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NZ’s Covid success wins interest from world’s entrepreneurs

Business owners around the world are keen to learn from the way New Zealand has handled the Covid-19 crisis, a University of Canterbury (UC) academic says.

University of Canterbury Business Professor Jamie Collins says entrepreneurs around the world are interested in the way New Zealand has handled the Covid-19 crisis.

They include; relying on relevant data to drive decisions, communicating frequently, being as transparent as possible and, above all, acknowledging the human impact of decisions.

Professor Collins, who is UC’s Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, explains how New Zealand has become an example of these practices in a top-rating article published in North American online magazine Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange (EIX).

The short article, What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Kiwi Crisis Management, was published last May when New Zealand was emerging from its first lockdown, and since then has had close to 14,000 views. Its popularity has won Professor Collins a 2020 Schulze Publication Award – success which surprised him.

He has donated his US$1500 Schulze Award scholarship to UC Business PhD student Daniel Gameti who is studying in Christchurch while his wife and children are at home in Ghana.

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