Topic: Strategic / Technological advantage

Building a strategic advantage Maxine Simmons

A window on the global stage Henry Van der Heyden

Added value by planning Alan Frampton The combination of thinking, vision, investment and enthusiasm lead to innovative product development.

Attracting young talent to work for NZ highest performinging sector Sir Dryden Spring Why should the young generation choose the dairy sector as a career? Because they'd be working for a recognised world leader!

A window on the global stage Henry Van der Heyden What must New Zealand companies do to take on the global stage? Fonterra's Chairman looks inwards and outwards...

Building a strategic advantage Maxine Simmons Using experience gained in business to aid start ups gain strategic advantage. Sharing one’s experience with others to influence and prevent them from making sam...

Building leadership capacity Andrew West Building leadership capacity in large organisations involves delegation and rising to the challenge.

Building rapport with early adopters Maxine Simmons Maxine’s previous strong links with NZ scientists was instrumental in ICP Bio’s (her previous company) success. Her empathy with the market’s early a...

Building the brand story Peter Radford A new brand needs to have to have a point of difference that the consumer can understand and that is attention-grabbing. The brand story has to have a soul and be real.

Crafting industry sustainability standards Nick Patterson

Dairy industry's technological advantage Sir Dryden Spring The Dairy industry has targeted technology uptake in the processing side of the business which reduced processing costs - the benefits of this strategy are being reaped.

Family of 12 network James Millton The Milton winery is part of networks searching for excellence in the wine industry who support each other in business, research and knowledge sharing.

Financial journey Don Clucas A tight control over the financial development of the company in its early stages represents an investment that pays back later.

Future vision vs. reactive mode Jim Donovan It is crucial to look ahead to what the market is going to require - this anticipation capability forms the core of technology export businesses.

Green-Stamp innovation Nick Patterson

Growing leadership tacit knowledge Bill Gallagher Growing leadership tacit knowledge involves a process that integrates the accumulation of explicit knowledge (such as that learned in academe) and experience.

Growing NZ knowledge Tim Finn If you want to pioneer and gather new knowledge in the NZ wine industry you just have to be amongst the leaders of that industry!

High level commercialisation process Mark Stuart The commercialization process needs to be broken down step by step. Like a business plan, its importance lies in allowing progress measure.

Indigenous branding as a subset of cultural branding James Wheeler Going into (or perhaps aside...) the knowledge economy some groups have designed a unique way, through indigenous branding, to craft a cultural niche for their products.

Innovation core Jonathan Engle Jonathan describes the idea at the core of his business - freezing technologies have evolved with the nation.

Innovation in software distribution Sir Gil Simpson Selling and distributing software in a novel way - not per line of business but by core functionality.

Innovation story Bill Studd Innovation starts with recognizing one’s passion and often stems from expanding core knowledge into a different industry or sphere.

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