Rebuilding Retirement System Resiliency in the Wake of the Financial Crisis

By Raimond Maurer, Olivia S. Mitchell & Mark Warshawsky The global financial meltdown has had important repercussions for capital market returns, labor market earnings, household...

China’s Global Tectonic Shifts: The Dawn of a New Era

By Jean-Pierre Lehmann China has new political leadership. The newness of the new era, however, is by no means limited to the new leadership. The...

The Educated Middle Class, their Economic Prospects, and the Arab Spring

By Filipe R. Campante & Davin Chor The recent uprisings in the Arab World carry a broader lesson, highlighting the importance of sustaining an economy...

The Crisis in the Eurozone

By Justin Yifu Lin & Volker Treichel Four years after the beginning of the global financial crisis, the protracted sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone...

Digital Social Capital: Building, Maintaining and Leveraging Digital Networks for Innovation and Creativity

By Anabel Quan-Haase The digital landscape makes it clear that individuals are employing multiple sources of information, are members of diverse, sparsely-knit and specialized interest...

Fiscal Child Abuse American Style

By Laurence Kotlikoff & Scott Burns President Kennedy said, “Our problems are man-made.  Therefore, they may be solved by man.” Looking at America’s current horrendous...

The Business of Healthcare Innovation: Convergence in the Marketplace

By Lawton Robert Burns The article is adapted from the author’s latest book ‘The Business of Healthcare Innovation‘ (Cambridge University Press, 2012)   Innovation and the Value...

Marketing Life Insurance in China: How Cultural Taboo Matters

By Cheris Shun-ching Chan How does a market for a new product emerge in the face of cultural barriers? Marketing life insurance in China has...

India’s Luxury – A Tale of Paradoxes

By Glyn Atwal & Soumya Jain As the Indian luxury market enters the next phases of development, the rewards of this potentially massive market will...

Between Heaven and the Deep Blue Sea: Kitimat’s strategic placement facilitates a growing economy

By Rose Klukas “At Kitimat the setting for a good life must be hewn out of the unknown wilderness. Pioneers must become old-timers, bound to...

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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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