Dr Ian Hunter was an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland Business School before leaving in 2010 to co-found Hunter Publishing. He is a best selling author and educator who has published ten books, including Farmers: Your Store for 100 Years, Write That Essay, IMAGINE, Innovation, When People Matter Most (with Colin Prentice), Robert Laidlaw: Man for Our Time and the Montana finalist: Age of Enterprise.

Ian was formerly Director of the University of Auckland Business History Project, and until 2010, Director of the University of Auckland Business Case Centre, producing and delivering leading-edge teaching strategies to tertiary and executive education. He is a frequent conference speaker and consults with corporations and government agencies on innovation and economic development. 

In 2010 he was Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Henley Business School in the UK, and as a qualified business historian Ian has over 50 publications including research in some of the world’s leading academic journals. 

In 2010, Ian and Debra Hunter established Hunter Publishing to provide an expert and professional service to organisations and individuals wanting high-quality milestone publications. At Hunter Publishing a specialist team of writers, researchers, designers, and archivists work to create lasting and memorable publications, ensuring our clients enjoy the process as much as the eventual book. Hunter Publishing also produces books for the general market in the educational, historical, tourism, and business categories. Contact: sales@hunterpublishing.co.nz.

Publications

Hunter, I., Farmers Your Store: The First 100 Years, Auckland; HarperCollins, (in press, Oct 2009) (260 pgs.) Wilson, M., Morris, K., and Hunter, I., eds., Innovation and Entrepreneurship: New Zealand Case ... MORE