BusinessWhen does secrecy become counter productiveWhen trade diplomats gather in Singapore next month for the latest round of secret negotiations in the wide-ranging Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, the issue of intellectual property will again generate heated debate on the sidelines.25 Feb 10:25 PM
BusinessRe pats need plenty of rope to help Kiwi InnovatorsMy dad said for years that by working overseas I had learned marketing skills that would be considered brave and bold, if I would just consider coming home. Brain drain, "Flight of the Kiwis" - whatever you call it, I was one of the million-plus New Zeala25 Feb 10:20 PM
BusinessRevolution that works both waysThe new business revolution is being driven both top-down from some of the world's and New Zealand's largest companies, and bottom-up - by entrepreneurial activists and social changemakers.25 Feb 10:10 PM
BusinessIncredible things' planned for NelsonChris and Andrew Rodley, the men behind SnapitHD, are quietly revolutionising camera technology from their hometown of Nelson.25 Feb 10:00 PM
BusinessMaking the right connectionsXero is well known to be growing rapidly, with more than 135,000 customers in its latest update, but also interesting is the amount of innovation occurring around Xero as a platform.25 Feb 09:50 PM
BusinessYoung firm's success comes out of the boxNestled on the outskirts of downtown Auckland is the headquarters of Oktobor Animation - a local computer graphics animation studio driving industry-leading development and production.25 Feb 09:40 PM
BusinessGen i focuses on convergence of big ICT trendsWe're focusing our attention on four well-documented ICT trends - cloud, social applications, mobility and big data - which are converging to both drive and enable innovation.25 Feb 09:00 PM
BusinessClinics in the cloudImagine you have cancer. You are sitting at home with your laptop, connected simultaneously by video to your GP, radiologist, surgeon, oncologist and a cancer specialist from Boston, who will come up with your combined care plan.25 Feb 08:30 PM
BusinessInnovation hubs are coming aliveArtist's impressions of the Lysaght Building, soon to be renovated as part of the Wynyard Precinct.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionFranceska Banga: Angels on our shouldersNew Zealand has no problem generating innovation. Hardly a day goes past without a story in the media about some new technology or a smart idea being turned into a business by an entrepreneur.25 Feb 04:25 PM
BusinessTrading with the digital nativesInnovation has typically been a domain dominated by small-businesses and forward-thinking entrepreneurs. But it's important for New Zealand's success that big corporates create an environment in which innovation can be fostered and flourish.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionGrant Frear: The leadership challengeInnovation from the edge instead requires you to build in order to learn, says Grant Frear.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionNikki Kaye: Our chance to lead the worldImagine if we could ensure young New Zealanders were the most digitally literate in the world and had opportunities to be more innovative and better compete in a modern economy.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionMichael Barnett: Businesses must innovate to liveAs the CEO of an organisation with global reach whose network of relationships embraces all levels and types of business - from multi-nationals to small-medium and sole traders (SMEs) and everything in between.25 Feb 04:25 PM
Banking and financeBanking's big switchoverToday's banks are complex. Over the years they have grown from small retail operations into sprawling financial institutions, along the way acquiring other businesses, inheriting product lines and processes.25 Feb 04:25 PM
BusinessReport card from top world scholarsStaff from the renowned Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will produce a scorecard of Auckland and NZ's innovation system, and the results should be favourable.25 Feb 04:25 PM
BusinessBold plan for CallaghanCallaghan Innovation chairman Sue Suckling has bold plans for her "start-up", promising there will be times when "we really ruffle feathers".25 Feb 04:25 PM
BusinessAhead of the packAll CEOs are motivated achievers but Skope Industries boss Guy Stewart has an incentive to succeed not shared by most: he's managing his parents' retirement nest egg.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionSelwyn Pellet: It's a complicated affairJust adding more science, research or development will not improve the innovation rate or export success of New Zealand companies. Innovation is a complicated beast and happens all over the value chain.25 Feb 04:25 PM
BusinessEmpowering aheadHealey, the public sector director in Microsoft NZ's Enterprise and Partner group, has been at the company only a matter of months. But he relishes the intellectual challenge of working with the public sector on issues of national importance.25 Feb 04:25 PM
BusinessDitching the status quo for MaoriYoung Maori business enthusiast Shay Wright is buzzing about developing a new kind of business support framework for Maori.25 Feb 04:25 PM
OpinionFran O'SullivanFran O'Sullivan: Beyond No. 8 wireSteven Joyce is adamant that innovation has always been in New Zealanders' DNA - a product of the isolation which has driven us to a "do-it-yourself" mentality.25 Feb 04:25 PM
