32 results within
Website: Ministry of Economic Development
Last Publication Date: 1 Apr 2011
This report presents results from an evaluation of publicly-funded R&D assistance provided to New Zealand firms. We use recent econometric techniques to assess the impact of…
Last Publication Date: 1 Mar 2011
This paper examines one key theme of modern spatial economics relating to city development: Do the major cities within and across countries increasingly attract a disproportionate…
This study creates a 2010 baseline of business responses to the introduction of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) and the reasons for those…
This paper presents an explanation of how the dynamic but uncertain process of economic development and growth occurs. It shows that economic development leads to structural…
This paper benchmarks management practices in New Zealand manufacturing firms against the global best. The project was undertaken by a research team from the University of…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jan 2010
This paper considers the case for criminalisation of hard-core cartel behaviour. Two frameworks are applied for considering the issue: retributive justice and deterrence (so as to…
Last Publication Date: 1 Nov 2009
In this evaluation of the VIF the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) seeks to determine the progress of New Zealand’s venture capital market towards sustainability and…
Last Publication Date: 1 Sep 2009
Evaluation aims to assess the strengths and weaknesses of programmes and policies to improve their effectiveness. Many government evaluations take the form of impact evaluation as…
Last Publication Date: 1 Jul 2009
Recent commentary has suggested an increasing trend in delistings from the NZX, driven by offshore takeovers. However, some of that commentary has been driven by anecdotal…
Last Publication Date: 1 Apr 2009
The Growth Services Range (GSR), which consists of the Growth Services Fund (GSF), Market Development Services (MkDS) and Client Management Services (CMS), was evaluated in 2005.…
