Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the Middle East has distinctive roots and unique expressions that do not always mirror the current understanding and practice in the West. Dima Jamali demonstrates how the long-entrenched traditions of philanthropy and generosity in Arab culture have been reinvigorated in recent years and are starting to cross-fertilize with new, more institutionalized forms of giving.
By Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp
In an article adapted from Brand Breakout: How Emerging Market Brands Will Go Global, Jan-Benedict E.M. Steenkamp argues that emerging market brands will become increasingly global, and suggests that the strategies these companies should use to build global brands are not traditional.
Manage Third Parties and Manage Your Risks
By Adam Turteltaub
Elevating board performance: The significance of director mindset, operating context, and other behavioral and functional considerations
By Simon C.Y. Wong
How Green is the Cloud?
By Kfir Godrich, VP & Managing Principal for HP Technology Services
Finance
Investing in Liquid Gold
Putting Mind into Markets
By David Tuckett
Time to Win Investors Over
By Baruch Lev
World Economy
Rethinking Global Financial Governance Reform
By Daniel D. Bradlow
The Causes of the Banking Crises of the 1920’s
By Simon D. Norton
Emerging Markets are Re-Shaping the Global Economy, But Also Shaking It
By George Magnus
An Inquiry into Why America Spends While the World Saves
By Sheldon Garon
Africa
The New Scramble for Africa
By Pádraig Carmody
China
Changes at the top in Chinese Banking
By Violaine Cousin
Middle East
The Believers Are But A Single Brotherhood1: Political Islam In Post-Mubarak Egypt
By Joseph Yackley
From A Niche Market To The Mainstream: What Has Driven Islamic Banking Growth?
By Patrick Imam and Kangni Kpodar
Conventional versus Islamic Private Equity
By Mohamed Ali Chatti and Ouidad Yousfi
By Aliou Diagne, Steven Glover, Ben Groom and Jonathan Phillips
A Green Revolution in West African agriculture will rely on new technologies such as NERICA rice varieties. Below, Aliou Diagne, Steven Glover, Ben Groom and Jonathan Phillips argue that raising awareness of NERICAs and improving access to its seed by farmers should be a priority. Strikingly, those that know about NERICAs are not the most likely to adopt them. By targeting ‘Detached Adopters’ it may be possible to rapidly raise the rate of adoption of NERICAs, starting with Gambia’s women.
In an article based on his recent book, Transnational Marketing and Transnational Consumers, Ibrahim Sirkeci argues that there is a paradigm shift in business and marketing management. As the speed of communication and transportation increases, local consumers and organisations are ever more connected but not identical despite the blurring national boundaries. Companies face a tough challenge to achieve efficiencies while customising to the extreme to satisfy “glocal” consumers in this new era of transnational marketing.
For at least the last quarter of the twentieth century, Latin America has suffered from low growth, rising inequality, and frequent financial crises. However, in recent years Latin American countries with different political orientations and economic structures have enjoyed sizeable drops in income inequality. Below, Giovanni Andrea Cornia argues that if left unaddressed, the structural biases of the Latin American economy may block future declines in inequality by retarding the shift to a sustainable and equitable growth path.
In order to catalyse economic activity and pull Japan from its two-decade period of deflationary recession, new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has enacted a bold recovery strategy. Thus far, his programs have not yet yielded the dramatic shift that he hoped for. Below, Mitsuru Misawa explores and rates the projects, and outlines possible future courses.
By Rod MacRae, Elisabeth Abergel and Mustafa Koc
Traditional approaches to food and agriculture policy making in Canada are in question, with the realization that government policy goals, institutional arrangements and instruments are insufficient. Below, Rod MacRae, Elisabeth Abergel and Mustafa Koc consider the evolution of sustainable food systems, and argue for changes in the policymaking process.
By Sean Culey
Africa is at a tipping point. It is poised for growth, but the question is whether this growth will be based on sustainable foundations that benefit the majority, or on commodities that only benefit a few. Below, Sean Culey argues that Africa’s business leaders need to play a pivotal role, but only if these leaders learn from the mistakes of the rest of the world.
By Les Secular
Too many companies do not have adequate transfer pricing documentation and face potential penalties. Below, Les Secular argues that as tax officers receive more training on transfer pricing, and more businesses seek to expand their activities overseas, companies should be prepared.
