Special Reports

The monumental battle over remote work is heating up this summer as more traditionalist business leaders are demanding that their employees come to the office much or all of the time. Google maps workers, asked to come back to the office full-time recently, fought back with a petition and threats...

Ramon de Oliveira was a Co-founder of the Foundation of the Louvre Museum and Chairman of its Investment Committee for 10 years.  Ramon de Oliveira was knighted as a co- founder of the Foundation of the Louvre Museum and Chairman of its Investment Committee. The Louvre is the most visited...

Entrepreneurship, like most other fields, is male-dominated. We find that only a part of women entrepreneurs is able to make it to the top. Most of the aspiring women, who start, are forced to give up on their dreams to satisfy family responsibilities and to pacify the demands that a...

Building a successful leadership team is about much more than finding people with the right skill set to fill a position. It's about building a self-sustaining team that can function successfully so that you can remove yourself from the day-to-day of running the business. Exceptional executive teams do not just...

Keeping track of employees’ salaries with an effective payroll system enables a business to meet its legal obligations and manage finances in an efficient and timely manner. In order to create a robust structure, you need to keep your payroll organized and up to date to prepare yourself for the...

The world is currently undergoing one of the most transformative periods in a very long time. Following the coronavirus pandemic and the many efforts governments have embarked on as they look to recover, it has indeed been a rollercoaster ride for different countries in their way. Right now, however, that...

Allow me to take you to Niger - landlocked with Algeria to the northwest, Mali to the west, Libya to the northeast, Chad to the east, Nigeria to the south, Benin and Burkina Faso to the southwest. I am sure each of those countries conjures up various images in your...

Entering the business world might seem like a fun adventure, and it can be - if you know how to keep yourself at the top.  Having your own business is exciting. You are the boss of your company, so you get to make all the rules and policies that you...

Everyone possesses a unique set of skills; the problem is that for some, discovering these skills can take a long time. You may think you have a gift for writing but subsequently discover that no one cares about what you have to say. People who think they aren't excellent at...

The writing is on the wall: A shift in supply chain and import compliance expectations is occurring in Washington. A corresponding worldwide sentiment focusing increased attention on the countries, people, and circumstances involved in the production of our imports is steadily growing. U.S. lawmakers, Customs authorities, and perhaps most importantly...