Browsing: General Interest

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Sue Kegerreis, University of Essex[/box] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]ore people than ever now work from home for part or all…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Iwa Salami, University of East London[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he news that bitcoin had broken the $10,000 barrier reflects the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] BY Philipp Ager, University of Southern Denmark and Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he issue…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is part of the World Economic Forum’s Geostrategy platform[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]rade chokepoints – maritime, coastal and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Briony Harris, Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]J[/dropcap]ack Ma is a global icon in business, ranked second on Fortune’s…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Adam Jezard, Senior Writer at Formative Content.[/box] [dropcap]M[/dropcap]oney, opportunity, healthcare, kudos, colourful slides, comfy chairs,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Briony Harris, Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]sking staff about the qualities of a good leader is a surefire…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Dave Mosher, Science and Technology Correspondent, Business Insider[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]merica Recycles Day is on Wednesday, and the green…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Dirk Baur, Professor of Finance, University of Western Australia Niels Van Quaquebeke, Professor of Leadership and Organizational…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jaime Malet, Chairman, American Chamber of Commerce in Spain[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he World Trade Organization predicts a slight…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap] major shift is taking place in global media. Until…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] George Daskalakis, University of East Anglia[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]magine sitting down to your business meeting in a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Shalini Vohra, Sheffield Hallam University[/box] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]lack Friday is upon us once again. Deals for cut-price…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McKenna, Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he most imported goods around the world are petroleum and cars, according to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Jezard, Senior Writer at Formative Content.[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]ell me and I’ll forget; show me and I may…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Richard Edelman (President, Edelman)[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e are just out of the field on a flash poll in the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Harald Wieser, University of Manchester[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]pple’s special edition iPhone X release – like the new…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] John Colley, University of Warwick[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he recent collapse of Monarch Airlines and the potential surrender of care home…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] David Hesmondhalgh, University of Leeds[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap] major shift is taking place in global media. Until…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Cathrine Jansson-Boyd, Anglia Ruskin University[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the business of shops and selling, times are tough. Retail…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nicholas Lord, University of Manchester[/box] [dropcap]R[/dropcap]emember, remember, the 5th of November. Not, this time, for gunpowder,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Abhinay Muthoo, University of Warwick and Siobhan Benita, University of Warwick[/box] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]rexit negotiations are complex but,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Behr, Newcastle University[/box] “It’s one for you, 19 for me” ran George Harrison’s scabrous jibe…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]ClaraDon, CC BY-NC-ND Martin Parker, University of Leicester[/box] [dropcap]C[/dropcap]artoons, pop songs and film all tend to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Held, Durham University and Thomas Hale, University of Oxford[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he crisis of contemporary democracy has…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nelson Blackley, Nottingham Trent University[/box] [dropcap]F[/dropcap]or the past few years, Black Friday has become a focal…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is part of the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils Ellen R. Stofan…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Liliana Lyra Jubilut Professor of International Law, Human Rights and Refugee Law, Universidade Católica de Santos,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is part of the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils World Economic Forum[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is part of the Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils Yori Kamphuis Co-founder, Coblue…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Jezard Senior Writer at Formative Content.[/box] [dropcap]Y[/dropcap]ou know your nation is making it as a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with Business Insider Chris Weller Ideas Reporter, Business Insider[/box] [dropcap]P[/dropcap]sychologists…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ali Adnan Ibrahim Global Head of Sustainability and Social Responsibility, Al Baraka Banking Group Mohit Joshi…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Johan Rewilak, Aston University[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Bank of England is poised to raise interest rates for the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jennifer Ferreira, Coventry University[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n many towns and cities across the UK it seems like there…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Udeni Salmon, Keele University[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he young tyros and mouthy bundles of self-confidence that grab the attention…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alex Gray Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 2015, over a billion people migrated: 244 million went abroad and…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ronald Labonte Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Ottawa[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week, representatives from most of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Adam Jezard Senior Writer at Formative Content.[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he walls are coming down in Finland’s schools –…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Buehler Head of Infrastructure & Urban Development, World Economic Forum Thorsten Jelinek Director, Taihe Institute…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]By BRYAN VARTABEDIAN[/box] [dropcap]D[dropcap]octors are an insecure bunch these days. We work under the threat of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Feng Li, City, University of London[/box] [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ide-sharing company Uber has led a charge by companies who…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nicolai Due-Gundersen, Kingston University[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap] blockade against Qatar by its Gulf neighbours is now in its…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alex Simpson, University of Brighton[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he UK has a consumer debt crisis and it is young…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jeff Bray, Bournemouth University and Heather Hartwell, Bournemouth University[/box] [dropcap]E[/dropcap]ating out is bad for us. Studies…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Briony Harris Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]C[/dropcap]hinese unicorns are on the rise. Unicorns – privately owned tech start-ups…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bhaskar Chakravorti Senior Associate Dean, International Business & Finance at The Fletcher School, Tufts University Ravi…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Briony Harris Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]N[/dropcap]orway’s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has just exceeded $1…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Viktor Weber Founder & Director, Future Real Estate Institute[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]utomation is a topic on which most…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Natalie Wolchover Senior Writer[/box] A new idea called the “information bottleneck” is helping to explain the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christine Cole, Nottingham Trent University[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he dominant position that China holds in global manufacturing means that…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Jinghan Zeng, Royal Holloway[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 1793, in his letter to Britain’s King George III, China’s Qianlong…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Larisa Yarovaya, Anglia Ruskin University[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]slamic finance is enjoying a surge in popularity, with 14% annual…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Daphne Martschenko, University of Cambridge[/box] John, 12-years-old, is three times as old as his brother. How…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anna Bruce-Lockhart Editor, World Economic Forum[/box] They walk among us, dead-eyed, with heavy tread. They are…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Information This entry was posted on October 6, 2017 by fweyzig in English posts.[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Netherlands…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alexander Starritt Editor, Apolitical[/box] You probably don’t realise how much your life is affected by the…

How Emerging Technologies Are Changing the Risk Landscape [dropcap]O[/dropcap]ver the last year, the World Economic Forum project Mitigating Risks in the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rob Wilson, Sheffield Hallam University; Dan Plumley, Sheffield Hallam University, and Kieran Maguire, University of Liverpool[/box]…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rob Gowers, Anglia Ruskin University[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Arsene Wenger was named as the new manager of Arsenal…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Peter Holmes, University of Sussex and Michael Gasiorek, University of Sussex[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]t is commonplace to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Asghar Zaidi, University of Southampton[/box] [dropcap]O[/dropcap]ne of the central arguments in support of pro-immigration policies in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Murray Goulden, University of Nottingham[/box] [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing TfL’s decision to withdraw Uber’s license to operate in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Emma Tominey, University of York[/box] [dropcap]H[/dropcap]ow much should new mothers work? It turns out the example…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Padraic Regan, Trinity College Dublin[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ith plans underway for the UK’s biggest peacetime repatriation of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Alexander Tziamalis, Sheffield Hallam University[/box] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]ritain is locked in a seemingly constant battle with the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Andrew Wright Freelance writer This article is part of the India Economic Summit[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]ndia’s economic success in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McKenna Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]S[/dropcap]audi Arabia is putting vast sums of money behind its ambitions to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]James Hewitt Head of Science & Innovation, Hintsa Performance[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]e are accelerating into the age of “connected…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Aikman Chief Representative Officer, Greater China, World Economic Forum[/box] 1. In China, you can smile to…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Michael Bordo This article is published in collaboration withVoxEU [/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n third-century Rome, Julius Paulus Prudentissimus, chief…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]David Abulafia, University of Cambridge[/box] [dropcap]F[/dropcap]ew images are more enduring in the historical imagination than the…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mark Sumner, University of Leeds[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he fashion industry has some major sustainability problems. By 2030, it…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Amany Elbanna, Royal Holloway[/box] [dropcap]U[/dropcap]ber has been met with a mix of excitement, anger, protest, legal…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alex Gray Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]A[/dropcap]lmost 10 years after the economic crisis, the world economy is in much…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with MIT News[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]f at first you don’t succeed, try,…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Vasudha Thirani Policy Associate, #DigitalIndia Foundation Arvind Gupta Chief Technology Officer, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)[/box] [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ecently, Equifax, a…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Tilmann Gabriel, City, University of London[/box] [dropcap]R[/dropcap]yanair’s announcement that it is cancelling 18,000 flights between November…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Julia Gillen, Lancaster University[/box] [dropcap]S[/dropcap]ocial media site Twitter is trialling longer, 280-character limits to help users…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Yeganeh Morakabati, Bournemouth University[/box] [dropcap]I[/dropcap]n 2016, tourism in the Caribbean saw a healthy growth of 4.7%…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Valerie Smith Director and Global Head of Corporate Sustainability, Citi This article is part of the Sustainable…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Johan Rockström Executive Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University This article is part of the Sustainable Development…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]John McKenna Formative Content[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]orldwide fossil fuel use could end as early as 2050. By then…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Mirjam Schöning Head of Learning through Play in Early Childhood programme, The Lego Foundation Christina Witcomb…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Rebecca Mardon, Cardiff University[/box] [dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Snapchat launched in 2011, ephemerality was its unique selling point. Its…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Nafis Alam, University of Reading[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he future of money looks very different in the world of…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chengwei Liu, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick[/box] [dropcap]B[/dropcap]ill Gates is a lot luckier than you…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Eva Selenko, Loughborough University and Chris Stride, University of Sheffield[/box] [dropcap]“W[/dropcap]ill I lose my job in…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Issac John /dubai[/box] Dubai has set a target of 20 million visitors by 2020, which would…

[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Chia Yan Min Economics Correspondent[/box] It ranks 11th out of 130 nations, having developed 73% of…