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Is Friendly synonymous with sustainable?

Surviving in the brutal world of business is tough. Keeping your business afloat in the current economic situation is tougher. Business isn’t about making friends, fighting enemies, or saving the world – business is about m...

by Yara Al Wazir

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Time for Business-Executive Politics in the MENA Region

For decades Arab politics has been an easy ride for the well-established circles that governed states and countries in the MENA region. Whether it is by virtue of blood as in monarchies, money as in oligarchies or simply heavil...

by Mohamed Belarbi

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China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?

The huge growth of Chinese political and business interests in Africa is conceivably the most significant development for the continent’s international relations since the ending of the Cold War. Published trade figures alone...

by Ian Taylor

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There’s A Dark Side To Alibaba’s Massive Profits In China

Every year on November 11, e-commerce giant Alibaba makes business headlines with its sales record on Singles Day, a holiday celebrating China’s single men and women that has become a popular online shopping day. This ye...

by Oiwan Lam

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Do You Have Skin In The Game?

Do you have ‘skin in the game’? Ayn Rand, Noam Chomsky, and Jérôme Cahuzac, interestingly, do or did not have that. ‘Skin in the game’ refers to a person putting his or her money where his or her mouth is. P...

by Bernard Lim

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Is Friendly synonymous with sustainable?

Time for Business-Executive Politics in the MENA Region

China In Africa: Reproducing Dependency?

There’s A Dark Side To Alibaba’s Massive Profits In China

Do You Have Skin In The Game?

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