This category is Global Business, exploring international market trends, trade dynamics, and business strategies shaping the global economy. It features expert insights on leadership, innovation, and economic developments influencing businesses worldwide.
Redesigning Leadership: Design, Technology, Business + Life
By John Maeda and Becky Bermont
There is a simple saying in Japanese that epitomizes the nature of striving for excellence, “Ue ni wa ue...
How Europe Can Rebuild Skills and Generate Growth
By Tim Cooper, Athena Peppes, Mark Purdy and Matthew Robinson
Europe is facing a jobs and unemployment crisis that is unprecedented in recent times
• Since...
Understanding the Process of Opening a Dutch BV Company
Opening a business is an impressive feat by itself, let alone opening one in a completely different country. Planning to open a business in...
The Innovator’s Method
By Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer
Innovation is about uncertainty and nonstandard processes, so why is it that management literature and advice still deals...
Don’t Confuse Resilient With Static
By Gareth Burton
Over recent years, it feels like there’s been a perpetual gloom hanging over the annual meeting of the WEF in Davos. In a...
2022 in Review, Plus a Year into the Future – Malta vs. the European...
The stability of Malta in recent years is much like a pendulum. Its financial, political, and cultural obstacles serve as the separation between the...
A Winning Deal: How Biculturals Can Supercharge Your International Business Negotiations
By Priyan Khakhar and Jasmina Najjar
Transform how you approach international business negotiations with new findings that provide a novel contribution to the field. Discover...
Sometimes Being Yourself is the Best Globalisation Strategy: Lessons from a K-Pop Group, BTS
By Won-Yong Oh and Mooweon Rhee
Multinational corporations face the paradox of globalisation and localisation in expanding foreign markets. As the BTS’s success shows, the...
Crossing Cultural Barriers to Achieve Superior Team Results
Interview with Bhaskar Pant
Executive Director, MIT Professional Education
Culturally diverse teams produce more creative, innovative group results, compared to those in more culturally homogenous groups....
Start-Ups Are Changing the Continent’s Narrative: A Short Guide to Africa’s Burgeoning Tech Ecosystem
By Emil Bjerg, journalist and editor of The European Business Review
While some say the African start-up scene is overhyped, no one can dispute its...
Innovation Strategy
By Christoph Loch and Stelios Kavadias
Many top level executives are still hopelessly behind when it comes to designing an effective innovation strategy in the...
Aargau, Switzerland: Home of Innovation
Welcome to Aargau – the Swiss high-tech canton with a Triple A rating. In Aargau, where the number of people working in R&D is...
Importance of Trust in Business: Interview with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco
Interview on the topic "Importance of trust in business" with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco, the author of the book "The Art of Compassionate Business"
Trust...
What Makes You an Effective Leader in Crisis Situations?
By David De Cremer
For many organizational leaders and entrepreneurs, the coronavirus crisis represents a very challenging environment to lead and motivate their teams.
What do...
Capturing the Growth Opportunity in Emerging Markets
By Henry Egan and Armen Ovanessoff
Over the next five years, emerging markets will account for much of the globe’s economic growth. To compete on...
Logistics Clusters: The Feedback Loop Leading to Economic Growth and Jobs
By Yossi Sheffi
Governments around the world are investing in logistics clusters to encourage economic growth and create jobs. While the advantages of high-technology, knowledge-based...
Actionable Advice To Scale Your Business in an Uncertain Economic Climate
ECOMMPAY’s business development manager Daniella Sjarki gives an overview of the latest payment preferences and technologies to help your business gain a competitive advantage...
Selecting the Right Digital Influencer in B2B Markets: Guidelines for Managers
By Benedetta Crisafulli, Jaywant Singh and La Toya Quamina
Using digital influencers to reach mass audiences is becoming popular in business-to-business (B2B) markets. For business...
Three Options for Expanding Your Business to China
An international expansion is a major move for your business. Not only do you need to have the right amount of capital secured to...
Chocolate Dreams, Farmer Nightmares: Unveiling the Harsh Realities of the Cocoa Trade
By Kenneth D. Johnson
Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world's top two cocoa producers, combined contribute two-thirds of the world's cocoa beans, the main ingredient...
Strategic Transformation at Tennis Canada
By Roger Martin
Aside from the small percentage of hugely successful game-changing start-ups like Apple, Microsoft and Google it can be hard for a small...
7th CIIE: A Glimpse into the Massive Market
The 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE), held last November 5, 2024 - November 10, 2024, once again welcomed the world to Shanghai, showcasing China’s...
Luxury Villas on Spain’s Costa Blanca – Your Mediterranean Paradise
Located on Spain's southeastern coast, the Costa Blanca is one of the country’s most coveted destinations, celebrated for its stunning beaches, vibrant culture, and...
Careering Off Track: The New World of Work
By Adrian Furnham
Today, the idea of a ‘job for life’ is, for many people, neither possible nor desirable. The concept of the career has,...
Managing Risk in a Modular Economy
By Kamil J. Mizgier
The business world is constantly changing, at a pace which humans are not able to catch up with. The premise of...
Fast-Expanding Markets: Where New Growth Can Be Found!
By Terence Tse, Mark Esposito & Khaled Soufani
This article is dedicated to provide a working definition of these markets, which we call “Fast-Expanding Markets”...
Surviving Among Giants: How HMD Thrives Through Partnerships
By Hervé Legenvre
In less than a decade, HMD has created a niche in the mobile phone market despite fierce competitors. Here is a look...
Aargau, Switzerland – The Centre for High-Tech Industries
Welcome to Aargau – the Swiss high-tech canton with a Triple A rating. In Aargau, where the number of people working in R&D is...
eIDAS 2.0 and the EU Digital Identity Wallet: Hype, Fear and Business Reality
By Mark Medum Bundgaard
By the end of 2026, every EU Member State is expected to provide a Digital Identity Wallet under the updated eIDAS...
Top University to Attend for a Career at a World-Leading Company
New research has revealed the London School of Economics & Political Science to be the best University to attend in order to work at some of the...
Starting a Business Overseas: Everything You Need To Know
There literally exists many reasons for starting a business overseas. This may be due to the fact that as a business owner, you have...
Tips for Growing Your Channel Partner Ecosystem Within North America
By Chloé Edgington
As detailed in Why European Businesses are Expanding to the US and How to Do it Right, the US is the world’s largest...
Heavy (Carbon) Footprints: can Subscription Shoes Create a Sustainable Footwear Industry?
By Patrick Reichert and Oscar Vosshage
Sneakers (or “trainers”, as they are known in the UK) are big business – and leave a heavy environmental...
Four Key Ways to Grow Your Business By Expansion
Business growth can be achieved in a multitude of ways, but we will turn our attention to how you can do so through expansion....
Tips for Building a Dropshipping Store that Could Make €50k Every Month
There's a lot of promise out there about the huge profits made from dropshipping - but is it really true? And what are some...
Change Capability Building
By David Miller and Audra Proctor
The volume and complexity of change that organizations are facing continues to increase, and they cannot risk the negative...
You Must Own Your Reputation: Networking, Entrepreneurship and Reputation
By Jim Pulcrano
Reputation is owned by the people who gossip about you1.
This disquieting statement is by one of the preeminent researchers in the field...
How Employers Can Create an Age-Inclusive Workplace
By Kate Field
Kate Field, Global Head Human and Social Sustainability at BSI explores how businesses can adapt to prepare for the future of work...
Gavin Darby Gives Perspective: The Food and Drink Industry’s Response in a Global Crisis
Update 8/11/20: Gavin Darby has been made Chairman of the Felix Project, a London-based food redistribution waste charity. In response to COVID-19, the Felix...
Nationwide Company Comparers Best Companies are Reviewing The Top Businesses in the UK
As a business, the level of competition you face can easily break your business if you don't take measures that put you above your...
Growth Through Innovation: Innovation Principles for the Technology-Driven Enterprise
By R. Boutellier and M. Heinzen
Technology is the key to our growth, but with it comes many risks. Below, Roman Boutellier and Mareike Heinzen...
How Brexit Impacts Cross-Border Online Retail
By Mike Goodenough, Global Head of e-Retail at Worldline, Digital Commerce
Companies managing sales between the EU and UK have encountered significant complexity since the...
The Silicon Valleys of Latin America – searching for “Shared Value” development models
By Luciano Ciravegna
Between 2003 and 2012 Latin America has lived through an unprecedented period of stability and positive economic performance. A region once associated...
Compliance of Rules, Regulations, and Law is Vital
One of the most frustrating aspects of manufacturing is the time and money spent to develop a new product. It is out there in...
Business for Good – the Success Formula Going Forward
By Jasper Steinhausen
There are huge opportunities for creating a competitive advantage for businesses that act on climate change now. The article highlights the importance...
Strategising to Win On the Global Playing Field: Making Real Strategic Choices in...
By Bart Tkaczyk
Attract the best people. Own shares either in good ships, or in none at all. Make your ship attractive, then good people...
5 Benefits of Outstaffing to Ukraine
When it comes to building software, your idea is the most important. This is because there are easy and cost-effective ways to bring your...
Disruption Strikes, You’re in Charge, Now What: When Companies Tackle Great Challenges
By Luis Ballesteros, Michael Useem, and Tyler Wry
Summary
Natural disasters have been growing in their social impact in recent years, but humanitarian assistance has...
How Can Businesses Cultivate High Performance and Harness it for Success?
By Sarfraz Ali
In this article, Smartsheet’s Sarfraz Ali takes a deep dive into high-performance – what it is and what drives it, how businesses...
The C-Suite’s Silent Saboteur: Taming Decision Fatigue to Reclaim Strategic Impact
By Fay Niewiadomski
Virtual work, mass resignations, economic upheaval and the AI tsunami bear heavily on the weight of decision fatigue for today’s leaders. It’s...
