Comments on: Great – now we can try and compete with China, or India, or Pakistan… http://www.diversity.net.nz/great-now-we-can-try-and-compete-with-china-or-india-or-pakistan/2008/02/03/ Commentary and Analysis for User-Centered Technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: raf http://www.diversity.net.nz/great-now-we-can-try-and-compete-with-china-or-india-or-pakistan/2008/02/03/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 raf Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:00:42 +0000 http://diversity.net.nz/great-now-we-can-try-and-compete-with-china-or-india-or-pakistan/2008/02/03/#comment-1111 What is the incentive to stay here? The overseas model requires companies to locate overseas and take the IP with them. There is greater value to be gained for shareholders in overseas markets as well as the investment available there as opposed to here. The business environment here needs some radical surgery. The R+D tax credit is a start but, like our population loss to Australia and beyond, our good companies will keep heading offshore because there is no good reason to stay. It's hard to find any reasons to support Labour in the next election. Their lack of vision around enterprise is disappointing and it only the wave of global growth that has disguised this. What is the incentive to stay here? The overseas model requires companies to locate overseas and take the IP with them. There is greater value to be gained for shareholders in overseas markets as well as the investment available there as opposed to here.

The business environment here needs some radical surgery. The R+D tax credit is a start but, like our population loss to Australia and beyond, our good companies will keep heading offshore because there is no good reason to stay.

It’s hard to find any reasons to support Labour in the next election. Their lack of vision around enterprise is disappointing and it only the wave of global growth that has disguised this.

]]> By: Joe Bloggs http://www.diversity.net.nz/great-now-we-can-try-and-compete-with-china-or-india-or-pakistan/2008/02/03/comment-page-1/#comment-1077 Joe Bloggs Sun, 03 Feb 2008 22:28:55 +0000 http://diversity.net.nz/great-now-we-can-try-and-compete-with-china-or-india-or-pakistan/2008/02/03/#comment-1077 Yep - I reckon this is a terrible thing and calls into question Government policy Yep – I reckon this is a terrible thing and calls into question Government policy

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