International

  • Oct 30, 2013
  • 7 min read

Dangers of shift in global risk perceptions rise

In the aftermath of the 2008-09 global financial crisis many prominent portfolio managers and...

International
  • Oct 29, 2013
  • 6 min read

Conflicting interests curb airline emissions control

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has approved an initial agreement to create...

International
  • Oct 28, 2013
  • 6 min read

'Platform' model will change global corporate strategy

The 21st century has seen the emergence of a new 'platform business model' where web-based...

International
  • Oct 25, 2013
  • 6 min read

Globalisation boosts value of corporate responsibility

Milton Friedman, the Nobel Laureate in economics, posited during the 1960s that a company's sole...

International
  • Oct 23, 2013
  • 7 min read

Peer pressure may help fight global traffickers

The European Parliament (EP) votes today on a motion suggesting that all EU states should...

International
  • Oct 22, 2013
  • 6 min read

Computing is becoming a global 'utility business'

In the last 20 years, the internet has been driven transformational business change. The...

International
  • Oct 21, 2013
  • 5 min read

Global entrepreneurship funding shows mixed results

Initiatives aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and small business development have become the...

International
  • Oct 18, 2013
  • 6 min read

Political rejectionism may spur new euro-area crisis

The path to economic adjustment for indebted euro-area economies is deflation of wages and prices...

International