Congratulations to Rabia Ijaz

Rabia has submitted and successfully defended her PhD thesis, Disaster Recovery of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – A Case of Recovery from the Canterbury Earthquakes 2010-11. Rabia’s thesis evaluated the changes SMEs instituted in their business models after being hit by a series of earthquakes in the Canterbury region of New Zealand in 2010 and 2011. Interviews were conducted with business owners and analysed using grounded theory methods.