title: Constructing an 'efficient frontier' of accounting journal quality

authors: Lowe, Alan

subjects: efficient frontier

abstract: This paper reports the construction of an ‘efficient frontier’ of the perceived quality attributes of academic accounting journals. The analysis is based on perception data from two web-based surveys of Australasian and British academics.
The research reported here contributes to the existing literature by augmenting the commonly supported single dimension of quality with an additional measure indicating the variation of perceptions of journal quality. The result of combining these factors is depicted diagrammatically in a manner that reflects the risk and return trade-off as conceptualised in the capital market model of an efficient frontier of investment opportunities. This conceptualisation of a ‘market’ for accounting research provides a context in which to highlight the complex issues facing academics in their roles as editors, researchers and authors.
The analysis indicates that the perceptions of the so-called ‘elite’ US accounting journals have become unsettled particularly in Australasia, showing high levels of variability in perceived quality, while other traditionally highly ranked journals (ABR, AOS, CAR) have a more ‘efficient’ combination of high-quality ranking and lower dispersion of perceptions. The implications of these results for accounting academics in the context of what is often seen as a market for accounting research are discussed.

text: Constructing an 'efficient frontier' of accounting journal quality This paper reports the construction of an ‘efficient frontier’ of the perceived quality attributes of academic accounting journals. The analysis is based on perception data from two web-based surveys of Australasian and British academics.
The research reported here contributes to the existing literature by augmenting the commonly supported single dimension of quality with an additional measure indicating the variation of perceptions of journal quality. The result of combining these factors is depicted diagrammatically in a manner that reflects the risk and return trade-off as conceptualised in the capital market model of an efficient frontier of investment opportunities. This conceptualisation of a ‘market’ for accounting research provides a context in which to highlight the complex issues facing academics in their roles as editors, researchers and authors.
The analysis indicates that the perceptions of the so-called ‘elite’ US accounting journals have become unsettled particularly in Australasia, showing high levels of variability in perceived quality, while other traditionally highly ranked journals (ABR, AOS, CAR) have a more ‘efficient’ combination of high-quality ranking and lower dispersion of perceptions. The implications of these results for accounting academics in the context of what is often seen as a market for accounting research are discussed.

year: 2006

title: Effects of climate change on New Zealand Lakes

authors: Goldman, Charles R.

subjects: climate on New Zealand's lakes

abstract: This chapter contains sections titled: 
-Introduction
-Geographical and climate perspective
-Historical climate
-Future climate
-Overview of lake types and formation processes
-Climate change and impacts on endemic and exotic flora and fauna
-Climate change impacts on fish
-Climate change impacts on aquatic plants and macroinvertebrates
-Effects of climate change on shallow NZ lakes
-Effects of climate change on high-altitude NZ lakes
-Case study: Lake Taupo
-Case study: Lake Pupuke
-Case study: surface temperature in monomictic and polymictic Rotorua lakes
-Case study: bottom-water dissolved oxygen in Lake Rotoiti
-Case study: modeling effects of land use and climate change for Lake Rotorua
-Management challenges and mitigation measures
-Conclusions
-References

text: Effects of climate change on New Zealand Lakes This chapter contains sections titled: 
-Introduction
-Geographical and climate perspective
-Historical climate
-Future climate
-Overview of lake types and formation processes
-Climate change and impacts on endemic and exotic flora and fauna
-Climate change impacts on fish
-Climate change impacts on aquatic plants and macroinvertebrates
-Effects of climate change on shallow NZ lakes
-Effects of climate change on high-altitude NZ lakes
-Case study: Lake Taupo
-Case study: Lake Pupuke
-Case study: surface temperature in monomictic and polymictic Rotorua lakes
-Case study: bottom-water dissolved oxygen in Lake Rotoiti
-Case study: modeling effects of land use and climate change for Lake Rotorua
-Management challenges and mitigation measures
-Conclusions
-References

year: 2013

title: Bicultural perspectives on Māori legal research

authors: Mackinnon, Jacquelin

subjects: Māori

abstract: Increasingly, legal research projects undertaken at law school or in practice will involve Māori custom law and/or tikanga Māori.' The role of both Māori custom law and tikanga Māori is most evident in the work of the Māori Land Court in the interpretation and application of legislation relating to Māori land. Increasingly, general statutes incorporate Māori principles and values, such as those to be found in the Resource Management Act 1991, or make explicit reference to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The statutory interpretation function of the Courts in relation to these, and less obvious examples, requires knowledge of tikanga Māori and/or Māori custom law. For any analysis of the work of the Courts or of the legislature, knowledge of tikanga Māori and/or custom law is required. Both Māori custom law and tikanga Māori are preserved by and accessed through the oral tradition. In addition to its role in the Courts and in relation to legislation, the most significant role played by the oral tradition is in the work of the Waitangi Tribunal. The oral tradition also plays an increasingly important part in other areas requiring research. What follows is an introduction to the oral tradition and its role in the legal system of Aotearoa/New Zealand. An understanding of the oral tradition is essential to the construction of a research path that is both ethical and effective.

text: Bicultural perspectives on Māori legal research Increasingly, legal research projects undertaken at law school or in practice will involve Māori custom law and/or tikanga Māori.' The role of both Māori custom law and tikanga Māori is most evident in the work of the Māori Land Court in the interpretation and application of legislation relating to Māori land. Increasingly, general statutes incorporate Māori principles and values, such as those to be found in the Resource Management Act 1991, or make explicit reference to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. The statutory interpretation function of the Courts in relation to these, and less obvious examples, requires knowledge of tikanga Māori and/or Māori custom law. For any analysis of the work of the Courts or of the legislature, knowledge of tikanga Māori and/or custom law is required. Both Māori custom law and tikanga Māori are preserved by and accessed through the oral tradition. In addition to its role in the Courts and in relation to legislation, the most significant role played by the oral tradition is in the work of the Waitangi Tribunal. The oral tradition also plays an increasingly important part in other areas requiring research. What follows is an introduction to the oral tradition and its role in the legal system of Aotearoa/New Zealand. An understanding of the oral tradition is essential to the construction of a research path that is both ethical and effective.

year: 2007