Smart specialization for cities: A roadmap for city intelligence and excellence
By Jan Sturesson, Hazem Galal and Laurent Probst
“We need new perspectives of cities, their visions, knowledge, creativity and motivation in order to find new...
Solving the Asset–Shortage Problem of Emerging Markets
By Patrick Imam
The growing appetite for emerging market financial assets (such as equity or bonds) by local and foreign investors has not been met...
Food Prices: Should Emerging Market Economies Be Concerned?
By Nicolás Depetris Chauvin
High food prices are here to stay. This should be a reason of great concern not only in less developed countries...
The Third Industrial Revolution: How the Internet, Green Electricity, and 3-D Printing are ...
By Jeremy Rifkin
Our industrial civilization is at a crossroads. Oil and the other fossil fuel energies that make up the industrial way of life...
GLOBAL TRENDS: Facing Up to a Changing World
By Adrian Done
How much time do you dedicate to thinking about the REALLY BIG issues that are likely to affect your personal and professional...
Conventional versus Islamic Private Equity
By Mohamed Ali Chatti and Ouidad Yousfi
There are some similarities between Islamic and conventional PE, like for example the active participation, the quick exit...
From A Niche Market To The Mainstream: What Has Driven Islamic Banking Growth?
By Patrick Imam and Kangni Kpodar
Despite the rapid growth in Islamic banking during the past decade, challenges remain, pointing to the need for further...
The New Scramble for Africa
By Pádraig Carmody
Something has certainly changed in the intervening years in Africa, and in its relations with the outside world, even if excessive pessimism...
Emerging Markets are Re-Shaping the Global Economy, But Also Shaking It
By George Magnus
From global tourism to manufactured products, and from industrial processes to modern technologies order, the re-convergence of emerging markets and their economic...
Time to Win Investors Over
By Baruch Lev
Managers need to be able to respond to investors’ concerns and regain their trust, but their response is seriously hindered by the...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
The Performance and Transformation Orchestrator: The CFO’s New Mandate in the Age of AI
By Terence Tse
CFOs are evolving into AI-driven transformation orchestrators, balancing finance, technology, and strategy while upskilling teams, managing risks, and driving measurable business value.
A key insight from this year’s AI for CFOs event, organized...
