Press Release – Cities and Regions The current Productivity Commission report into ‘Frontier Firms’ those highly productive, sophisticated and high value export firms – is timely. It outlines an issue we clearly have in New Zealand. The Chair Ganesh Nana says that productivity …
The current Productivity Commission report into ‘Frontier Firms’ – those highly productive, sophisticated and high value export firms – is timely. It outlines an issue we clearly have in New Zealand. The Chair Ganesh Nana says that productivity gains from our frontier firms is a key part of the puzzle to improve wellbeing in NZ but unfortunately ‘labour productivity of New Zealand’s frontier firms is less than half (45%) that of the best frontier firms in other small advanced economies (SAE)s’.
Press Release – Cities and Regions
The current Productivity Commission report into ‘Frontier Firms’ – those highly productive, sophisticated and high value export firms – is timely. It outlines an issue we clearly have in New Zealand. The Chair Ganesh Nana says that productivity gains from our frontier firms is a key part of the puzzle to improve wellbeing in NZ but unfortunately ‘labour productivity of New Zealand’s frontier firms is less than half (45%) that of the best frontier firms in other small advanced economies (SAE)s’.
Stating the problem, however, is a far cry from understanding why this is so and how we will change it. And unfortunately, the Commission is off track here.
Press Release – EMA
By Brett O’Riley, EMA Chief Executive
The Productivity Commission’s call for a revised immigration policy to better meet the skills demand in New Zealand provides the prompt for a much bigger piece of work about a population strategy.
Clearly many of the issues the country faces are because we have been unable to accommodate recent rapid population growth, creating issues for infrastructure, housing, education and our health systems.
The Commission’s ‘Frontier Firms’ report highlights once again ongoing challenges Kiwi businesses have in finding the skills they need to improve productivity and grow their business, but revising immigration policy is not the key answer.
The Productivity Commission’s call for a revised immigration policy to better meet the skills demand in New Zealand provides the prompt for a much bigger piece of work about a population strategy.
Press Release – EMA
The Productivity Commissions call for a revised immigration policy to better meet the skills demand in New Zealand provides the prompt for a much bigger piece of work about a population strategy.
By Brett O’Riley, EMA Chief Executive
The Productivity Commission’s call for a revised immigration policy to better meet the skills demand in New Zealand provides the prompt for a much bigger piece of work about a population strategy.
Clearly many of the issues the country faces are because we have been unable to accommodate recent rapid population growth, creating issues for infrastructure, housing, education and our health systems.