Author : The Conversation

Accidents will happen – and as far as innovation is concerned, that’s a good thing. While much of any businessperson’s attention is focused on bringing new ideas to market...

John Cryan, the chief executive of Deutsche Bank, has described his bank as “rock solid”. This may be what you would expect to hear from the executive with his...

The oil price is struggling to stay above $30/barrel, little more than a quarter of the price 18 months ago. Recent forecasts for the UK industry have become much...

When Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn flagged up the potential re-nationalisation of British railways, and later made similar comments about the energy industry, his ideas were dismissed as a...

Sometimes silences speak volumes. In his seminal book The Anti-Politics Machine Stanford University anthropologist James Ferguson criticised the World Bank’s 1980s understanding of Lesotho as a “traditional subsistence peasant...

The price of crude oil resumed its slide this week, falling below US$29 a barrel and approaching the 12-year low reached last month. The International Energy Agency is warning...

Another day, another round of disappointing results for Twitter. The past six months have been turbulent for the social media platform. In its latest round of quarterly results, it...

Language skills are often trumpeted as a cornerstone of social integration, allowing citizens to participate fully in their host communities. British Prime Minister David Cameron recently announced a £20m...

The current debate on tax reform in Australia is strong on rhetoric but largely devoid of hard evidence. Also missing are clear proposals from the government that can be...

Companies in distress often recruit a new chief executive officer (CEO) from outside the firm. It looks like Woolworths is currently heading down this path, as could the National...