Where Callaghan Innovation is heading with its ‘strategic reset’

Where Callaghan Innovation is heading with its ‘strategic reset’
Dr Stefan Korn, Callaghan Innovation’s chief executive officer. (Image: Supplied)
Peter Griffin
The news last week that business spending on research and development increased by 17% last year will have come as some consolation to Callaghan Innovation, the government agency tasked with boosting our innovation efforts.The increase to $3.7 billion was the first since 2018, according to the Stats NZ R&D survey. However, many more years of double-digit growth will be required to catch up with other advanced nations, which significantly outspend us on R&D and reap the rewards in the form of higher gross domestic product (GDP). Kee...

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