Media releases

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 hackeyed 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.  >>

The young people now entering the workplace are the first generation to have grown up in a digital world – hence the term “digital natives”.  >>

The University of Auckland Business Review has been relaunched, following a radical redesign that optimises the publication for web delivery.  >>

The word “alumni” is relatively new to New Zealand, and it probably doesn’t even mean much to you. It is, however, commonly used in the United Kingdom and the United States.  >>

The country is about to reach a tipping point, says Geoff Whitcher, co-director of the Business School's Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning.  >>

New Zealand is performing poorly in the competitiveness stakes, but spending more on research and development and nurturing industry clusters would go a long way to lifting the country’s game, say Business School researchers in a new study.  >>

When George Fistonich began winemaking with second-hand gear on land leased from his doubting father, sherries and liquors were the order of the day. That was in the 1960s, and New Zealand table wine was a thing almost unknown.  >>

New Zealand is performing poorly in the competitiveness stakes, but spending more on research and development and nurturing industry clusters would go a long way to lifting the country’s game.  >>

Data on the economic success of the Rugby World Cup began to appear even before the tournament ended, but the real benefits at this early stage are less obvious and less measurable.  >>

China Southern Airlines’ new daily flights between Auckland and Guangzhou give New Zealand businesses another direct link to the heart of the world’s fastest growing economy.  >>