Statistics about business growth and innovation include details about businesses’ management practices and behaviours, financing arrangements, turnover and profitability, commitment and barriers to innovation, and use of information and communications technology.
We also publish information on topics such as employment practices, international engagement, business strategy and skills, price and wage setting, and financial conditions.
Information releases
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Business Operations Survey
Annual information on business practices and behaviours that may have some impact on business performance.
Business Activity (GST) indicator
Information, up to 2001, on indicators of business activity by industry (based on GST data).
Business Practices Survey
Information published in 2001 on the business practices of New Zealand firms, including use of information technology, adoption of specific management practices, and commitment to innovation.
Data
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Business Operations Survey tables
Downloadable Excel tables with detailed annual data on the operations of New Zealand businesses.
Access our microdata
Find out how to access high-quality statistical data by using our Data Lab computer facitilites and confidentialised unit record files (CURFs).
Reports and articles
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Using statistics for informed decision-making to improve your bottom line (published 2012)
Illustrates how businesses can use our statistics to make informed decisions about business capability, measurement and analysis, and customer and market focus.
Innovation in New Zealand: 2011 (published 2012)
A statistical picture of business innovation and performance in New Zealand. Innovation is defined as the introduction of any new or significantly improved goods, services, processes, or marketing methods.
View Innovation in New Zealand reports from past years.
Business Practices and Performance (published 2007)
Key results from the Business Operations Survey on the performance of New Zealand businesses, the management practices being undertaken, and the environment businesses are operating in.
International Engagement by New Zealand Businesses (published 2009)
Key results from the Business Operations Survey 2007, including information on the different types of international engagement by New Zealand businesses.
Information and Communication Technology in New Zealand: 2006 (published 2007)
Report on the supply and use of information and communication technology (ICT) in New Zealand in 2006.
Information about data
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About the Business Operations Survey (published 2010)
Details about why we run the survey and how the information we gather is used.