Strategic coherence and ruthlessness are allowing many smaller countries – from Singapore to Israel – to succeed in turbulent...
Tags: Brazil, BRICS, competitive advantage, David Skilling, European integration, Eurozone, G-Zero, G20, Global Brief, Indonesia, Israël, political economy, Singapore, small states, state culture, state performance
GB discusses wealth creation, the state of the Americas, and lessons for the states of the post-Arab Spring with Peru’s...
Tags: Bolivia, Brazil, Cairo, Chile, Colombia, Global Brief, Hernando de Soto, Institute for Liberty and Democracy, Latin America, Lima, Mohamed Bouazizi, Peru, Venezuela
GB examines Asia’s business psyche and the state of business talent the world over with McKinsey global head Dominic Barton
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Tags: Agus Martowardojo, American business, Asia, Bharti Airtel, Brazil, business, business innovation, business leaders, China, Chinese market, Dominic Barton, Global Brief, investments, Japan, JPMorgan Chase, McKinsey & Company, mergers and acquisitions, Nigeria, POSCO, private equity, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Tata, United States
How the current global crisis may trigger a fundamental transformation of the world’s systems
When the world slumped into...
Tags: Brazil, capitalism, China, financial crises, Geoff Mulgan, Global Brief, Great Depression, India, innovation, National Endowment for Science, technological age, Technology and the Arts
Selling the rich on the need to help the less rich and more unequal
The development picture for this early new century...
Tags: Brazil, China, Dan Vexler, development aid, disfranchised, economic stagnation, Egypt, Global Brief, India, Nigeria, Poor, poverty, Vietnam, Western Europe, World Bank
GB discusses competitive advantage, the wealth of firms, and the theatres in which they will compete with the Financial Times’...
Tags: Brazil, China, companies, competitive advantage, Corporate Social Responsibility, economic crisis, financial crises, Financial Times, future of finance, future of international business, Global Brief, John Kay, profitable business, Russia, strategic business planning, US
Brasilia weighs a possible next move against American IP
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Since the dawn of the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World...
Tags: Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Biitencourt, Brazil, Dispute Settlement Understanding, DS 267, Global Brief, Intellectual Property Group, IP protection, Marrakesh Agreement, Santos, Siqueira Castro Advogados, trade dispute, Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, TRIPS, US-Brazilian cotton dispute, US-Brazilian dispute, World Trade Organization, WTO
One decade out, prepare for unexpected winners and losers
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In both the science of chaos theory and the science-fiction...
Tags: Alan Middleton, Brazil, BRIC, chaos theory, China, global brands, Global Brief, global corporations, global GDP, India, Industrial Revolution, market thinking, Microsoft, Russia, Schulich School of Business, winners in business
Pablo Policzer
“South Africa, hands down. True, South Africa does not stand a chance against soccer giants like Brazil,...
Tags: Apartheid, Argentina, Barceolna, Basque, Brazil, Catalan, Champions League, Cristiano Ronaldo, Del Bosque, England, Euro debate, European financial institutions, Eurovision, Flamenco, football, France, Francis Nordmann, Germany, Global Brief, Group A, inequality, Irvin Studin, Italy, Japanese banks, Kaka, Lionel Messi, Madrid, Mexico, Oliver Olah, Pablo Policzer, poverty, South Africa, Spain, Thomas Casarella, undemployment, Uruguay, World Cup
The rise of the 21st century’s newest governance network means that developing countries will need to be all the more strategic...
Tags: Africa’s G4, Asian financial crisis, Bank for International Settlements, Brazil, Bretton Woods institutions, Brookings Institution, China, Financial Crisis, Financial Stability Forum, G20, G20 Finance, G20 Leaders, G7, G8, Global Brief, High Indebted Poor Country Initiative, IMF, India, International Development Research Centre, international economic cooperation, Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, monetary policy, Ngaire Woods, Russia, World Bank
