{"id":242109,"date":"2026-01-20T07:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/242109\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T07:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T07:23:18","slug":"why-staying-small-could-be-the-smartest-move-for-ambitious-firms-nz-herald","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/242109\/","title":{"rendered":"Why staying small could be the smartest move for ambitious firms &#8211; NZ Herald"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxQeEo3WFczS2RxUURNSzR4dHhvanpWeUtUWmx3RFJ6LUI3Mm9GSWtzSWpwSkpiMVdWOWpLSUxNS1k2UHlSTVNqRGFycFJVYUNzMDZ6NzlPWW1NWl94YzhudVkwRFRJQ1lqUmVoUHFTOXFJNmFIYXZoVkpWc000Q2hoX1VhcGIzQlg4M0QtbXIzV29LZlA4bVV0S0lkM0RocnJ2bGlsRTlNVUEtMHB3Y252SUgyVTZFc3puc1ZBdmVBM1dnVjFTUUtZRGpUajZ6UWZkQnVZQ1poa01rR2ZEWXpiY2NDRFMtVGpqWlNwVUFNUTVvQ2lUcnhjeGxjcnJhMms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why staying small could be the smartest move for ambitious firms<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ Herald<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxQeW81cjBOb3JFNk5jbkxwQWxUMW1aVzNCVFZ2bVBJVHZJQ053eWFRaEZHdUc1Mzg4N2g0cGZRY1hZd05DZV9tVi1HTVBMOVV1S0hjczJMYVJqWTVFU1pfc0d5azdHRENsM1JkVlNNM1NRSmRxUXpRUUwxOVAzSElDRG1KelJEVV8xQVRiMklpaExFQzZTT1d2VUx5SzM2NnBIaWZiUjRNUmdJRmVtQk9DeV9aZ0NPVTl6TVhiMG1lVkM5R1BnRXdvTHBhQ3k?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NZ\u2019s low productivity is often blamed on businesses staying small. That could be a strength in 2026<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Conversation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxOWnkyWDgwOWwxWk9sUzlWQlNYQjQwQ2pJT0llU3lEc1VuN2o2WXRlX3JldmNaZzJPMUNuTHY2R2xuNWtHclliTjFqYWRwMFY1M0pmRG5KVmpvTEN2SzZvQU9yVTNuUkRVTDQ4VlFGQS1lS29RS0QyUm9ubThfekxoZm9VM3dIdFJuN1Fodzg5SjBqdVRUZG1WckJvcW5jdnkxTjBIYWtLdkxueWRCVXFhbzY0aUlqcF9qZlhPSFZ2UXhrVnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Gentailer, energy companies record flat productivity growth over past decade<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BusinessDesk | NZ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAFBVV95cUxNVTFBS2VObzJkTTRjc1F0NFpfRWFlbjdRV0Y0ZTFScHNGdy0zeUdyaG5BN3pISlNxNkcyeVhjM0hWYWZfVkExOXJRdzZmel9PZ2dpY1NEemMtSGVDalQ4WTV2cXVyY1ppRVBOU2pIOWc1MzdxOUFTVTZzWU1ORkRnTXBkS283eVN3bjMxUERaRGp0dm92ZmlyVWxsYlVDdUJs?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The cold hard truth about New Zealand\u2019s productivity problem<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ThePost.co.nz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why staying small could be the smartest move for ambitious firms&nbsp;&nbsp;NZ HeraldNZ\u2019s low productivity is often blamed on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":229961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-242109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}