The Future is Yours; The Future is Digital LONDON, By Tatjana de Kerros | iloubnan.info – June 21, 2011 http://www.iloubnan.info/en/actualite/id/63190/titre/The-Future-is-Yours;-The-Future-is-Digital “A New Tech Bubble…Perhaps, but not in Western Nations” Social media has transformed the manner in which we connect, network, access information and do business. It has shown it has as much the power to… [Read more…]
June 16, 2011
This article is published in the June Edition of SME Advisor ME. Author: Tatjana de Kerros for SME Advisor ME Corporate social responsibility provides competitive advantage in an evolving business environment, says Tatjana de Kerros, an independent research analyst and consultant, specialising in entrepreneurship and private sector development for the GCC region. The current economic and social… [Read more…]
June 2, 2011
A First Step Towards Liberalization A giant leap forward in the liberalization process was achieved when Nestle announced last month that it would set up a direct sales and distribution network in Saudi Arabia. A move to further open the economy and gradually diminish an agency culture in the Kingdom has been expected since its… [Read more…]
March 17, 2011
Steven Klepper, the recipient of the 2011 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, has spent all of his professional career looking at how innovation and the fate of large firms are so closely intertwined. His conclusions on how large firms, start-ups and clusters interact should be required reading for innovation managers and strategists everywhere. Published: March… [Read more…]
February 25, 2011
The changes of foreign ownership laws in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have long been anticipated. It is now expected that 100% ownership for foreign nationals will be introduced as early as the end of 2011, as the draft has now been finalized by the Ministry of Economy and awaits final approval by the concerned… [Read more…]
February 15, 2011
The race for indigenous innovation has been caught in a cross-fire between China and the United States. Whilst China has adopted a protectionist stance in its innovation capabilities to drive high-end industrial development, the United States is calling for domestic innovation models that opens markets and competition, and drives growth. The debate of protectionism vs.… [Read more…]
February 7, 2011
At the present, there are two concepts that are rocking the academic and corporate world. These are enveloped by an even greater, bolder and altruistic notion of redefining not only the purpose of business, but the manner in which we envisage and use capitalism to achieve social and economic aims. One holds that profit should no longer… [Read more…]
January 29, 2011
Only yesterday at the World Economic Forum being held in Davos, Switzerland, a panel of delegates was discussing the implications of ‘Living in a Hyper-connected World’. Led by members of INSEAD, the prominent European Business School, members of the panel were coming to the consensus that new technologies were enabling people to become more engaged;… [Read more…]
January 18, 2011
Interview with Michael E. Porter, Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, Harvard Business School The problem today with capitalism is the relationship between business and society, putting in doubt the purpose of capitalism and the benefits of the capitalist system in meeting societal needs. Business has evolved in a direction were we… [Read more…]
January 17, 2011
By Karen Leigh Wael Fakharany, Google’s North Africa head, is sitting in a fake pyramid in the middle of a man-made lake in a business park somewhere near Giza. We’re down the road from those other pyramids — the famous ones — which represent Egypt’s tradition. This new triangle — in a sprawling, glass-walled area they… [Read more…]
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