Turnaround

By Peter Blair Henry In an article adapted from Turnaround: Third World Lessons for First World Growth, Peter Blair Henry argues that despite headlines featuring...

From Deep Globalisation to the Risk of Deglobalisation: the Rise of Local-Contentism

By Marcos Troyjo As the world transitions from ‘Deep Globalisation to Deglobalisation’, economic policies based on a ‘Doctrine of Local Content’ take center stage. As...

Frontier Markets: Old Acquaintances, New Opportunities

By Tomás Guerrero The emergence of frontier markets is consolidating South-South relations and speeding up the global economic rebalance. Below, Tomás Guerrero describes how, to...

The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the 21st Century

By Jay W. Lorsch Predicting the challenges boards will face in the years ahead requires an understanding of how they and the governance they have...

Smaller Cities Embrace Smart Specialisation – The Exeter Success Story

By Richard Ball Governments have recognised that cities are engines of growth critical to economic performance and national recovery in the current climate. The large...

Eastern and Western Ideas for African Growth: Diversity and Complementarity in Development Aid

By Izumi Ohno & Kenichi Ohno The West and the East approach economic development differently. The Europeans and Americans stress free and fair business climate,...

Fast Fashion, Luxury Brands, and Sustainability

By Annamma Joy Low-priced, quickly produced, and designed for obsolescence, fast fashion encourages consumer detachment from issues of sustainability and fair labour conditions. This article...

Wise up to Water Risks at the 2013 World Water Week in Stockholm

By Josh Weinberg & Maya Rebermark, Communications, SIWI Hydrologists like to call water the ‘bloodstream of the planet’. But it is much more than that....

Dubai Investments Park: The One-Stop Multi-Purpose Destination

Dubai Investments Park (DIP), the largest integrated business and residential community in the Middle East, was set up in 1997 with a mission to...

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China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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