A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?

This article examines the close relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities to ask whether the relationship is best characterized as simply a bi-lateral trading relationship, or whether there is evidence of the formation of a transnational business community. This articl...

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Main Authors: HARRIGAN, Nicholas, Goldfinch, Shaun
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Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-18072014-08-25T04:10:04Z A Trans-Tasman Business Elite? HARRIGAN, Nicholas Goldfinch, Shaun This article examines the close relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities to ask whether the relationship is best characterized as simply a bi-lateral trading relationship, or whether there is evidence of the formation of a transnational business community. This article also seeks to explore the nature of Australia—New Zealand integration, and specifically the degree to which the relationship is interdependent or asymmetrical. Data are drawn from quantitative sources — including a dataset developed from the IBISWorld's Largest 2000 Enterprises in Australia and New Zealand, Who's Who in Australia, and Who's Who in Business in Australia — and qualitative sources, including interviews with business and policy elites. Our findings are that the relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities is much deeper than a bi-lateral trading relationship, but also falls short of forming one transnational community. We also find that the relationship is substantially asymmetrical in nature, raising concerns among a number of New Zealand business executives about New Zealand sovereignty. 2007-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/808 info:doi/10.1177/1440783307083231 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1807/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Trans-Tasman Australia New Zealand business community business elites foreign investment International and Area Studies International Business Sociology
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
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Singapore
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topic Trans-Tasman
Australia
New Zealand
business community
business elites
foreign investment
International and Area Studies
International Business
Sociology
spellingShingle Trans-Tasman
Australia
New Zealand
business community
business elites
foreign investment
International and Area Studies
International Business
Sociology
HARRIGAN, Nicholas
Goldfinch, Shaun
A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?
description This article examines the close relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities to ask whether the relationship is best characterized as simply a bi-lateral trading relationship, or whether there is evidence of the formation of a transnational business community. This article also seeks to explore the nature of Australia—New Zealand integration, and specifically the degree to which the relationship is interdependent or asymmetrical. Data are drawn from quantitative sources — including a dataset developed from the IBISWorld's Largest 2000 Enterprises in Australia and New Zealand, Who's Who in Australia, and Who's Who in Business in Australia — and qualitative sources, including interviews with business and policy elites. Our findings are that the relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities is much deeper than a bi-lateral trading relationship, but also falls short of forming one transnational community. We also find that the relationship is substantially asymmetrical in nature, raising concerns among a number of New Zealand business executives about New Zealand sovereignty.
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author HARRIGAN, Nicholas
Goldfinch, Shaun
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Goldfinch, Shaun
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title A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?
title_short A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?
title_full A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?
title_fullStr A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?
title_full_unstemmed A Trans-Tasman Business Elite?
title_sort trans-tasman business elite?
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2007
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/808
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/1807/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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