CEO Agenda

A knock on the door interrupts your focus. It’s one of your managers who sticks his head in the door and says, “I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate this job. I can’t wait to come in to work every day.” Does that ever happen? Probably not....

U.S. colleges and universities spent a combined $71.833 billion on research and development in 2016, increased 4.8%, from $68.567 billion in 2015. Research And Development spending is highly concentrated among the top universities, with the top 30 colleges and universities accounting for more than 42% of all research expenditure among...

Companies want to hire the best of the best. But as competition for elite talent intensifies, businesses who seriously explore and invest in a smart remote workforce will stay ahead of their competitors. Technology companies are in a unique position because they are one of the few industries that can...

Emirati Universities clenched seven slots out of a total of 53 of the best universities in the Arab world for 2018 rankings, conducted by the CEOWORLD magazine. In the 2018 ranking, Saudi Arabia’s King Saud University tops the list. It is followed by the United Arab Emirates University, American University...

King Saud University in the City of Riyadh has been ranked number 1 in the CEOWORLD magazine’s best universities in the Arab world for 2018. United Arab Emirates University came in second in the Arab region followed by the American University of Beirut (AUB) at the third position. Other Universities...

Switzerland-based EPFL federal technology institute has been revealed as the most international university in the world, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018, a U.K.-based magazine. Switzerland also took silver in the list with ETH Zurich coming 2nd, followed by the University on Hong Kong, National University...

The international expansion brings valuable business opportunities - not least in unlocking the potential of your employees... It’s easy to focus on international expansion as a predominantly administrative and logistical challenge - but in doing so, many employers overlook the opportunities and possibilities of connecting a global mobility strategy to...

Going to London Business School or Oxford University's Said pays. But it doesn’t pay as much as the Wharton or MIT Sloan. But it pays a lot more than going to University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Salary benchmarking site Emolument.com has compiled a ranking of 20 business schools...

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull launched a new Defence Export Strategy to catapult Australia into the world's top 10 defense exporting countries by 2028. Australia's defence exports are worth about $2 billion a year. And the government has turned to the Australian universities and colleges to help fulfill these goals....

Irish universities have received government approval to hire world-leading researchers and top academics on salaries of up to €335,000 a year. Under public sector pay rules, salaries for public sector employees are capped and can’t be more than the Prime Minister’s annual €190,000 salary. The Government last year provided a...