Hong Kong has been crowned as the most competitive country in the world for 2017, according to World Competitiveness Yearbook 2017 complied by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Switzerland took second spot, followed by Singapore, the United States and the Netherlands. Others in the top 10 most competitive...

Turns Out New York is the smartest city in the world for 2017, according to the IESE Business School's Cities in Motion Index 2017, which ranks the world’s best ("smartest") cities. It is followed by the British capital London, which grabbed second place, and Paris, in third. European and North...

Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz University (KAU) has been ranked number one among the 28 best universities in the Arab world for 2017, according to a study made by the Times Higher Education Rankings, and the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) came in 2nd place. Saudi Arabia's...

There was a 12-fold expansion in international trade between 1950 and 2010. However, the trend has changed markedly since the 2008 crisis. Between 1990 and 2007, world trade flows expanded on average by 6.2 per cent a year. Since 2008, international trade growth has slowed sharply, to just 2.4 per...

Implementing company change isn’t easy. Just ask any of the high-profile company executives profiled on the TV series, Undercover Boss. Frequently, they find out that a change they championed, a new system or policy is a failure and deflating the organization. The change doesn’t help employees serve customers better, or it...

Many workplace interactions are challenged by misinterpretations and judgments. Intergenerational communications at cross-purposes are at the core of many misunderstandings and negative exchanges leading to suboptimal results, higher turnover, and even stalled progress. To attain the performance levels that will enable your business to adapt and succeed in a digitally-enabled,...

When most entrepreneurs launch a business, they assume they’ll handle everything on their own. Marketing? Naturally. Sales? Of course. Web design? No problem. That’s fine and dandy when you’re a small operation based in a garage, but what happens when your pet project balloons to dozens of hires? Administrative tasks...

There are quite a few rich people in the world. Some of them are extremely wealthy, as the number of billionaires has reached the all team peak of 2,043 this year. If you count millionaires as well, there are more than 13 million very rich people in the world. However,...

When you decide to create a new business, it's vital to get off to the best possible start. However, many startup owners struggle from the beginning and fail to generate the momentum they need to establish and grow their new company. However, by taking the time to prepare properly before...