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Quick high-tech sector review a precursor to R&D changes?
Quick high-tech sector review a precursor to R&D changes?
By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 9 March 2011 ) So, the Ministry of Science & Innovation's conducting a review to see how research and development can provide better support to NZ's high-value manufacturing and services sector.
One has to suspect this review and report will be the precursor justification for what could be a rapid transmogrification of the roles and actions of parts of our R&D sector.
Now, while there's always a danger that in looking under the covers the independent review team will find that our high-value manufacturing industries are pretty thinly spread, it's probably not before time.
In fact, given some recent reports from IPENZ and the New Zealand Institute (see sticK stories here and here) on the need for a much closer mash-up between research and industry - and even a cross-flow of personnel between them, the question is more how much this review is a forerunner to wider change.
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