IFC: Corporate Governance Practices in the European Union
For the first time, European Commission Directive 2006/46/EC required all listed companies to produce a corporate governance statement in their annual report to shareholders....
Patrick Awuah: Educating the Future Leaders of Africa
The prestigious and pioneering Ashesi University in Ghana is on a mission to educate a new generation of business leaders. Built on a hilltop...
Jeremy Corbyn: A Political Oddity
Jeremy Corbyn is not easily whipped into toeing the party line. In the 2005-2010 Parliament, he defied his government whip no less than on...
Americas: The Global Reach of US Justice Cleans Up Sports
Whilst the assault on personal freedom and civic liberties perpetrated under the guise of the ill-defined and open-ended war on terrorism has become one...
Nouriel Roubini: Europe’s Barbarians Inside the Gate
I am on a two-week European tour at a time that could make one either very pessimistic or constructively optimistic about Europe’s prospects.
First the...
Stacey Ferreira: The Billion Dollar Pitch
Few people make their first million before they turn twenty, and fewer still can say they have penned an international best-seller to boot. Stacey...
Grant Thornton Hong Kong: Mergers and Acquisitions – Cultural Alignment for...
Too often companies put together look great on paper but are fraught with management and structural problems that end up turning deals into busts....
UNCTAD: Africa Rising
Africa needs investment to advance sustainable development and see the continent prosper. James Zhan, Astrit Sulstarova and Mathabo le Roux argue that the nature...
Flash-in-the-mouth tech win for Scots firm
SCOTTISH dental-imaging tech company Calcivis is getting its teeth into the US thanks to pre-market approval from the FDA.
CEO of the Edinburgh-based firm, Adam...
Margaret Hodge: The Scourge of Tax Dodgers
The pinnacle of Margaret Hodge’s four decades in public life has arguably been the five years spent as the very high profile scourge of...