The world’s banks have seen their overall market value plummet by $5.5 trillion since the start of the financial crisis, according to this report published by The Boston Consulting Group. The losses, equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP, have precipitated a radical restructuring of the world financial order and the rapid decline of the [...]
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New research by Marianne Bertrand, professor of economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and two colleagues from Harvard University, reveals why female MBAs have not performed as well as male MBAs in the job market.
The researchers identify three main reasons for the significant and still rising gender gap in earnings: [...]
Business schools in South Africa, and the world over, are being asked for help in putting ethics in its rightful place. They initially began addressing the issue of ethics in the 1994 publication of Prof. Mervyn King’s first corporate governance report (known as King I), and interest has been growing since.
In particular, there was a [...]
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The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) recently awarded Grupo Prominente and Grupo Assa high positions within its ranking of 2009’s best outsourcing service providers.
The companies have been recognized as among the world’s leading outsourcing service providers. Companies were judged on four critical characteristics: size and growth, customer references, organizational competencies and management [...]
It is now so widely recognized that innovation is a key driver of economic growth that has become something of a cliché. This new Policy Research Working Paper from the World Bank studies product innovation by firms with data from 68 countries, covering more than 25,000 firms in eight manufacturing sectors. The author, Daniel Lederman, [...]
To serve the uninsured, the US relies on charitable medical care, most of which is offered by hospitals that act as providers of last resort. Traditionally, these hospitals have been able to finance their provision of unfunded care through a complex system of cross-subsidies. This working paper by IESE Prof. Núria Mas analyzes the effects [...]
The European Commission has carried out a through review of EU expansion from 2004 to 2007 in its recently-published report, Five Years of an Enlarged EU: Economic Achievements and Challenges. There can be no doubt that in 2004 at least some of the 15 existing EU countries were initially sceptical about the benefits of enlargement [...]
The publication strategy+business has published its annual book review, which is selected by prominent thinkers in the field of business strategy. The chosen titles may help leaders navigate the changing economic, social, technological, and political landscapes that currently shape the way people do business. Among the topics covered are strategy, marketing, innovation, globalization and management.
To [...]
“The Top 10 Food and Drinks Companies: Emerging Opportunities, Growth Strategies and Innovation in the Leading Players” is a new report published by Business Insights that analyzes the innovation and growth strategies of the top 10 players in the food and drinks industry. This report identifies the product areas that the top 10 companies in [...]
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This year’s report from Capgemini and the European Financial Management and Marketing Association (EFMA) draws on a survey of 2,250 distributors and in-depth interviews with 59 senior executives from leading global insurers. The report covers the retail insurance market, including non-life, health and life segments and reveals new insights into, among other things, the [...]
