The Faculty of Commerce has an active research programme and provides a range of postgraduate study and research opportunities. We teach over 30 postgraduate courses each year to BCom(Hons), PGDip Com and Masters students. Those courses are in: Accounting, Agribusiness, Business Management, Development, Economics, Finance, and Marketing. In 2010 34 Masters degrees and 17 PhDs were completed in the Faculty of Commerce.
The Faculty hosts two Research Centres, LUCID (Lincoln University Centre for International Development), and the Centre for Farm Business Management. Those centres span Lincoln faculties, and Lincoln and Massey universities respectively. A Faculty of Commerce centre, CLEAR, focuses on Lean Enterprises. A fourth centre of interest is SWITCH that focuses on innovation and commercialisation.
Our research record illustrates that we are active in most mainstream business areas (accounting, economics, finance, marketing, human resource management, etc) as well as in agribusiness, business and sustainability, property valuation, property management, innovation and commercialisation. A distinguishing feature of much of our research is the area of application – an example is study of dairy farm labour issues – a human resource management topic.
Our research expertise, output, and postgraduate supervision are focused on the following areas:
| Specific areas of staff and postgraduate research are: |
Agri/Food/Wine Business.
Contacts: Marketing Group; Agricultural Management Group. |
Banking, Finance, Stock Markets, Financial Macroeconomics.
Contacts: Finance Group; Economics Group. |
Business Strategy.
Contact: Business Management Group. |
Business and Sustainability.
Contacts: Business Management Group; Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance; Agricultural Management Group; Department of Business Management, Law and Marketing. |
Corporate Governance and Business Ethics.
Contacts: Business Management Group; Accounting Group; Marketing Group. |
Employment Relations and Human Resources.
Contacts: Business Management Group; Agricultural Management Group. |
Farm Business Management.
Contact: Agricultural Management Group. |
Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Accounting Education.
Contacts: Accounting Group; Finance Group. |
Innovation, Commercialisation, Entrepreneurship.
Contacts: Accounting Group; Agricultural Management Group; Department of Business Management, Law and Marketing. |
International Development, Microfinance, Rural Development, Common Pool Issues.
Contact: LUCID; Department of Accounting; Economics and Finance; Department of Agricultural Management and Property Studies; Department of Business Management, Law and Marketing. |
Marketing, Branding Services, Consumer Behaviour.
Contacts: Marketing Group; Department of Business Management, Law and Marketing. |
Property Management and Valuation.
Contact: Property Studies Group. |
Resource, Environmental, Agricultural, Forestry, Energy, Ecological Economics.
Contact: Economics Group. |
Supply Chain Management and Lean Enterprises.
Contacts: Marketing Group; Business Management Group. |