Reflection on 2013: Thinking and Planning 2014
Reflection on 2013: Thinking and Planning 2014 I like to think about what has been and what is to come. It helps me to give thanks. Give yourself a pat on the back as well as others. The team is important. What is to come? Change! Exciting to be part of the transition from one […]
New Working Paper: 1968 Modeling Consumer Sport Consumption 2013 By Robert Davis and Amish Patel
Working Paper: 1968 Modeling Consumer Sport Consumption 2013 By Robert Davis and Amish Patel Robert Davis: Associate Professor: drradavis@gmail.com or rdavis@unitec.ac.nz, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand. Amish Patel: Master of Business Research Candidate, Auckland, New Zealand. Introduction The aim of this research is to publish the results from our work on sport consumption […]
Redefining the NZ Brand – Ideas for 29 September 2013 on Radio New Zealand – Featuring among others, Malcolm Wright
This is a timely debate. “Ideas takes a look at how New Zealand presents itself to the world and asks, has the time come for a re-think of our brand? Historian Richard Wolfe talks to Jeremy Rose about New Zealand’s earliest efforts to promote itself to the world; and Chris Laidlaw talks to Massey University […]
Most of the income gap between NZ and Australia is due to low labour productivity in NZ's services sector
Reposted from NZ Institute of Economic Research (Inc), NZIER (Yang & Stephenson, 2011). “Differences in productivity explain much of the growing income gap between Australia and New Zealand. Good policy responses rely on understanding the sources of these differences. “Seventy percent of the aggregate gap in productivity between the two countries is due to under-performance […]
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 […]
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 […]
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