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...
Tag - Business & Investment
Where capital is moving and why
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...
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...
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...
Bulgaria’s fourth-largest city will be a fabulous host of next year’s 71st Eurovision Song Contest. The many naysayers need to get a grip. Be it boycotts over Israel’s...
Building infrastructure is a game for giants. Keeping it running, especially the clean-energy grid, is where nimble start-ups now break in. As anyone who has driven over...
Investment funds launch all the time with much fanfare and almost no money behind them. A few pull it off, the rest simply run out of road. I’ve never met Sabrina...
Each of the six Western Balkan economies has found its own tech and innovation niche, and together they add up to far more than the parts. Branko Milutinović and a...
Too many states greet every unicorn as a national triumph. However, the louder a country cheers a start-up, the smaller it starts to sound. There’s no doubt that...
From catching up to shaping Europe: Five strategic resets, and a 5C Framework for winning the Second Age of Leadership in emerging Europe. For thirty years, Central and...