America’s Never-Ending War in the Middle East
By Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett
While President Obama continues – at least for now – to resist redeploying large numbers of U.S. soldiers...
New Capitalism: A Holistic Approach to Development
Interview with Jan Sturesson
Jan Sturesson is Global Leader of Government and Public Services Industry at PwC. In the following interview with The World Financial...
Sustainability: Getting Down to Business
Interview with Nikos Avlonas
As the Millennium Development Goals near their 2015 deadline, the role that the private sector must play in driving a global...
Contemporary Business and Management Challenges in China
By David De Cremer and Jess Zhang
In today’s global context, Chinese companies face significant challenges in internationalising their services – not least that posed...
Is Effective Waste Collection the key to a Circular Economy?
By Jonas Törnblom
As urbanisation intensifies and sustainability climbs higher up the global agenda, new solutions to old challenges are more important than ever. Waste...
Shadow Bankers Fight a Losing Battle in China
By Joe Zhang
“If President Xi Jinping wants Chinese people to realise their own ‘China dream’, he must tame the credit monster. Shadow banking is...
The Brasília Consensus: Looking for a Second Wind
By Lourdes Casanova and Julian Kassum
This article examines Brazil’s hybrid development model, which combines macroeconomic orthodoxy with certain features of state capitalism, as well...
The Hidden Advantage of Chinese Subsidies
By Usha C. V. Haley and George T. Haley
How did China move so swiftly in capital-intense industries without labour-cost or scale advantage from bit...
Toward a New Global Russia: Leaving the BRICS Behind
By Terence Tse, Mark Esposito, and Olaf Groth
While Russia’s growth in the early 2000s inspired confidence in its potential as a global economic powerhouse,...
Luxury Brands Need to Chart a Course into New Frontier Markets
By Glyn Atwal and Douglas Bryson
The progressively unpredictable dynamics of the BRIC markets are now challenging luxury brands to rethink their global market strategies....
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...
