As Trump looms large over Davos, executives keep calm and carry on
Business leaders at this year’s World Economic Forum sought to block out the political noise and focus on what’s happening in the real economy....
Competitiveness
What open-source models can teach us about global trade
August 26, 2025 • by Richard Baldwin, Michael Yaziji in Competitiveness • 11 min read • 
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The rules-based order that underpinned globalization is lurching from an open-source to a closed-source model. But even without the participation of the US, an ‘open hybrid’ system will ensure stability in the...
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Successfully navigating geopolitical rivalry requires a robust geopolitical radar
The mention of geopolitics leads many to ask how company strategies are being reformulated to capitalize on what’s left of globalization. But this overlooks a critical prior question: what’s the best way...
The ‘responsibility paradox’ in era of sharecropper capitalism
Many new businesses have emerged in recent years with few employees, no roots in the community, and heavily reliant on Big Tech for survival. How does this square with the demands for...
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Taking proactive steps to guard against loss of US marketsÂ
A balanced assessment of the past eight years is that, in terms of trade policy, America has turned protectionist, implementing significant measures to restrict domestic market access to foreign (non-US) imports....
Future-ready? A methodical approach will repay youÂ
August 9, 2024 • by Howard H. Yu, Jialu Shan, Alexandre Sonderegger , Lawrence Tempel in Competitiveness • 7 min read
Singapore-based DBS bank was being shaken by nimble competitors from China, and it needed to change fast. But CEO Piyush Gupta knew that blowing a fortune on the latest technology was not...
Concerns over impact of new EU reporting rules on M&A
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will impose comprehensive and standardized sustainability reporting responsibilities on firms, adding unprecedented complexity to mergers and acquisitions....
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