Bronwyn Howell

Acting Director ISCR,
Victoria Management School

Profile

Lecturer in Professional programmes.

Director of the Certificate of Management Studies and the Diploma in Business Administration.

Qualifications

BA Hons (Victoria)

MBA Distinction (Victoria)

Research Interests

Information Economics; Industrial Organisation

Focus on the Health and Technology Sectors

Research Associate, New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.

Teaching Interests

Professional programmes in Economics, Information Economy and Advanced Corporate Management.

Publications and Presentations

Articles

Davies, J., Mabin, V. and Howell, B., 'Systems approaches to Understanding the Plight of Telecommunications Regulators', The International Journal of Business Research, Vol V, 1, (2006).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Restructuring Primary Health Care Markets in New Zealand: from Welfare Benefits to Insurance Markets', New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation, (2005), www.anzhealthpolicy.com/content/2/1/20

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Medical Misadventure and Accident Compensation in New Zealand: An Incentives-Based Analysis', Victoria University of Wellington Law Review, 35 (2004), pp. 857-878.

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Broadband Uptake: Evidence from the OECD Countries', Communications and Strategies, (September 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, Kavanagh, Judy, and Marriott, Lisa, 'No-Fault Public Liability Insurance: Evidence from New Zealand', Agenda, 9, 2 (2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, and Marriott, Lisa, 'Tax and Privilege: An Economic Perspective of Proposed Changes in New Zealand Taxation Policy', New Zealand Taxation Law and Policy, (December 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Corporatisation of New Zealand Public Hospitals: An Ownership-Based Analysis', Agenda, 7, 4 (2001).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'The Rural-Urban "Digital Divide" in New Zealand: Fact or Fable?', Prometheus, 19, 13 (2001).

Case Study

Howell, Bronwyn (2007), Case 3: Planet Skin, Chapter 3 in Hooper, Val (ed) New Zealand Case Studies in Information Systems Auckland, New Zealand Pearson Education New Zealand.

Chapters

Howell, Bronwyn, 'The State of e-commerce in New Zealand', Jacques Poot (ed), Off the Map in the Global Economy (Edward Elgar, December 2002), Chapter 14.

Conference Presentations

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Broadband Uptake and Infrastructure Regulation: Evidence from OECD Countries', International Communications Forecasting Conference, (San Francisco, 26 June 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Health Contracting in NZ: Who bears the risk?', Presented at the Treasury, (Wellington, 12 April 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Information, Technology & the Productivity Paradox', North American Productivity Workshop, Union College, Schenectady, (Schenectady, 21 June 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Information: Commodity or Component', Strategic Thinking for the Information Economy, (Wellington, 11 February 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'New Forms for Firms', Strategic Thinking for the Information Economy, (Wellington, 12 February 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, and Evans, Lewis, 'New Zealand is Different', Strategic Thinking for the Information Economy, (Wellington, 11 February 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Progress in e-New Zealand: Equity or Excellence?', Socio-economic Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies Conference, (Wellington, 10 June 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'The "I" in Internet: Drivers of High Speed Internet Uptake', Presented at the FCC, (Washington, 18 June 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, and Obren, Mark, 'The "I" in Internet: Drivers of High Speed Internet Uptake', Presented at the NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, (Wellington, 12 June 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'The State of e-New Zealand: Implications for Economic Development', Joint New Zealand/Malaysia Symposium The State, Economic Development and Ethnic Co-existence, (Wellington, 8 February 2002).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'E-Commerce Research for New Zealand', Presented to the MED e-Commerce Research Round Table, (Wellington, 9 August 2001).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Health Contracting in NZ: Who bears the risk?', New Zealand Health Economist's Conference, (December 2001).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Information, Technology & the Productivity Paradox', PhD Conference in Economics and Business, (University of Western Australia, 8 November 2001).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'State of e-New Zealand: Infrastructure, uptake and usage of electronic commerce', International Symposium of Economics and e-Commerce and Networking Decision, (Melbourne, July 2001).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'The Optimal Time to Invest in Information', Presented at the Melbourne Business School, (Melbourne, July 2001).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Information and the State of e-New Zealand', Symposium on Information Research in New Zealand, (November 2000).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Public Hospital Corporatisation in New Zealand', New Zealand Association of Economists Conference, (July 2000).

Howell, Bronwyn, and Evans, Lewis, 'The State of e-New Zealand', New Zealand MED e-Commerce Summit, (1 November 2000).

Minor Reports

Howell, Bronwyn, E-Commerce Performance Measurement for New Zealand,; a report for the Ministry of Economic Development (August 2001).

Published Conference Papers

Howell, B.E., 'Restructuring Primary Health Care Markets in New Zealand: Efficiency and Equity Implications of Provider-Insurers', 27th Australian Conference of Health Economists, (2005).

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Information, Technology and the Productivity Paradox: incorporating digital goods into productivity measurement', in University of Queensland (ed), Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Productivity Workshop, (Brisbane, July 2004) http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/appc2004/conf-papers.htm

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Information, Technology and the Productivity Paradox 2001', Proceedings of the Australian Economics and Business Students PhD Conference (Perth, 2001).

Short Articles

Howell, Bronwyn, 'Lessons from New Zealand for England's Foundation Hospital Trusts', Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 9, 2 (2004), pp. 104-109.

Working and Occasional Papers

Howell, Bronwyn, A New Zealand Response to the U.S. Broadband Problem (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, August 2002), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, and Obren, Mark, Broadband Diffusion in New Zealand (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, April 2002), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, and Obren, Mark, Broadband Diffusion: Lags from Vintage Capital, Learning by Doing, Information Barriers and Network Effects (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, June 2002), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, Defining the Markets for Broadband: The Roles of Infrastructure and Content (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, June 2002), http://www.iscr.org.nz  (Currently under review by the American Economic Review).

Howell, Bronwyn, and Marriott, Lisa, The Rural-Urban Digital Divide in New Zealand: Progress (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2002), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, Health Contracting in New Zealand: Who bears the Risks? (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2001), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, The Political Economy of Taxation in the Information Age (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2001), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, and Marriott, Lisa, The State of e-New Zealand: 12 months on (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2001), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, Boles de Boer, David, and Evans, Lewis, Governance of the Internet: Emerging Issues (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2000), http://www.iscr.org.nz

Howell, Bronwyn, Taxation Treatment of Information Service Provision (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2000), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Howell, Bronwyn, Boles de Boer, David, and Evans, Lewis, The State of e-New Zealand (Wellington, NZ Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation, 2000), http://www.iscr.org.nz.

Books

Howell, B.E., Restructuring Primary Health Care Markets in New Zealand: Financial Risk, Competition, Innovation and Governance Implications (ISCR, Online, 2005).

Howell, B.E., Marriott, L.J., Mishra, V., Ryan, L.A., Boles de Boer, D., The State of e-New Zealand - three editions 2000, 2001, 2004 (ISBN 1843761858, ISCR, Online, 2005).