Spring graduation – Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, September 2011
I love graduation! I love meeting my previous students. What are their plans? Where are they working? At graduation yesterday I found one of my Chinese students is returning to China to work in her father’s factory. The factory manufactures motorcycles and quad cycles for an international brand name. Later, she intends to work in […]
Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples interview on AMP business news on Maori Entrepreneurship
Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples interview on AMP business news on Maori Entrepreneurship.
L-e-tter from America: Episode 1: An expedition commences
A video letter from Peter Mellalieu, Department of Management & Marketing Over the period July-August 2011 I conducted an expedition to the United States of America. The focuss of my expedition was to study regional development approaches to innovation and entrepreneurship development, especially regarding the challenge of ‘greening the business’. Specifically, I explored how […]
More ladders, fewer snakes: Two proposals to reduce youth disadvantage
Today the New Zealand Institute releases its first discussion paper focused on social well-being. The paper is intended to contribute to resolving one of New Zealand’s Top 10 Issues: “Can New Zealand reduce the disadvantages suffered by young people in a way that contributes to New Zealand becoming a successful multicultural society?” The main messages […]
Creating the future through 'Innovation and Entrepreneurship' – BSNS 5391 commencing August 2011
Welcome to ‘Innovation and Entrepreneurship‘ (Unitec BSNS 5391). This course introduces you to the systematic processes of innovation management, creativity, new venture creation, and entrepreneurship. These processes are essential for the successful growth and development of a variety of organisational forms including: corporates, small-medium enterprise (SMEs), and start-up ventures. Consequently, this course presumes that the […]
Malama Solomona presents at Samoa II Conference on Entrepreneurship and Vanuatu (July 2011)
Exploring Entrepreneurship Policy in a Pacific Context: The Case of Vanuatu Malama Solomona , Unitech Institute of Technology, NZ Robert Davis, Unitec Institute of Technology, NZ Presentation for Samoa II Conference – Solomona and Davis 2011 In 2010, data was collected to explore entrepreneurship in a Pacific context. The preliminary conceptual model is based on […]
Greening your business with Enterprise GreenWorks™
Change in New Zealand sectoral greenhouse gas emissions 1990 − 2007. Image via Wikipedia Unitec students and staff have embarked on an innovative programme focussed on helping medium and small enterprise owners advance their journey towards ‘greening the business’. Every two weeks from August, business owners from Rosebank Business Association are invited to participate in […]
Is This the Next Google? http://www.quid.com/
Quid Inc “Disruptive technology shapes the world, defining political, military, financial, and commercial opportunities and threats. Whether originating in academic research, in National Labs, or in privately-held or public companies, these technologies can emerge with explosive impact, creating and destroying value. Quid is developing quantitative and visualization tools that make these fast-moving, global technology developments […]
How can entrepreneurship education drive inclusive growth and job creation?
How can entrepreneurship education drive inclusive growth and job creation?
Tony Falkenstein (Chief Executive|Just Water International Limited) on Entrepreneurship
Where did your idea for a business come from? Originally I saw a high growth market, being fax machines (1987), and nobody was specialising in ‘rentals’. I followed the original Xerox rental model. Two years later I was looking for an office product to rent, and decided that water coolers’ had potential…now we have 65,000 units around Australia and […]
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