UNCTAD Investment and Enterprise Division: An Investment Perspective on International Taxation
Tax avoidance practices by multinational enterprises (MNEs) often depend on corporate structures that are built by routing investments through offshore investment hubs or conduits...
Building Blocks Of Success Are Proving Hard To Find For Lego
Beleaguered plastic toy firm is facing a fresh crisis as sales dip, profits slip, and jobs are shed…
By Darren Parkin
WHEN the Great Depression sent...
Chocolate frenzy: don’t bite into the wrong bar, students advise
Dutch university probe highlights one company’s go-ahead policy to avoid cacao from unethical sources
A GROUP of International business management students from the Fontys University...
DIY projects can go wrong – as Wesfarmers finds out in...
Home and hardware chain Homebase is sold for the princely sum of £1 – with strings attached…
By HAL WILLIAMS
THE UK DIY chain Homebase has...
Vulnerability: the heartbeat of creativity and innovation
By CHRIS PATON
THE NUMBER of UK businesses forced to close in the last quarter was 137,210 — 23 percent up on the same period...
A Butterfly without Excuses: Progress Stalled
The ways of the world are quite often more straightforward than they at first glance appear to be. Whatever happens has a cause that...
Jan Pronk: It Takes More than Good Intentions
The government of Sudan declared Jan Pronk persona non grata in October 2006, summoning the UN special envoy to pack his bags and leave...
Statement on Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi)
WASHINGTON, October 12, 2017 ‒ The Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) donor countries today issued the following statement:
It is with great pleasure that we officially launch...
Ilan Kapoor: Not Easily Impressed by Do-Gooders
Professor Ilan Kapoor doesn’t believe in participatory development. He considers the concept little more than a misleading slogan – harsher words have been used...
Queen Rania of Jordan: A Royal Force for Change
Recognising the need for change, Queen Rania of Jordan is not afraid to speak her mind: “We’ve witnessed frustrations boil over as young people...





































