A Golden Opportunity?
By Andy Simpson
Since 2009, there has been a 192.6% increase in volumes of Single Malt Scotch Whisky (SMSW) sold at auction in the UK,...
Law and Religion in a Secular Europe
By Lorenzo Zucca
What place do law and religion occupy in European political societies? Do they overlap in such a way that conflict cannot be...
North Rhine-Westphalia: First choice for foreign investors in Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's economically strongest federal state, has proven to be a particularly attractive investment location for foreign companies in Germany and Europe for...
99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking the World and What We...
By Chuck Collins
At the root of social movements around the world is the emergence, in the last three decades, of extreme inequalities of income,...
Does China Want to Buy Up Europe? Europe’s Crisis and China’s Reluctant Rise
By Roland Benedikter and Jae-Seung Lee
In the occasion of Germany’s Angela Merkel’s visit to China on 3rd February 2012, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao stated...
Italy: A Consumer Story
By Emanuela Scarpellini
Can we go on consuming as we do today, perhaps even more so? Would it not be better to devise a consumer...
Russia from the Fur Trade to Carbon Aristocracy
By Alexander Etkind
Russia’s geographical space was largely shaped by the fur trade. Oil and gas have been found in those very spaces that the...
Winning the Talent War in Emerging Markets: Women are the Answer
By Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid
As global companies try to harness the growth and possibilities of emerging markets, the extraordinary energy, ambition and...
Neoliberal Globalization, Masculinity and Gender Justice
By Raewyn Connell
A relatively new field of social research has documented the diversity of masculinities in the world. Globalization is not a separate issue...
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...
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...
