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May 22, 2012
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Professor Sir Paul Callaghan has written a business plan for New Zealand – and it doesn’t include winning the World Cup. “Never fear knowledge,” the Victoria University Professor and New Zealander of the Year told an audience of 1500 at the Inaugural Chancellor’s Lecture. “If you
have a business plan like the one I’m talking about you are not
interested in digging up our national parks and resources at the expense
of all we hold dear.”
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Kiwi-conceived free photo sharing and geo-tagging app Snapr has
carved out a bit of name for itself after having some cash thrown its
way by New Zealand
Trade and Enterprise, being endorsed by Microsoft and used to show off the glamour shots during New Zealand Fashion Week. Now it’s captured the attention of some major Kiwi brands with a new photo sharing game called Capture
the Flag. Will it catch on with consumers?
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The nominations are in, the list has been compiled, and the end is near. All will be revealed at the Innovators Awards next month – but the People’s Choice is still to be selected. Cast your votes and let us know who deserves the title of New Zealand’s most innovative person, product or organisation. Feel free to vote as many times as you like in each category and witness the magic of democracy in action.
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Kiwi marketing agency Traffic has muscled its way past campaigns for the likes of Hilton Hotels to triumph in the
business-to-business category of the Summit Marketing
Effectiveness Awards in the US. Overall, the awards received more than 600 entries, but Traffic was the only local winner among them. The last
win by a New Zealand company, in fact, was in 2008 when Draft FCB won
with Cerebos Greggs.
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BusinessNZ chief executive Phil O’Reilly has long
been the good cop to Business Roundtable head Roger Kerr’s bad cop. Is
it all a glossy veneer of blind optimism, or does the sanguine Santa of
Kiwi business really see such a rosy future for New Zealand?
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SMEs feel they’re being overlooked when it comes to finding technology
solutions for their businesses, and that they are being penalised price-wise. A study of more than 1,000 IT decision-makers in Australia
and New Zealand by technology firm EMC found respondents believed they were often disregarded in
favour of larger enterprise businesses when it came to
better pricing, understanding and product design. More than 60 percent of small businesses said it was difficult to find
suitable solutions for their needs.
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Internships seem like the ideal solution to a basic problem: students
need work experience, while companies need labour. Where the system
breaks down is when the money factor comes into play. But for companies taking part in the Ministry of Science and Innovation’s internships programme, it’s a win-win on all counts; the programme aims to give future innovators a head
start through experience in a commercial research environment, while businesses are reimbursed for wages paid to students. Applications close at 12pm on Tuesday September 27
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