NZIER stories

Spark launches Aotearoa's first AI for Business Mini MBA
Wed, 6th Mar 2024
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genai
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ai
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productivity
New Zealand firms offered chance to join first national AI for Business Mini MBA programme, promising to enhance competitiveness via AI applications.

Spark & NZIER to boost NZ's productivity with technology
Fri, 23rd Feb 2024
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cloud services
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productivity
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nzier
Spark, in partnership with the NZIER, aims to steer Aotearoa New Zealand a technology generation ahead, addressing the country's productivity challenges.

NZIER and Chorus find economic potential in rural connectivity
Tue, 15th Nov 2022
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network infrastructure
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chorus
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fibre
Closing rural-urban digital divide in New Zealand could bring economic benefits of NZD$16.5bn over 10 years, says NZIER report commissioned by Chorus.

Kiwi investment on the rise as business confidence hits 20-year high
Fri, 11th Apr 2014
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jobs
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nzier
Business confidence across New Zealand hit a 20-year high this month, as Kiwis latch onto the strengthening economic activity...

Better tech = better head start for SMEs
Fri, 15th Feb 2013
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fintech
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financial systems
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accounting systems
Investing in better technology, human capital and managing costs will give businesses a head start in 2013, according to recent findings.

Business profitability 'deteriorating again'
Tue, 5th Oct 2010
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nzier
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new zealand institute of economic research
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construction
New Zealand's economy contracted in September, with large firms' profits falling sharply and business confidence turning negative, says NZIER.