Houthi Attack on Saudi Oil Fields – a False Flag?
By Peter Koenig
On Saturday morning, September 14, 2019, a few drones – were they drones or long-range missiles? – hit the Saudis most important...
Very special Ks: kamishibais, from “kokusaku” to “kyokan”, ie from war propaganda to sharing...
By Megumi Bailey and Géraldine Enjelvin
A centuries-old Japanese storytelling tradition is being revived for modern audiences. Meet kamishibai – from kami, meaning paper...
Turning Vicious Cycle to Virtues of Islamic Banking
By Vita Arumsari and Yunice Karina Tumewang
For a country like Indonesia that has the largest Muslim population in the world, Islamic banking is moving in...
The Trump-Slump and What’s Next
By Graham Vanbergen
The global slowdown is on; the who-blinks-first trade war is taking its toll leading to investment anxiety and a slowly crumbling global...
Trump’s Other Wall
By Jack Rasmus
Trump brags about the ‘wall of money’ now flowing into the US from abroad–from Europe, Asia, emerging market economies–as the global economy...
Tamago-ya – The Bento King of Tokyo
By Seungjin Whang
Tamago-ya (meaning “Egg-shop”) was founded by Isatsugu Sugahara in 1975, as a small mom-and-pop bento (“boxed lunch”) shop. Under the entrepreneurial leadership...
AIMing for Success: The Strengths of the UK’s Junior Market
By Sam Pearse and Ashmi Bhagani
Designed primarily for the equity securities of small and medium-sized growth companies that either cannot, or do not want...
Japan Inc. will defy its critics and innovate once more
By Gianfranco Casati
Japan's corporate leaders face a big challenge in fulfilling the nation's ambitious plan to create what the government calls Society 5.0, a...
MENA’s Growing Young Population is a Huge Opportunity – If We Get It Right
By Geert Cappelaere
Youth as tomorrow’s builders are the most important segment of the population and they pose a great potential to expand a country’s...
Carrefour’s History and Exit from China
By Lisa Qixun Siebers
Carrefour is a French retailer with a successful history of being China’s largest and fastest growing foreign retail stores in 1995....
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...
