Search results - 21 articles
Getting value for money for the taxpayer
Categories: Articles in English, Government & Public Sector
Reassessing spending and ensuring value for money are powerful weapons in the fight to tame the fiscal deficit.
Publication date: 2013-05
Cross-industry innovation in health care sector
Categories: Articles in English, Government & Public Sector, Life Sciences, Processes, Strategic Direction
Why do firms within the health care sector frequently apply cross-industry innovation (CII)?
Publication date: 2013-05
Health care’s future: digital, democratic and DIY
Categories: Articles in English, Government & Public Sector, Life Sciences, Processes, Strategic Direction
Companies are open to attack from malicious rivals and other nations seeking to steal valuable data, but it is possible to secure your information with the right approach.
Publication date: 2013-05
Myanmar economy: Mobile access set to expand with cheaper SIM cards
Categories: Articles in English, Government & Public Sector, Organization & People, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article, Telecommunications
Mobile-phone access for ordinary citizens in Myanmar is set to expand – on paper, at least – following the long-awaited release of inexpensive SIM cards from April 24th.
Publication date: 2013-04
Israel economy: Israel moves closer to setting up sovereign wealth fund
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Governance & Risk, Government & Public Sector, Oil & Gas, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
The Israeli cabinet approved draft legislation on April 14th to establish a sovereign wealth fund (SWF), which will hold and invest between US$50bn and US$70bn of the revenue that the state expects to earn from the country’s natural gas output over the next 25 years.
Publication date: 2013-04
South Korea economy: BOK holds the line against stimulus pressure
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Governance & Risk, Government & Public Sector, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
The decision by the Bank of Korea (BOK, South Korea’s central bank) to hold its main policy interest rate steady is creating tension with the stimulus-minded government led by the president, Park Geun-hye.
Publication date: 2013-04
Ireland economy: EU agrees to loan maturity extension
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Governance & Risk, Government & Public Sector, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
On April 12th, the EU’s Council of economy and finance ministers (Ecofin) agreed in principle to extend by seven years the maximum average maturity of the EU bail-out loans to Ireland and Portugal.
Publication date: 2013-04
Philippines economy: Property market continues to boom
Categories: Articles in English, Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Organization & People, Real Estate, Strategic Direction, Syndicated article
Rising demand for housing from the families of overseas Filipino workers and the rapidly growing business-process outsourcing (BPO) sector will drive demand for new residential and office units in the capital region.
Publication date: 2013-04
Climate science
Categories: Articles in English, Cleantech, Governance & Risk, Government & Public Sector, Oil & Gas, Strategic Direction, Sustainability, Syndicated article
The climate may be heating up less in response to greenhouse-gas emissions than was once thought. But that does not mean the problem is going away.
Publication date: 2013-03
