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Don't dwell on Europe's dark clouds
Comment || Julian Smith

Don't dwell on Europe's dark clouds

Kiwi companies are well placed to weather economic gloom. READ MORE
Get back to basics to navigate 2012
Comment || Julian Smith

Get back to basics to navigate 2012

Resilience and self-reliance are needed in the year ahead. READ MORE
The extra mile
Talking the Walk || Fiona Rotherham

The extra mile

What does it really mean to walk the talk? READ MORE
Asia's chaos breeds opportunity
Comment || Joshua Rea

Asia's chaos breeds opportunity

Asia's dynamic economy creates innovative people and a chance for fast growth. Entrepreneur Joshua Rea reports from Asia READ MORE
Favouring institutions over small investors a bad move
Investment || David Hargreaves, Businessday.co.nz

Favouring institutions over small investors a bad move

Should institutions wield so much influence when they are not directly investing in the company on their own behalf? READ MORE
Complexity adds hurdle in sustainability journey
Comment || Rod Oram, Sunday Star Times

Complexity adds hurdle in sustainability journey

A business reaps the biggest rewards only when it has made sustainability its defining ethos and mastered the skills needed to achieve it READ MORE
Key could take leaf from Sweden's book
Comment || Rod Oram, Sunday Star Times || 2 comments

Key could take leaf from Sweden's book

The government needs to be much more strategic and bold in its economic transformation agenda. READ MORE
Accounting for R&D
Comment || Igor Portugal || 2 comments

Accounting for R&D

There's little incentive for Kiwi companies to account for R&D, so what's the answer? READ MORE
Technology || Fiona Rotherham, BusinessDay

TIN 100 report a reason to celebrate

For all the doom and gloom about the state of our economy and how hard it is for business, there are companies out there doing us proud READ MORE
Who wants the Kiwi small business vote?
Comment || Julian Smith

Who wants the Kiwi small business vote?

What's been surprising isn't what the parties are pushing, but what's missing. READ MORE
Sun emerging after economic dark clouds
Comment || Julian Smith || 2 comments

Sun emerging after economic dark clouds

There are positive signs for the 2012 growth forecast. READ MORE
Comment || Michelle Buckley-Bendall, John Cooper, Mark Laycock, Ruth “Skye” Oakley,Trisha Whalley || 2 comments

Three ways to capitalise on great ideas

What happens to all of those clever, potentially life-changing ideas that don’t make it to market? READ MORE
Technology || Graeme Fielder

Bring on the cable guys

Pacific Fibre's ambitious cable project is vital to New Zealand's economy READ MORE
Comment || Mandy Burt, Marion Smith, Mark Young, Fan Zhang || 1 comment

Lessons from Europe in fostering innovation

Imagine an environment where universities, businesses and incubators work together. READ MORE
When the sky falls
Comment || Julian Smith

When the sky falls

Should we be more worried about Dan Carter or credit rating downgrades? The answer is neither. READ MORE
Design || Dorenda Britten and Fraser Scott

The discipline of design

What if we taught the principles of good design to every back-shed engineer, budding entrepreneur and whiz-kid IT graduate in the country? READ MORE
Should councils stay out of business?
Comment || Julian Smith

Should councils stay out of business?

Should the government take more control over the things that really impact society and the economy? READ MORE
A tale of two clusters
Talking the Walk || Fiona Rotherham

A tale of two clusters

Why we need clusters, and why they aren't getting the support they need. READ MORE
Have we learned the lessons from Christchurch?
Comment || Julian Smith

Have we learned the lessons from Christchurch?

If you don't have a disaster readiness plan, now is the time to start. READ MORE
Turning our economic potential into reality
Comment || Chris Quin

Turning our economic potential into reality

We should turn to 'crisis-like' innovation to get more competitive. READ MORE