Editorial: Where will growth come from?
Judie Lannon
THERE IS no more important subject for government, economists and business people than stimulating economic growth and this issue deals with several key areas.
Conventional wisdom about what sectors are the front runners in growth turns out to be not entirely correct as Stian Westlake describes in the cover article about the 6% of businesses that deliver disproportionately high growth. These are the types of businesses that government policy needs to target and they are not necessarily high-tech or electronic. They are spread across a number of sectors and have several...