Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
12-2007
Abstract
This article examines the close relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities to ask whether the relationship is best characterized as simply a bi-lateral trading relationship, or whether there is evidence of the formation of a transnational business community. This article also seeks to explore the nature of Australia—NewZealand integration, and specifically the degree to which the relationship is interdependent or asymmetrical. Data are drawn from quantitative sources — including a dataset developed from the IBISWorld's Largest 2000 Enterprises in Australia and New Zealand, Who's Who in Australia, and Who's Who in Business in Australia — and qualitative sources, including interviews with business and policy elites. Our findings are that the relationship between the Australian and New Zealand business communities is much deeper than a bi-lateral trading relationship, but also falls short of forming one transnational community. We also find that the relationship is substantially asymmetrical in nature, raising concerns among a number of New Zealand business executives about New Zealand sovereignty.
Keywords
Australia, Business community, Business elites, Foreign investment, New Zealand, Trans-Tasman
Discipline
Political Science | Public Affairs
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Journal of Sociology
Volume
43
Issue
4
First Page
367
Last Page
384
ISSN
1440-7833
Identifier
10.1177/1440783307083231
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
HARRIGAN, Nicholas, & GOLDFINCH, Shaun.(2007). A Trans-Tasman business elite?. Journal of Sociology, 43(4), 367-384.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2096
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Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org./10.1177/1440783307083231