Citation
(2011), "New Zealand needs entrepreneurs", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 60 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2011.07960bab.002
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
New Zealand needs entrepreneurs
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Volume 60, Issue 2
The New Zealand Institute’s latest discussion paper – “A goal is not a strategy” – says productivity in the mainstays of the country’s economy, agriculture and tourism, was low, so new high productivity industries have to be developed.
The paper suggests raising the level of entrepreneurial activity and encouraging training for international business success should be a core part of the labour productivity agenda.
While New Zealand scores well on levels of entrepreneurship, it arguably has too many small independent businesspeople called entrepreneurs, and too few highly skilled entrepreneurs targeting international business success.
That shortage means the product of the country’s inventiveness – large research output, inventions, and new business opportunities – is not being converted into international business success.