NZ Regulation: Increased Penalties for Price Fixing?
February 26th, 2010
A discussion paper looking at options criminalising of cartels has published for comment. Hard-core cartels are formed when rival firms agree to not compete …
Archive for February, 2010
NZ Economic Plan: Inflation Goals – Bad For Economic Management?
February 26th, 2010
The IMF is turning economic orthodoxy on its head in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, and is calling for the overthrow of …
NZ Economy: Recovery Still Threatened By Changing Economy
February 19th, 2010
ASB Bank’s economics team is warning businesses despite NZ coming out of recession, there are still several things to be aware of as the …
NZ Productivity: Improve Performance To Close Tasman Gap
February 19th, 2010
While John Key and Alan Bollard lock horns over whether NZ can or can’t catch up with Aust by 2025, business performance specialist John …
NZ Economy: Key’s Recipe For Growth – Luke Warm?
February 17th, 2010
Analysts have been lining up to take John Key’s “Step Change” plan for the economy apart. The speech was probably one off the most …
Trend – Globalisation Under Fire?
February 12th, 2010
Business analysts McKinsey say globalisation is under fire and declining due to decreased support for global trade liberalisation in the face of economic challenges. …
NZ Emissions Policy: NZ Signs Copenhagen – But Is Aust Plan Better?
February 12th, 2010
NZ has signed the Copenhagen accord, reaffirming its basic global climate change pledge of a conditional emissions reduction target in the range of 10%-20% …
NZ Exports: Technology Now NZ’s Third Biggest Export
February 10th, 2010
The Technology Investment Network’s 2009 report says technology was NZ’s third-biggest export industry last year, outpacing wine and meat exports. Tech exports last …
Emissions Policy: Govt Faces Problems With Emissions Allocations
February 5th, 2010
The Environment Ministry is warning it can only promise “best endeavours” in giving trade-exposed industrial emitters of greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol …
Trend For 2010 – Trust In Business Running Out
February 5th, 2010
Trust shapes every relationship. It is the foundation of commerce. Eroding trust levels raises the cost of doing business. Management consultants McKinsey points out …
NZ Economy: Business Wants Action Now
February 3rd, 2010
A new survey of public and private sector CEOs by PricewaterhouseCoopers has found the nation’s business leaders are gaining confidence about the year ahead …
