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Competitive Advantage New Zealand

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CANZ – Competitive Advantage New Zealand – is a large-scale programme of research into the evolution of competitive capability in New Zealand firms. Researchers at Victoria, Otago, Massey/Albany and Waikato Universities are involved with the programme. Funding from the Foundation for Research Science and Technology has allowed the programme to study dozens of exemplar New Zealand enterprises since the programme’s inception in 1998. The project’s findings have been published in many articles, seminars, company histories and a book. Click here to link to the CANZ website and a full list of the programme’s activities.

Two CANZ programmes are funded through the University of Otago: