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Featured: Changing Focuses in Europe

After a long and unprecedented period of economic growth, the brakes are on in Europe, writes Richard Laverty.

Changing focuses in Europe

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A traveller’s notes
A week in Hong Kong was sufficient to convince me that there is still a future for the world, and for New Zealand, despite the upheavals of the past year or so.
What the Malaysian FTA means for NZ business
The Malaysian free trade agreement might seem like ‘small bikkies’ compared to the huge returns New Zealand is already scoring from its ground-breaking FTA with China.
The entrepreneurial journey continues
Starting the entrepreneurial journey is often likened to jumping off the face of a cliff.
Innovation lessons from the public sector
I often work with government departments to support their efforts to be more innovative. When I tell people they often laugh and say something like, “Government trying to be innovative? That’s a joke.”
Growing our economy
The Government has aggressive goals for improving New Zealand productivity and economic growth.
Five tips for outstanding strategies
The current financial and economic crisis dramatically increases the pressure to undertake innovative and workable strategic plans.
Time for a springtime stocktake
With spring in the air, now would seem a better time than any to undertake a stocktake of the assets possessed by the New Zealand economy. Actually, one shouldn’t need a reason for a stocktake, but an excuse always provides one with motivation.
The truth about China
The Chair of the China Beachheads Advisory Board, David Mahon, explains the need for a better understanding of China.
Idea and cash flows
Every business school teaches the value of managing cash. This is appropriately called cash flow as cash flows through the business from customers who provide it through to the expenses that demand it.
Just how competitive is our economy?
The latest Global Competitiveness Report has New Zealand moving up to 20th place, suggesting we are weathering the crisis better than most, writes Gareth Chaplin.