Indigenous literature suggests Māori businesses are distinct within Aotearoa New Zealand, due to facing unique challenges and having different operating preferences. It could also be argued that Māori and non-Māori enterprises in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors are identical as a function of operating in similar markets. However, there is a paucity of empirical evidence, and the present article rectifies this with a study of 230 Aotearoa enterprises, including 24 Māori. We test differences and find Māori enterprises report higher cultural capital, which relates to employees' knowledge and skills towards working with and respecting cultural values. However, we find no differences across human capital, relational capital, entrepreneurial culture, and organisational performance. The findings suggest that apart from a culturally specific factor, Māori and non-Māori enterprises appear to be similarly enabled, which provides a useful benchmark for understanding Māori business. We discuss the implications for research.

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Aotearoa 新西兰企业研究：土著企业有何不同？

土著文献表明，由于面临独特的挑战和具有不同的经营偏好，毛利人的企业在新西兰 Aotearoa 是不同的。也可以说，私营、公共和非营利部门中的毛利人和非毛利人企业在类似市场上的经营职能是相同的。然而，缺乏经验证据，本文通过对 230 家 Aotearoa 企业（包括 24 家毛利人）的研究来纠正这一点。我们测试差异并发现毛利企业报告了更高的文化资本，这与员工在工作和尊重文化价值观方面的知识和技能有关。然而，我们发现人力资本、关系资本、创业文化和组织绩效之间没有差异。调查结果表明，除了文化特定因素外，毛利人和非毛利人企业似乎也具有类似的能力，这为了解毛利人的商业提供了有用的基准。我们讨论了对研究的影响。