New Zealand suffers from a lack of scale and technological intensity and from low productivity, which contributes to a weaker economy and the loss of highly-skilled workers to larger economies. Demographic challenges (ageing, ethnicity etc.) assume particular importance in this context. Economic, environmental and social sustainability are interrelated issues: in the long run, improved productivity in New Zealand needs to be achieved in ways that are sustainable for investors, workers, communities and the environment.

Research projects funded under this theme address important questions relating to the productivity and sustainability of New Zealand’s industries, enterprises and organisations, and the financial, ethical, legal, regulatory and policy framework that relates to them.

A selection of stories about the work of Business School academic staff and postgraduate students in the area of productivity and sustainable business.

• Succeeding despite the Covid-19 uncertainty
  
• Te Rangahau o Te Tuakiri Māori me Ngā Waiaro ā-Pūtea | The Māori Identity and Financial Attitudes Study (MIFAS)
• Towards savvy communication with farmers about climate change
  
• Transformation through systems thinking and exponential technologies
• Sustainable business practices in the fashion industry
• Renewable energy and sustainable transport in the NZ economy