Adjusting the mix: ingredients for NZ's success

Adjusting the mix: ingredients for NZ's success
Lydia Ko is doing us proud on the world stage. (Image: Getty)
Simon Robertson
Ingredients: the individual components or parts that are combined to make a particular product or recipe.People often ask why there is only “one” Silicon Valley (in fact, there are two – the other being Shenzhen: Sequoia taught them how to build it, and they listened and leaned in). Anyway, the answer is that you need the correct ingredients for a great result. For Silicon Valley, some of those would be: Innovation culture: employees thinking outside the box and coming up with new ideas.Universities and research...

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