Professional memberships

NZ Registered Teacher
Business NZ Mentor
 

Profile

Research Interests

R&D Funding for SME product development

Sustainability concepts

Areas of Research

SME perspectives on MoBIE funding application process

Emergent Systems in Sustainability: Sahtouris meets Odum

Teaching Interests

NLP in teaching/learning

Hobbies/Other Interests

Music, swimming

Graduate supervision of completed theses/dissertations

Masters theses or dissertations

Masters theses or dissertations supervised by Nick Kearns as Associate Supervisor

Chai, Kim (2016). The challenges faced by homeowners and other stakeholders in retrofitting double glazed windows in older homes in New Zealand (Master of Business)

Publications

Mirzaei, M., Ranganathan, S., & Kearns, N. (2021). A Qualitative Analysis of managing change when adopting new technology in the retail sector in New Zealand. 21st International Business Horizon-INBUSH ERA-2021 ADMAA Virtual International Research Conference, online.

Ayling, D., Hebblethwaite, D., & Kearns, N. (2020). One degree to rule them all: responding to the opportunity of Te Pukenga. Unitec Research Symposium, Unitec, Auckland.

Kearns, N., Mirzaei, M., Stewart, J., Malhotra, M., & Harald, L. (2020). Reflections on the rapid transition to online delivery during the COVID19 lockdown. Unitec Research Symposium, Unitec, Auckland.

Mirzaei, M., Ranganathan, S., Kearns, N., Airehrour, D., & Etemaddar, M. (2019). Investigating Challenges to SME deployment of Operational Business Intelligence - CCse Study of the New Zealand Retail Sector. 12th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing Companion (UCC), Auckland.

Mirzaei, M., Kearns, N., & Vellore, S. (2019). Resistance to change can improve change management. New Zealand Applied Business Education, Christchurch - New Zealand.

Kearns, N. (2015). Innovation - It's not rocket science - or is it? New Zealand Exporter Magazine. New Zealand Exporter Magazine (Vol. Online).

Kearns, N. B. F., & Hays, J. M. (2015). Student teams: Promises, problems and Paradoxes. National Tertiary Learning And Teaching Conference, Tauranga, New Zealand.

Kearns, N. B. F., & Beale, W. J. (2015). Show me the Money: Perspectives on Applying for Government Research and Development Co-funding. Auckland, New Zealand, Occasional and Discussion Paper Series (Vol. Unitec ePress).
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3083

Kearns, N.B.F. (2014). Innovation Funding in New Zealand. Unitec Research Symposium, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3003

Kearns, N. B. F., and Beale, W.J. (2014). The experience of high value manufacturing & services (HVMS) small to medium enterprises (SME) when applying for government research & development funding. Auckland, Not Published.

Oldfield, J., Dassanayake, w., and Kearns, N. (2014). iBus: Perceptions of the rise of mobile learning in a business degree. B. Hegarty, J. McDonald, & S.-K. Loke (Eds.), Rhetoric and Reality: Critical perspectives on educational technology. Proceedings ascilite Dunedin 2014, B. Hegarty, J. McDonald, & S.-K. Loke (Eds.),.

Kearns, N.B.F., and Beale, W.J. (2014). Risk, Reward, Re-invention & Reality : A review of innovation funding in New Zealand. Unitec ePress (Vol. Unitec ePress).

Kearns, Nick (2014). DEMOCATISING INNOVATION. NZ Exporter Nov/Dec (Vol. Nov/Dec 2014).

Mellalieu, P.J., Vause, A., Coleman, E.B., and Kearns, N. (2014). Reducing Youth Disadvantage through Education for Enterprise: A Case study of Nga Kakano School. .

Kearns, N. B. F., Saifoloi, M., & Mellalieu, P. J. (2014). Introducing Education for Enterprise within island and immigrant Pacific communities: Capacity building lessons from the New Zealand experience. Unitec Pacific Research Symposium, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland.
https://hdl.handle.net/10652/3004

Kearns,, N.B.F. (2011). Young Enterprise Trust in New Zealand: History, Performance and Prospects. 8th AGSE international Entrepreneurship Proceedings.