“People will always want to migrate for a better life: this is a constant reality.” But the harrowing images on the news that the general public are confronted with of men, women and children arriving en masse on European shores are of refugees – not migrants – escaping from war and conflict in countries where the situation is getting worse, not better. In this article Susi Dennison discusses the worsening refugee crisis, and how the challenges it presents the EU can be tackled by its foreign policy.
The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance
The Leader’s Role: Leverage Your Soap Box
In this edited excerpt from his book “The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance”, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst discusses that by having capable, engaged people who recognize the importance of the goal and then expecting them to solve it in their own way is a much richer and subtler approach than a top-down planning process would generate.
Fads and Fashions in Management
In this article, the author shows that many fads and fashions in management are short lived and based upon flimsy evidence, yet enjoy a period of support. His arguments are important tools for managers who want to understand the substance and rigour, or lack of it, associated with modern management ideas and concepts.
Ethics in Finance: Why is it such a problem?
By John Hendry
Despite the best efforts of all concerned, the financial sector continues to have a bad reputation for illegal and unethical behaviour and to be more prone to ethical lapses than other business sectors. John Hendry explores why this should be, and what might be done about it in practice.
Making Renminbi a World Currency would not be Bad for Euro
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will decide this month whether to make the Chinese Renminbi the fifth international reserve currency. For the Euro, that would not be a win or lose game.
November – December 2015
America Law History Europe A Time for European Diplomacy to Come of Age: Responding to the Refugee Crisis China China’s Product Safety Problem: How Should Marketing Managers Make Ethical Decisions in China? Sustainability Finance Management Fads and Fashions in Management
Global Economy
Making Renminbi a World Currency would not be Bad for Euro
Dan Steinbock
Where Have All the American Banks Gone?
Robert E. Wright and Richard Sylla
Recognition of Arbitral Awards in the US –
Putting a Recent Circuit Split in Perspective
Charles Camp and Theresa Bowman
Refugees and Refugee Crises:
Some Historical Reflections
Peter Gatrell
Germany: Epicentre of the
EU Migration Crisis
Asli Ilgit and Audie Klotz
Susi DennisonAsia Pacific
APEC 2015: Change is in the Air
Dan Steinbock
China’s Key Cities: From Local Places to Global Players
Xiangming Chen
Bang Nguyen and David De Cremer
Brief Considerations on Sustainability and Justice
François Mancebo
Ethics in Finance: Why is it such a problem?
John Hendry
The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance
Jim Whitehurst
Adrian Furnham
China’s New Global Role: President Xi in Washington and the UN
By Dan Steinbock
The recent Washington summit took the US-China bilateral relations onto a new level, while President Xi’s UN visit gave a glimpse of China’s new global role.
How Asia Works: Finance: The Merits of a Short Leash
By Joe Studwell
“Demonstrating that an exchange economy is coherent and stable does not demonstrate that the same is true of an economy with capitalist financial institutions … Indeed, central banking and other financial control devices arose as a response to the embarrassing incoherence of financial markets.” 1 – Hyman P. Minsky, Stabilizing an Unstable Economy
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...
