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Last year was a challenging one around the world, and nowhere more so than in New Zealand. We experienced not one but three major events, two of them catastrophic.  >>

Inequality is one of the most hotly debated issues in the world today, but also one of the most slippery, says Business School economist Professor Robert MacCulloch.  >>

The impact of the Eurozone crisis will be long term and global and the best response – for companies and nations alike – is to attend to the basics, says the former CFO of global energy company BP, Sir John Buchanan.  >>

Rather than focusing on products and product innovation, companies in maturing markets might better spend their time developing new ways of relating to their customers  >>

Business School alumna Antonia Chen has caught Apple’s attention with an application that stood out from half a million competitors to be named one of the best iPhone apps of 2011.  >>

Young New Zealand Māori business leaders will be targeted by a new fellowship aimed at supporting and growing initiatives based on the development of talented Māori students.  >>

A team of students from the National University of Singapore held their nerve to prevail in a tense final at this month’s international Champions Trophy case competition, held at the Business School.  >>

The Business School is committed to supporting alumni throughout their professional lives, so we are offering a free careers seminar in April to help our graduates with their career development.  >>

“I have used my fear as a stimulating factor, rather than allowing it to paralyse me.”  >>

New Zealand women are still grossly under-represented on governance boards and management teams, and should now adopt the strategies of female colleagues in other countries in order to make their mark, a commercial law professor says.  >>

A leading Auckland economist is calling for New Zealand firms to stop blaming the usual four hackneyed Kiwi excuses for poor performance and start “hardening up” this year.  >>

This week’s Champions Trophy case competition will feature the strongest field of competitors ever assembled, says Director of Student Development Brendon Potter.  >>

"The way we manage things, the way we allocate resources, are products of our society," says Professor Basil Sharp, Chair in Energy and Resource Economics at the Business School.  >>

Rugby worldwide could do with better stadia and tech-savvy leaders, but at least the players tend to behave themselves, says Professor George Foster, Director of the Executive Program for Growing Companies at the Stanford School of Business.  >>

What promises to be ground-breaking research on the changing nature of Māori tribal entrepreneurial leadership is being undertaken by a team of economists, historians and anthropologists led by Dr Merata Kawharu from The University of Auckland.  >>

New Zealand's largest city is reinventing itself as a world-class metropolis and the Business School is providing vital capabilities to get the job done, says Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) Chair David McConnell.  >>

When the Business School-founded ICEHOUSE business accelerator was launched in 2001 it broke new ground.  >>

To get a fresh perspective on supply chain management as a strategic tool, UABS 2011 put questions to Alan Stenger, Professor Emeritus of Supply Chain Management at The Pennsylvania State University.  >>

Christchurch could soon see noticeable tracts of bare land in the suburbs as owners of demolished houses stay away due to negative equity, says Department of Property senior lecturer James Young.  >>

Any plan to inject new life into Auckland's downtown waterfront needs to acknowledge the continued economic importance of the city's port, says Professor Laurence Murphy of the Business School's Department of Property.  >>