About
Contact
Advertise

Facebook
Twitter

April 21, 2016 1:00pm by David Farrar

NZ does well with innovation

From the Economist, good to see NZ well placed.

Share this:

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Reddit
WhatsApp
More

Pinterest
Print
Tumblr

Like this:

Like Loading...

Email
Facebook
Twitter
Comment17

New Zealand
country rankings
innovation

Comments (17)

Login to comment or vote

unaha-closp

Switzerland is the most innovative country?
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:10pm
WineOh

How are some countries that seem to be in the same spot on the curve rate either efficient or inefficient? Shouldn’t everything on the left side of the curve be blue, and right side be red?
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:10pm
Random T Person

Just gonna whip out my innovationometer and measure me up a country.
Next, I’ll get out the fun protractor to gauge how well we spend our leisure time.
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:12pm
Random T Person

Switzerland is the most innovative country?

Clocksuckers the lot of them.
6 1
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:15pm
JMS

Switzerland is the most innovative country?

Proportional to its size. Easy to believe.
1 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:17pm
unaha-closp

Saudi Arabia is an “efficient innovator” – nice to know.
1 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:34pm
Rich Prick

Gee, look where socialism has taken Venezuela’s innovation. I’ve always maintained it sucks the soul and every ounce of will.
8 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:34pm
notrotsky

having read the original article and the measures used I can only conclude that it’s meaningless drivel.
3 1
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:36pm
dime

how many centre right – right wing countries are in the red?
1 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:37pm
Random T Person

having read the original article and the measures used I can only conclude that it’s meaningless drivel.

Pretty much what I was driving at, notrotsky.
1 1
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:40pm
Tarquin North

If the Greens ever get in we’ll be fighting it out with Zimbabwe and Burundi. Speaking of which, am I the only person who thinks Andrew Little looks like a white version of Bob Mugabe?
11 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:51pm
Random T Person

Jesus Tarquin North, easy on the jokes there, I’ve only got one pair of these pants.
6 1
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 1:58pm
Boris Piscina

Do we win a prize?
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 2:30pm
Boris Piscina

Bugger me, he does too.

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=robert+mugabe+andrew+little&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjF8vWA2J7MAhVBMKYKHUMWBvcQ_AUIBygB&biw=1200&bih=532
7 1
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 2:32pm
Bob R

***how many centre right – right wing countries are in the red?***

Sweden is relatively left wing, but does well as it’s got a lot of Swedes. Human capital is a significant factor.

http://www.iratde.org/issues/1-2009/tde_issue_1-2009_03_rindermann_et_al.pdf
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 4:30pm
UrbanNeocolonialist

Appears we are actually at the lower end of the OECD.

If you want innovators you need to educate children in an environment where they get exposed to lots of different technologies and ideas and they actually get to do practical hands-on stuff (not just sit in front of computers and TVs), to get their brains working and awaken the bug. That requires low-cost space, and cities suck for that. Small towns and rural communities are way better. OSH chasing kids out of workshops and business places is also making matters far worse (but will take decades for those chickens to come home to roost).
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 4:43pm
Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes

I can only hope that Callaghan Innovation dont try and take credit for the great placing of NZ…….
0 0
Log in to Reply
Report
April 21, 2016 8:50pm

Add a Comment Cancel reply

Login to comment or vote

« Royal Society on climate change

The Solution for Bill and open data »

Donations

You can now donate to Kiwiblog

Exclusive content from DPF on Patreon

Become a Patron!

Never miss a post

Email Address

Join 37.4K other subscribers

Highlights

Health Target 5 – elective treatments
Health Target 4 – Specialist appointments
Health Target 3 – Emergency Dept Waiting Times
Health Target 2 – Immunisations

Top Stories

General Debate 21 November 2024
General Debate 22 November 2024
The progressive NZ media
Imagine a different scenario
Great progress
What do NZers think of the Mongrel Mob and Black Power
Home detention for meth dealing
Hot off the Press: Term 3 School Attendance Data
Judge gets it right
A cunning plan?

Recent Posts

The newest Green MP 22 November 2024
About time 22 November 2024
The $800,000 lotto draw for researchers 22 November 2024
General Debate 22 November 2024 22 November 2024
A cunning plan? 22 November 2024
Hot off the Press: Term 3 School Attendance Data 21 November 2024
Great progress 21 November 2024
Judge gets it right 21 November 2024
Imagine a different scenario 21 November 2024
The progressive NZ media 21 November 2024
What do NZers think of the Mongrel Mob and Black Power 21 November 2024
General Debate 21 November 2024 21 November 2024

Recent Comments

The newest Green MP
David Garrett
The newest Green MP
Ghost
The $800,000 lotto draw for researchers
Cassandra
General Debate 22 November 2024
peterwn
The newest Green MP
The Big Yolk
About time
Cassandra
The $800,000 lotto draw for researchers
artemisia
The newest Green MP
David Garrett
The $800,000 lotto draw for researchers
Andrew Worth
General Debate 22 November 2024
MCōs
The newest Green MP
Eastlander
General Debate 22 November 2024
cmm
The newest Green MP
David Garrett
The newest Green MP
BR
The newest Green MP
artemisia

Links

"Seymour is only doing openly what M?ori nationalists and their Pakeha allies have been doing, quietly for the past 50 years."
Not PC
Barry Soper: The h?koi was M?ori Party's crowning glory
Breaking Views
Sowell says
Hompaddock
Seymour’s opponents need better arguments
Point of Order
Continuous Process Improvement
No Minister
New Zealand government urged to back ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders without equivocation
The Daily Blog
Popuphobia’s Javier Milei Problem
Utopia
Open mike 22/11/2024
The Standard
Drawn
No Right Turn
The transgender agenda sunk Kamala
Bob McCoskrie's McBlog
SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT
No Punches Pulled (Bob Jones)
What does “reciprocity” mean in New Zealand laws?
Croaking Cassandra
A Day of Reckoning
NZCPR
Media Link: “A View from Afar” on the US elections.
Kiwipolitico
This will not end well
Offsetting Behaviour
Top 14 Predictions for Round 10
Stats Chat
Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet
The Civilian
The Accidental Engagement
Imperator Fish
Legal Beagle: Election '23: The Special Votes
Public Address
Making this movie might have been a mistake
Liam Hehir
Why I am retiring from political blogging
Kiwi FireWalker
Angie Warren-Clark: Meet the Newbies
Dan Moskovitz

editor@kiwiblog.co.nz

PO Box 12270, Thorndon, Wellington 6144

Facebook
Twitter
FourSquare
Instagram
LinkedIn
Google+

© 2003-2024 David Farrar

Archives
Disclosure Statement
Editorial Policy
Privacy Policy
Complaints Policy
Comments Policy

Design by cre8d

%d