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To sell or not to sell; that is the question? Stakeholders’ supremacy in the New Zealand electricity industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 August 2014

Hafsa Ahmed*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Commerce, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
Michaela Balzarova
Affiliation:
Faculty of Commerce, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
David A Cohen
Affiliation:
Faculty of Commerce, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand
*
Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

The New Zealand electricity industry is not new to change. However, decision of the New Zealand government to implement a Mixed Ownership Model have resulted in commotion. Stakeholders have reacted and one powerful stakeholder group had the potential to stop the sale of state assets. In this case study we examine how different stakeholders have responded as the future of the New Zealand electricity industry remains uncertain.

Type
Case Study
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management 2014 

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