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...
Can Think Tanks Influence Public Opinion and Improve Policy?
By Andrew Selee
Think tanks have sprung up throughout the world, trying to generate ideas and analysis that can be useful in public debate and...
America’s Iran Policy and the Undermining of International Order
By Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett
Strategic competition between America and Iran will shape not only the Middle East’s balance of power, but also...
Karma Matters: Business Sustainability is Beyond Just Lasting!
By Jayantee Mukherjee Saha & Chris Rowley
How can businesses remain sustainable? What is business sustainability all about? What are some of the impacts of...
The Eco-Business Market Advantage
By Peter Dauvergne & Jane Lister
“When sustainability burst onto the scene it was in the responsibility category, something that a company should do because...
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...
Which Global Luxury Trends for the Coming Years?
By Jonas Hoffmann & Ivan Coste-Manière
The luxury industry is currently on a remarkable journey defying the gloomy economic outlook quarter after quarter. Seven trends...
A Tale of Two Games: Global Strategies of Multinational Companies in China’s E-commerce Market
By Xin Wang & Justin Ren
Why has there been hardly any successful entry into China’s e-commerce market by western firms? From consumer-to-consumer markets to...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
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...
