Below is a series of articles which are original content with topics relevant for business managers with strategic or marketing responsibilities.
Articles from 2010 and prior are from our Search for Exciting Companies series we ran with the National Business Review for eight years.
by Roger Parker
Arts and culture is a business sector that can get people really fired up and excited. Big successes in this area, like The Lord of the Rings, put all of New Zealand on the global radar screen.
by Roger Parker
Executives have given the thumbs up to The Warehouse as the most exciting retailer in New Zealand. This month The National Business Review series on New Zealand's most exciting companies focuses on the retail trade. One of the country's most important industries, it has more than 38,000 stores employing 220,000 people and generating $46 billion a year.
Westland Milk Products' new chief executive, Barry Richardson, is eyeing up potential overseas clients while cultivating a commercial relationship with the company's biggest customer and rival, Fonterra Co-operative Group.
by Roger Parker
We know people get excited by the All Blacks, the Black Caps and the America's Cup. But how do they react to business success?
Excitement is when your mind gets pleasantly fired up. What is it today that is making people feel more alert and alive in business?