“…Research internationally has quite consistently shown that such services are not well used (see Bouthillier, 2002/3;Chalmers, 1995;Chiware & Dick, 2008;Ikoja-Odonga & Ocholla, 2004;Johannessen & Kolvereid, 1994;Jorosi, 2006;Mooko & Aina, 2007;Rickards, Linn & Best, 1989;Shokane, 2002), a point made in the New Zealand context by both the SBAG report (Support for Business Start-up section) and research from the New Zealand Centre for SME Research (Lewis, Ashby, Coetzer, Harris & Massey, 2005).…”