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Problems at government contractor Capita and the collapse of Carillion are part of the same story of outsourcing gone wrong.
IKEA has strategically exported Swedish cultural concepts like ‘fika’ and ‘lagom’. But what about feminism?
More CEOs and investors are looking to long term value over short term profits – an approach that may net them both.
If you communicate carefully, big retailers will listen.
The UK’s best prospects for a favourable trade agreement with China are to be found by remaining within the EU.
To ensure the success of global trade, we need to understand and make allowances for cultural differences in trust.
Ingvar Kamprad’s Ikea revolutionised retail by popularising flat-pack furniture and building maze-like stores.
It will take 217 years for women to achieve equal pay at the current rate.
It looks like the economists who warned of the potential damage to UK businesses due to Brexit were correct.
The movement against globalisation has shifted from developing to developed countries.
The collapse of Carillion shows that the construction sector needs to change. One option would be to include women.
To buy without owning, to pay rent on something that’s yours – the origins of leasehold ownership look increasingly out of place today.
The evidence shows that PFI is always more costly relative to its publicly funded alternative – and by as much as 40% in some cases.
Hailie Selassie thought his country’s gold could rival the biggest deposits in the world. He may be proven right.
Materialism has an ugly face but it is here to stay. Rather than focusing efforts to diminish it we should utilise materialism to benefit wider society.
The combination of changing your manager early enough and forking out on transfers could be the difference between relegation and Premier League survival.
The DUP should take note: free travel and trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic may hinge on legal arrangements.
The construction industry is characterised by risk, uncertainty and complexity on all levels. Brexit compounds this.
Tencent’s monetisation strategy so far has been counter-intuitive to the traditional way of doing business.
How to tidy up a right royal mess.
Boycotts can bring backlashes – and back tracking.
Why some corporations are quick to respond to criticism, and others hide away.
The digital economy has created millions of jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
No other country has fully adopted the UK model of railway privatisation. And for good reason.