenges in business, economics, and society. By highlighting the high-quality contributions of our doctoral researchers, this issue celebrates the intellectual vibrancy of the PhD community and shares their work with the wider academic audience.

A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Model for Decentralised Inventory and Transshipment Management Under Disruption

Fatemeh Rostambeygi, Gabrielle Peko, Lisa Hillas, Michael O’Sullivan

 
Belief-Behavior Feedback, Cascade, and Optimal Intervention

Yuanyuan Li, Simona Fabrizi, Steffen Lippert

Waiting and Preemption in Public Good Contributions

Yunjie Shi

Understanding Service Quality across Multi-Professional Disciplines: A Scoping Literature Review for Future Avenues

Geethika Jayarathna, Deborah Levy, Abdul-Rasheed Amidu

Move Over, Logos: Anti-consumption Through Branded Body Movements

Jessica Wilson, Michael Lee, Bodo Lang

Not Another Boring Presentation: Teaching with Audience Response Systems

Claire Beach

The Trade-Off Between Union Wage Gains and Working Time Flexibility: How Gender Benefits Are Offset

Yuqi Huang, Sholeh Maani, Haikun Zhan

Clean Politics, Lean Cash: Party Newspaper-based Anti-corruption effort and Corporate Cash Management

Lexuan Chen, Dimitris Margaritis, Dulani Jayasuriya, Qi (Michelle) Li

Beyond Populism: Institutional Hostility, Innovation Capacity, and Legal Safeguards in Multinational Establishment Decisions

Xingcan Zhang, Yuman Xiong, Seongjin Choi

Democratic Backsliding and Media Scrutiny

Joshua Greenwood, Prasanna Gai, Chanelle Duley

“Efficiency Paradox” in Digital-Industrial Synergies: Exploring the Effect of Urban Characteristics and Policy on Energy Efficiency in China

Huilan Xia, Mingxin Li

Women’s Empowerment from Property to Political and Labor Rights

Yueyan Zhou, Greta Meggiorini

Data-driven Innovation and Privacy Concerns in a Schumpeterian Growth

Hannie Huang, Haiping Zhang, Alexander Dmitriev

Entrepreneurial Opportunity Recognition from a Cognitive Processes Perspective: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Christin Tan

Sacred Scarcity: Rāhui Restrictions and the Consumption Experience

Claire Hewitt

It’s About Damn Time: Subjective Time and Habit Formation

Helen Meyer

An Analysis of the Socioeconomic Impacts of Reducing Urban Carbon Emissions in Aotearoa

Mingjin Dong, Mingyue (Selena) Sheng, Le Wen

Energy Communities as Autonomous Multifacility Clubs

Zohreh Salimian, Emilson Silva, Erwann Sbai

Deliberative Democracy with Endogenous Preferences

Michael Demetrius