Digital technology and information – including “big data” – have changed the relationships between businesses and customers in ways that were almost unimaginable a generation ago. Your potential customers and clients know more about your business, and you have the potential to understand more about them than ever before. “Good...

All startups are in a precarious situation when it comes to hiring top talent. Often, they have neither the reputation nor the capital to attract experienced and respected professionals. But, for startups, hiring right people is critical. There’s little room for flubs when it comes to personnel. Your employees represent...

Once again, China was the largest producer of gold in the world, mining 453.5 metric tons in 2016, according to the latest GFMS Gold Survey by Thomson Reuters. Gold mine production in China was also higher with 453.5 metric tons of gold produced in 2016 compared to 450.1 metric tons...

With a total wealth of $3 trillion, New York, the economic hub of the United States, became the wealthiest city in the world, according to the New World Wealth. London followed America's financial capital, New York, with a total wealth of $2.7 trillion --- Tokyo (3rd, $2.5 trillion), San Francisco...

Those graduates coming from prestigious business schools like Berkeley-Haas, Columbia, Harvard, Stanford GSB, and Wharton poised to rake in salaries of well over $170,000 three years after graduation, according to a Social Finance. The average salary for London Business School alumni & graduates is $133,000 per year. In this ranking,...

Startup companies are constantly changing the atmosphere for business around the world. Each year, more startups look for funding sources to get through the first phase of opening a new business. Venture capital firms are the first places most startups look to for initial funding. While most venture capital trends...

The Super Bowl reached viewers around the world, but Olympic advertisers will be communicating with a much broader audience from diverse cultures who will bring with them a different set of interests and emotions. To persuade such a multicultural audience, advertising will need to seek commonalities of the mind and...

A total of four research-intensive universities from the United Arab Emirates — Khalifa University, the United Arab Emirates University, American University of Sharjah, and the University of Sharjah — ranked in the top 250 of the 350 universities in Asia, according to Times Higher Education’s (THE) annual rankings of the...

Every human being longs to belong. We all want to feel loved, accepted, and validated. We want to feel that our lives matter and that we’re part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to make a positive difference. Today, we are more connected digitally than ever before, yet we...