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    Economic Performance of Five State-Owned Enterprises 1989-1998
    (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000) Evans, Lewis; de Boer, David Boles
    This report describes the process and results of the evaluation of five State Owned Enterprises (SOEs). It incorporates a comparison of their performance with that of NZ Rail. The SOE study taken as a whole is useful in establishing the performance of NZ Rail following privatisation. It is also of significant value in its own right for the examination of the operation of the SOE model and ownership more generally.
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    Governance of the Internet: Emerging Issues
    (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000) Evans, Lewis; de Boer, David Boles; Howell, Bronwyn
    The Internet and associated networks and devices are intruding throughout social and commercial activity. They are improving information exchange storage and utilisation to an extent that is re-shaping the structure and institutions of society that have evolved over centuries inresponse to information limitations. The phenomenal growth in Internet activity is now challenging the dominant use of networks by telephony despite effectively starting up just 6 years ago. The provision and utilisation of broad-band services has supplanted telephony as the central information issue of this decade.The purpose of this paper is to comment on issues that are arising in Internet governance in New Zealand and elsewhere. Such is the rate of change in the use of the Internet and in the concomitant technology that detailed prescription is not useful. Nevertheless changes that are taking place in the Internet provision imply that governance cannot be ignored. Enunciating the principles that should be reflected in governance that is in the public interest is worthwhile at this time.The pressures for change are coming from the inevitable and essential commercialisation of the provision of Internet services. An effective governance structure should facilitate this commercial evolution and the efficient adoption of change and provision of services to the enduser. Potential changes to the governance of the Internet Registry are matters of public interest.
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    Internet Service Providers (ISP) Markets of Australia and New Zealand
    (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000) Evans, Lewis; de Boer, David Boles; Enright, Christina
    This paper compares the Australian and New Zealand Internet market. It draws heavily on Enright (2000) which reports the short history of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in New Zealand since the inception of the Internet in 1994. It also provides a review of the prices and market shares and strategic motivations for entry to this market. The Internet phenomenon is worldwide. Thus although the New Zealand market has experienced rapid price declines and growing market penetration its performance in delivering benefits to consumers should be judged relative to that of ISP markets elsewhere. International comparisons are fraught with difficulties that make for very cautious interpretation of cross-country price studies. Nevertheless some consideration of the Australian ISP market does help place the New Zealand market in perspective. The purpose of this paper is to build on the evidence of Enright op cit and place it in a wider context by comparing the Australian and New Zealand ISP markets in 1999. The comparison suggests that Internet service provision in New Zealand was cheaper in 1999 than in Australia and that penetration and usage in New Zealand was at least that of Australia.
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    The State of e-New Zealand
    (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, 2000) Evans, Lewis; de Boer, David Boles; Howell, Bronwyn
    Our study is based upon publicly available sources of information. Internationally published statistics have been used to supplement New Zealand data to assess New Zealand's relative position. While international studies have provided some basis for comparison the supplementary information sourced for this study has enabled a more complete picture of New Zealand to be painted. The infrastructures we examine to make our assessment of E-New Zealand are those of Internet penetration and uptake the electronic banking backbone of the payments system and the telecommunications environment. We then use this base to explore the extent to which this infrastructural base is utilised in electronic commerce applications. While we acknowledge that it is limited by the shortage of reliable and publicly available information this analysis enables us to postulate some explanations for apparent and observed behaviours which may have led others to conclude that despite the infrastructural advantage New Zealand's application uptake is not as advanced.