Transforming the New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings: Issues, options, and strategy Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Transforming the New Zealand Census of Population and Dwellings presents the issues on the development of a strategic direction and timeline for the transformation of the…
To Make or Buy (Skills): An Analysis of Training Decisions Using Microdata Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand firms. The study uses a…
Business Strategy and Skills in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This paper summarises the results from two projects that investigated skills in New Zealand businesses. The first – The Impact of Skills on New Zealand Firms…
Prisoner double-bunking: Perceptions and impacts (2012) Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Throughout the last decade the Department of Corrections was faced with the need to accommodate significant increases in the number of prisoners, and to do so…
Should the focus of publicly provided small business assistance be on start-ups or growth businesses? Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 How is New Zealand best able to maximise the potential of its enterprise population? The simple answer is that it has to ensure that the "rules…
Community Sentence Patterns in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Community Sentence Patterns in New Zealand (published April 2012) investigates the reasons why there are relatively high volumes of offenders on community sentences in New Zealand…
Inquires: International freight transport services Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 New Zealand importers and exporters spend about $5 billion on freight services each year. These services provide essential connections between New Zealand and the international economy…
Innovation and the city: Review of the Auckland regional innovation system Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 Place matters in innovation. New ideas – and the capability to translate them into innovative goods, services, processes or markets – rely on the sharing of…
Business Strategies and Employment Decisions: Interviews with New Zealand Firms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 A firm’s business strategy does not exist in a vacuum; it requires employees to implement it. However, firms often say that they have difficulties hiring certain…
The Use of Evidence to Improve Education and Serve the Public Good Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This paper explores the challenge of mobilising research to inform ongoing improvement in valued outcomes for diverse (all) learners across school systems. The context is an…
