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Comment on Plug ‘n Play in the USA by Computer Christchurch

Computer Christchurch — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:27:32 +0000

The APEC is one of the most dynamic areas of trade and commerce today and in the near future. Countries must recognize that if they want their business strategies to be current.

Comment on Is “Productivity” the Wrong Goalpost? by Paul Spence

Paul Spence — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:10:33 +0000

John – I agree. 10th for FDI is an excellent result for Auckland.

But being based in Wellington, I’m rather concerned that we don’t even appear to have an FDI attraction policy for our region.

Comment on Is “Productivity” the Wrong Goalpost? by John

John — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 15:03:02 +0000

Tenth in the world as far as FDI is concerned is really a great achievement. You should be rather proud of it and build on it more.

Comment on Is “Productivity” the Wrong Goalpost? by Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:16:15 +0000

I’d rather have a country with a sustainable growth than a country that claims to be first world by it’s own press when actually they have dropped to being third world!

Comment on Is “Productivity” the Wrong Goalpost? by Paul Spence

Paul Spence — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:21:36 +0000

The film industry is an interesting and useful case study. For the most part they just got on with business without resorting to government intervention. Weta and the PJ empire simply had a really good product to sell and some smart people went out and did it by making the right connections with the industry in Hollywood.

Outside of the film industry, the concept of cultivating clusters has quietly been dropped by government agencies on the back of conflicting overseas research into their efficacy. Now with the emphasis firmly on innovation within the agricultural sector, government agencies have much less appetite for promoting areas such as software, digital games or manufacturing.

Therefore it behoves us to learn from the film industry model and look outside our silos. We must engage with more effectively with each other, as well as offshore and thus attract capital investment that actually makes the pie bigger at home.

Comment on Is “Productivity” the Wrong Goalpost? by Jack Yan

Jack Yan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 03:30:57 +0000

Paul, this is one of the smartest pieces written on our economic situation. It is also written fairly and without political bias.
I agree with your points. We have indeed slipped, and the reasons are plentiful. My focus is on addressing the availability of funding and the creation of clusters here: the movie industry has already shown what is possible in Wellington. The problem is that most political efforts to date have been half-hearted, with central government, over the last 20 years, giving little more than lip service to cluster creation.
The current government has shown little by way of vision and desire to build on promises such as the national broadband strategy. I am worried that with the investment showcase, there will be the usual talk and appearance of doing something for the people, a few choice words from the PM or the Minister of Trade, and then a steady decrease in anything being done.

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Comment on PM’s Pill Pull Problematic, P Plague Prevails by wordmonger

wordmonger — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:37:55 +0000

interesting

Comment on PM’s Pill Pull Problematic, P Plague Prevails by Paul Spence

Paul Spence — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:33:16 +0000

There was some vague mumbling about NZ “broadband” not being good enough, so the NZ Pharmicists turned down the offer. Sounds like bollocks to me. An application such as this requires no more bandwidth than your average Google search enquiry.

Knowing that the tracking system was in place would be deterrent in itself.