Authorship
This study is primarily the product of the combined efforts of the following team.
Stephen Knuckey is a Principal Advisor at the Ministry of Economic Development and Economic Development Advisor to the Minister for Economic Development. His area of work focuses on the impact of government policy on firm performance and the design and implementation of business, industry and regional development assistance programmes. He was principal author of the previous study on manufacturing business practices in New Zealand, Gearing Up (1999).
Hayden Johnston is a Research Advisor in the Industry and Regional Development branch of the Ministry of Economic Development. His other research interests include the structure and dynamics of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the development of an enterprise culture.
Colin Campbell-Hunt is Professor of Management at the University of Otago. His research focuses on competitive strategy and competitive advantage and his work has looked at the New Zealand business cycle, determinants of industry-level productivity, strategic responses of firms to the reforms of the mid-1980s, and generic competitive strategies. He is co-leader of the Competitive Advantage in New Zealand project, funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Ken Carlaw is a lecturer in Economics at the University of Canterbury. His research interests lie in technology and long-run economic growth, general-purpose technologies, and how we measure economic advances.
Lawrence Corbett is Associate Professor of Operations Management at Victoria University of Wellington. He has led a ten-year study of manufacturing strategy in New Zealand as part of the global Manufacturing Futures Survey and was involved in the Leading the Way (1994) study of leading Australian and New Zealand manufacturers. He is co-leader of the Competitive Advantage in New Zealand project, funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Claire Massey is Director of the New Zealand Centre for SME Research and a lecturer in small business at Massey University, Wellington. Her key area of research interest is the structure, dynamics and capabilities of small and medium enterprises.
In addition, chapter 15 was written by Michael Leigh and Per Magnus Wijkman, of ECON - the Centre for Economic Analysis - in Sweden.
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