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GROWTH AND DIVERSIFICATION IN NEW ZEALAND'S AGRISERVICE INDUSTRY
A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Geography
at Massey University
Colin Terence Campbell 1979
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I would like to dedicate this thesis to my wife Nan and thank her for her support and encouragement throughout my university studies.
I thank my Supervisor Richard Le Heron for his forthright
direction and his ability to lead by example. Also to the Geography Department Staff who have assisted me in many ways in the past,
especially Patricia Driscole, my typist, on whom I have relied heavily to complete this research.
I owe special thanks to the Companies for their ready assistance to supply information and spend long periods of time with me in inter- views.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION: AIMS AND HYPOTHESES The Agriservice Industry CHAPTER 2
FRAMEWORK AND METHODS
CHAPTER 3
Corporate Growth and Strategy Nature of Diversification
Structural Changes: A Response to Diversification and Growth
A Behavioural Approach: Spatial Consequences
The Development of Agribusiness The Agriservice Industry
SPATIAL EXPANSION 1840-1874 1875-1899 1900-1924 1925-1949 1 9 5 0-19 77 / 7 8 CHAPTER 4
RESULTS OF GROWTH OF THE AGRISERVICE INDUSTRY IN NEW ZEALAND
Section 1:
Section 2:
Section 3:
Section 4:
CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION APPENDICES
Corporate Growth and Strategy Change Diversification
Structural Changes and Responses to Diversification, Growth and Strategy Agriservice Industry in New Zealan~
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BIBLIOGRAPHY 84
TABLE 2. 1 2.2 2.3 4. 1 4.2
4.3 4.4 4.5
LIST OF TABLES
Organisational Category of Firms Firm Categories Compared
Chronology of Fluctuation 1840-1914
Generalised Growth Strategies of Agriservice Companies Agriservice Firms that have Moved into the Capital Market
Firm Activities as a Percentage of Annual Turnover Company Structure, a Limit to Growth?
Hindrances to Company Activities in Agricultural Sector
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FIGURE 1.1 2. 1
2.2
2.3 2.4 3. 1
3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5
LIST OF FIGURES
Model: Illustrating Spatial Growth of Firms
Estimated Percentage of Firms in Each Organizational Class, 1949-1969
Spatial interaction, organizational growth and thresholds to development
Export Receipts 1910-1946 Export Receipts 1947-1976
Spatial Expansion of Agriservice Firms Pre 1875 Spatial Expansion of Agriservice Firms 1875-1899 Spatial Expansion of Agriservice Firms 1900-1924 Spatial Expansion of Agriservice Firms 1925-1949 Spatial Expansion of Agriservice Firms 1950-1978
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