New Zealand at the frontiers of public policy innovations
A new book edited by Professor Girol Karacaoglu and Professor Evan Berman delves into New Zealand’s history over the last 50 years of public policy reforms and innovations.
News
Insights and updates from Wellington School of Business and Government, including research stories, staff and student success, and media commentary.
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Forget a capital gains tax – what New Zealand needs is a tax on inherited wealth
With New Zealand’s average national house price now over $700,000, the heirs of home-owning boomers (as well as people born before 1945 whose significant wealth is often overlooked) will receive a currently untaxed bonanza, writes Dr Jonathan Barrett.
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Supporting innovation and entrepreneurship
A welcome for the July 2020 alumni newsletter from Professor Ian Williamson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean of the Wellington School of Business and Government.
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Hon Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance, on New Zealand's 2020 Budget
Hon. Grant Robertson, Minister of Finance, stopped by the Wellington School of Business and Government (WSBG) in June to speak with Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Dean Professor Ian Williamson about the 2020 Budget and to answer questions from high school students across the country.
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Chief executives in an overseas crisis: Assets or liabilities?
How wise is it for a chief executive to front up to an angry public and a probing media during a crisis in an overseas market? That depends on the characteristics of the CEO, the type of crisis and the characteristics of consumers in overseas markets, according to Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University of Wellington’s Associate Professor Dan Laufer, of the Wellington School of Business and Government.