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What Does a 21st Century Enterprise Look Like?

By Anant Gupta

What do organisations need to learn to survive and thrive? As Anant Gupta sees it, they have to remodel themselves as a 21st century enterprise (21CE). In this article, Gupta discusses the five distinct characteristics of a 21CE and the core IT/Technology Services that they should provide in order to meet customers’ shifting needs and thrive in an interconnected world.

India’s Lessons for Creating a Digital Business

By Raghav Narsalay and Avnish Sabharwal

As India rapidly moves into the digital era, leading Indian businesses are changing their business models to capture the opportunity.

Will There be Such a ‘Think’ as Responsible Investment Banking One Day?

By Karen Wendt

In this article, Karen Wendt, the editor of Responsible Investment Banking: Risk Management Frameworks, Sustainable Financial Innovation and Softlaw Standards, gives our readers an introduction to her latest body of work which is a collection of authoritative essays on the role of investment and finance in the creation of climate – friendly markets, positive social impact and fundamental ethical values in business. The essays give structured overview of the main investment banking initiatives, softlaw standards, risk management and impact investing strategies.

Management lessons from the Emerging World: Seven principles that you can learn from the new Global Giants

By Mauro F. Guillén and Esteban García-Canal

Emerging market multinationals are taking over the world, but their success can be emulated by any company from any country in the world. Based on their book Emerging Markets Rule, Mauro Guillén and Esteban García-Canal argue that the success of these companies relies on seven new axioms of global competitiveness: Execute, strategise, and execute again, Cater to the niches, Scale to win, Embrace chaos, Acquire smart, Expand with abandon and, finally, No sacred cows!

Moore’s Law Continues to Drive Change

By Daniel Burrus

Moore’s Law states that the number of components in integrated circuits would double every two years. As a result, size would decrease while processing power increased. In this article, Daniel Burrus discusses about how digital advancement is increasing every year and will continue to do so, and its implications on the consumer and the industry.

The Internationalisation of the Renminbi (Interview with Dan Steinbock)

By Dan Steinbock     

According to Dan Steinbock, the internationalisation of the renminbi is accelerating. The inclusion of the yuan in the IMF basket of reserves is now a matter of time.

September – October 2015

IMF to include China’s RMB in SDR basket as a fifth currency

Can Hong Kong Overcome Complacency?

By Dan Steinbock

In the past, so the legend goes, Hong Kong feared nothing. Today, the city seems frozen by its obstacles. Can it change, once more?

Toward the Oil-Dollar-Fed Rollercoaster Ride

By Dan Steinbock

The fluctuations of the oil prices, the Fed’s policy rate and the U.S. dollar are intertwined. In fall 2015/spring 2016, the Fed’s impending rate hikes will cause substantial turbulence in emerging markets.

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