Leadership is About Making Others Smarter to Better Serve Customers

By David De Cremer and Patrick Mancel Since being founded in 1987 in Shenzhen by Ren Zhengfei, Huawei serves today more than three billion customers...

The Great Dollar Debacle

By Dan Steinbock The share of U.S. dollar in international payments is disproportionate relative to America’s eroding global position and depends on international goodwill that...

Platform Strategy and Uber’s Exit from China

By John Colley This article assesses the necessary conditions for effective platform strategy by considering the evolution of the ride hailing industry and Uber’s late...

Opportunities and Challenges of International Retailing in China

By Lisa Qixun Siebers The performance of foreign retailers in China has shown a reversed U shape since their market entry in the 1990s. By...

The Hallyu Lens: The Success of Korean Pop (K-Pop) Music as an International Business...

This article focusses on the success of the K-Pop industry, with a background on the industry itself, and how it can become a business...

Ethiopia – A Case Study in Take-Over by Western Interests

By Peter Koenig Ethiopia is a landlocked country, bordering on Somalia which is dominating the Horn of Africa. Due to several border conflicts during the past...
Trading the Global Future

Trading the Global Future

By Dr. Dan Steinbock PART I: Bad Timing (This is the first of a three-part series.)  In this commentary, Dr Dan Steinbock argues that Trump's tariff...

The Return of the Feudal World?

By John Hulsman and Boris Liedtke In today’s post-industrial economy, it is evident that world politics is under radical restructuring. More precisely, as the authors...

Boosting the Philippine Economy through Sustainable Tourism

By Fernando Martin Roxas, John Paolo Rivera, and Eylla Laire Gutierrez Sustainability has become a concern in the travel and tourism industry. Stakeholders need to fully...

Can HR Level Up, Please? A Case Study

By Bart Tkaczyk Human Resource Management (HRM) has been around for decades. Apparently, same goes for organisation-wide issues such as toxic workplace culture, inequality in...

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CFO's new mandate. CFO explaining the presentation

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...

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