Commercial Projects Approval process

Overview: commercial projects defined

A commercial project is a venture or opportunity where the primary outcome is delivering new revenue to Unitec – as opposed to the development of a core business activity.

Commercial projects include:

  • New business ventures
  • International sales opportunities
  • The sale or export of Intellectual Property assets for commercial gain
  • Development of new courses (such as short courses) which are not part of the core curriculum and whose purpose is primarily revenue growth
  • Commercial partnerships and alliances
  • Joint ventures which extend Unitec beyond its core teaching framework (for example Mindlab)
  • Utilising Unitec assets for commercial gain
  • Existing business entities (for example the IBM centre)

Commercial Projects do not include:

  • Core teaching curriculum activities (i.e. course development and extensions)
  • Property development projects
  • Infrastructure and capital spend projects

Commercial projects process

For further information contact:

Diana Sharma
Business Planning Manager
Business Development
Email: dsharma@unitec.ac.nz
Mobile: 021311390 or ext. 7906