A new stocktake of the tech ecosystem shows NZ has grown companies now valued at more than $133 billion. But is it as good at retaining them?
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The ‘flavor’ of narcissism driving an entrepreneur’s behavior can affect whether a startup wins funding from investors.
Enormous sums of venture capital money and influence is pouring into a defence industry which is being reshaped in the image of Silicon Valley.
Black business owners are often frustrated by systemic racial disparities, but a new study shows how they are using race to capitalize on their ventures.
A poverty expert debunks the false narratives that hold back disadvantaged entrepreneurs.
Changing a culture is hard to do.
A scholar of nonprofits explains why she’s concerned that the decision in the Fearless Fund case could discourage all efforts focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
Silicon Valley investors insist that a startup is a credible business before they will part with funding. European investment hubs like Berlin and Scotland take a different approach.
There is a lack of women guiding the booming fintech industry.
New research has found that technology startups with immigrant founders are more likely to pursue an exit strategy during the initial revenue stage — which is more profitable, but also more risky.
Australian startup MilkRun may have attracted more than $85 million in venture capital but it always had a challenging business model.
Serena Williams’s investment in a Nigerian digital company shows why the country’s technology sector is attractive.
Both Spacs and bitcoin went rocketing up in price only to come crashing back down. And that’s not all they have in common.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution failed to deliver; it’s time that we put our faith once again in hard science.
Good business requires good governance, and startups require a particular kind of governance to help them grow and prosper. That’s why it’s so important for startups to get governance right early on.
Investment in tech businesses is crumbling but the winners are eyeing up the losers.
China rose to become the second biggest market for venture capital in the world. Then came COVID-19.
A recent executive order from President Trump won’t do much to help the US stay ahead of Chinese innovation and investment in AI.
There are a lot of similarities between the state of tech companies today and when the 2000 dot-com bubble burst.
In the last year, workplace culture faced major upheaval for working women. We at The Conversation put together our reporting on that very topic from 2018.
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Associate Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Professor of the Practice, Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Finance, IE University
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Management, Drexel University
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Professor of Accounting, Loughborough University
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Professor of Finance, UNSW
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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems, University College Dublin
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Vice Dean, Global Engagement | Associate Professor in Political Economy and Entrepreneurship, King's College London
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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UNSW
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ANZ Chair in Business Growth. Director, Australian Centre for Business Growth, Adelaide University
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Professor of Entrepreneurship, China Europe International Business School
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Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University