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...
Entry Strategies for Middle Eastern Markets
By Tim Rogmans
Despite political turbulence, Middle Eastern markets provide great opportunities for international investors. The region’s advantages include its location at the crossroads of...
Synergising Western and Eastern Approaches: Facilitating Economic Development in Africa
By Snowy Khoza
For decades the two global centres of power, the West (led by Europe and the Americas) and the East (led by China)...
EY’s 2013 Africa Attractiveness Survey: Getting Down to Business
By Michael Lalor
Africa’s rise over the past decade has been very real, and the evidence of the continent’s clear progress is irrefutable; however, there...




































































