Links
Central Government business support and development
www.govt.nz
www.nzte.govt.nz
www.med.govt.nz
www.technz.co.nz
www.treasury.govt.nz
Local government business support
Small and medium size business tools/information
www.smetoolkit.org/
www.une.edu.au/sme/
www.strategis.gc.ca
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/managing/index.html
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html
www.inc.com/home/
Economy
www.statistics.govt.nz
www.treasury.govt.nz
www.med.govt.nz
New product development
www.europa.com/~preston/articles.htms
Intellectual property
www.uspto.gov (United States Patent and Trademark Office)
www.iponz.govt.nz (Intellectual Property Office of NZ)
www.pvr.govt.nz (Plant Variety Rights Office of NZ)
www.med.govt.nz/buslt/int_prop.html (General IP information)
Company information
Entrepreneurship
Financing
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/financing/index.html
Governance
www.nortonrose.com
(Non-executive director views on the Higgs Report)
www.dti.gov.uk/cld/non_exec_review
(Higgs Report)
www.findlaw.com
(The Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002)
www.iod.org.nz
Directors: Monitoring Monks, R.A.G., & Minow, N. (2001). Corporate governance (2nd ed.) (pp164-214). Oxford: Blackwell Business
Critical board activities Conger, J.A., Lawler, E.E., III., & Finegold, D.L. (2001). Corporate boards: Strategies for adding value at the top (pp. 3-19). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Corporate Governance and social responsibility Wheelen, T.L., & Hunger, J.D. (2002). Strategic management and business policy (8th ed.) (pp. 25-49). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall
Introduction: The corporate governance problem – competing diagnoses and solutions Keasey, K., Thompson, S., & Wright, M. (Eds). (1997). Corporate governance: Economic and financial issues (pp. 1-17). Oxford: Oxford University Press
The strategic context of external network ties: Examining the impact of director appointments on board involvement in strategic decision making Carpenter, M.A., & Westphal, J.D. (2001). The Academy of Management Journal, 44 (4), 639-660
The promise of the governed corporation Pound, J. (1995, March-April). Harvard Business Review, 73(2), pp. 89-98
Ownership structure and economic performance in the largest companies Thomsen, S., & Pedersen, T. (2000). Strategic Management Journal, 21, 689-705
Board games: How CEOs adapt to increases in structural board independence from management Westphal, J.D. (1998). Administrative Science Quarterly, 43, 511-537
Whither corporate governance in the 21st Century? Cassidy, D.P. (2000). Corporate Governance, 8(4), 297-302
The impact of the board on strategy: An empirical examination Stiles, P. (2001). Journal of Management Studies, 38(5), 627-650
Myths and misconceptions Smith, P. (2001, Sept.). Management, pp. 52-53
The board of directors as watchdog Hilmer, F.G., & Donaldson, L. (1996). Management redeemed: Debunking the fads that undermine corporate performance (pp. 141-164). East Roseville, NSW: Simon & Shuster