Go home, stay home By the Unlimited team
A surprising number of companies have indicated in a new survey that they are not considering moving their manufacturing operations offshore....
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A matter of taste By David Fearnhead
Wellington-based property developer Terry Serepisos is using his high-profile rescue of New Zealand’s only professional football club to boost his and his company’s brands. Is it working?
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Doing legendary things By Caitlin Sykes
The Speight’s Great Beer Delivery helped a Kiwi bloke ship a fully functioning pub halfway round the world to his expat mate. It also attempted to break the mould in how you sell beer.
10 Cool Companies that rock! By Unlimited staff and contributors
They’ve got talent, X-factor and ambition to burn. Scoured from the glaciers of the south to the bright lights of the Queen’s City in the north 2008’s Unlimited Cool Companies are all rock stars in their own right. And that includes the ones that actually play guitar.
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Editorial
When neighbours become good friends By Fiona Rotherham
How New Zealand businesses will benefit from an East-Asian free trade bloc that could ultimately
match the European Union
Letters
Closing the gap By Dr Stuart Corson
Last month Dr Stuart Corson described Finnish achievement and behaviour; this month he looks at differences in the way the Finns implement technology and education compared to New Zealand
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Life after vodka By David Fearnhead
Geoff Ross has thrown his weight in behind The Hyperfactory — a New Zealand-based technology and marketing company — and its offshoot Snakk Media, which puts advertising onto mobile phones. Why has he gone mobile?
The protocol leader By Fiona Rotherham
Shelby Scarbrough is serious about protocol and being an entrepreneur. As Entrepreneurs’ Organization president she gets to combine both.
Black gold By Fiona Rotherham and Peter Owens
Coal is the new black gold and New Zealand producers are reaping the benefits.
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Been there, done that By Caitlin Sykes
Roger Bell, chief executive, Vero New Zealand
The real oil By Fiona Rotherham
Alan Nunns spent 24 years working for Chevron offshore but still feels like a New Zealander.
Citizen of the world By Fiona Rotherham
Entrepreneur Alan Gibbs reckons most leaders, like entrepreneurs, are born that way. Launching this year’s Sir Peter Blake Trust Leadership Awards, Gibbs says the late Sir Peter Blake, who was a good friend of his, demonstrated many of the virtues of a great leader.
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Regulation trumps imagination By Mike Hutcheson
Time for some smart thinking on unintended consequences
Second-hand ideas By Ben Kepes
Is franchising a sure-fire way to run your own business or a way to make someone else rich quickly?
Donal Curtin
Bursting bubbles By Donal Curtin
What’s going on with the Kiwi dollar?
Chris Keall
The meaning of Facebook By Chris Keall
As Facebook peaks as a social phenomenon, some companies are starting to discover a place for it in the workplace
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Behind the palace walls By Karen Goa
Ayurvedic medicine restores mind, body and soul at Kalari Kovilakom palace in Kerala.
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Listen up! The art of customer visits By Chris Bell
Professor Ed McQuarrie promotes organisational leadership, not ‘followship’, to create product features that meet customer needs. But figuring out what your customers want is harder than you might think.
Payback time By David Irving
Getting your staff remuneration right can make a big difference to company growth.
Marketing
The neighbourhood makeover By Gill South
Is it possible for property marketeers to revive a whole area? And if so, how is it done?
Startup
The right connections By Sara Goessi
Fady Mishriki has a BComm as well as an engineering degree, but gives equal credit to the Icehouse and Spark for his early success in commercialising wireless power.
Books
Books with Nevil Gibson By Nevil Gibson
Nevil Gibson reviews A Perfect Mess and more
Personal investment
Bee for business By Jenny Ruth
Comvita’s big hopes rest on marketing its honey wound dressings internationally.
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