As Washington raises its tariff walls, Brussels keeps collecting trade partners, and rebranding free trade as self-defence. The European Commission brought its interim...
Tag - Business & Investment
Where capital is moving and why
The proposed pan-European corporate form could free Central Europe’s start-ups from disguising their origins behind Western-sounding brands. When the European...
Governments are pouring record public sums into space. But the returns, and above all the rockets, still belong mostly to America and China. Space may well be the final...
Firms worked hard to make their supply chains greener. The more urgent threat is the weather now breaking them, and few have a plan for it. Nearly nine in ten (87 per...
Artificial intelligence is the technology of the moment, and Central and Eastern Europe can meet it as eleven competitors or as one region. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
A competitive Africa requires functional institutions and modern technology. Not just declarations of intent, but implementation capacity. Africa trades as much as East...
Jargon is worn like a flashy label, by the people the least sure they belong. Why the clearest bosses reach for the smallest possible words. Bridges, corridors...
Airlines are dividing their cabins into an increasingly wide array of often confusing options. Do you fly Business Light or Premium Economy? It used to be so simple...
For Generation Z, spending less, not more, has become the ultimate flex. The second-hand trade is booming; the luxury trade, rather less so. If you’ve got it, flaunt it...
The first thirty-five years of CEE capitalism were about creating wealth. The next thirty-five will reveal whether we can perpetuate it. Central and Eastern Europe has...
The Last Word: Vitality can tell you if an organisation has life enough to grow, but only reinvention can explain how that life is renewed. A company can look healthy...
Set the bar honestly and it can be cleared with ease. Create unrealistic expectations however, and prepare to see people left disappointed. Edith Piaf allegedly had a...
Türkiye might not want to join the EU at the moment, but it would certainly like a lot more out of its current relationship with Brussels. During the 2016 Brexit...