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"Enough with political correctness and pseudo attempts to make change happen. Now’s the time to step up or stop pretending."

The Darker Side of Organisational Life

By: EBR | Monday, March 22, 2021

Cultural change is not for the faint-hearted or the politically correct

Urban entrepreneurs on digital platforms have access to better offline information, which gives them an edge over rural entrepreneurs.

How the Rural-Urban Divide Plays Out on Digital Platforms

By: EBR | Thursday, March 18, 2021

In the West, villages are emptying out due to the lack of economic opportunities. Consider Italy where, in a bid to attract newcomers, a handful of municipalities have turned to selling houses for €1

“Hydrogen blending can be an especially cost-effective transitional option in those European regions without parallel or duplicated networks, or without (potentially) available gas infrastructure capacity, which can be easily repurposed to hydrogen in the short-term.”

Industry coalition calls for hydrogen blending into gas

By: EBR | Thursday, March 18, 2021

More than 90 energy companies, equipment manufacturers and gas network operators have called on the European Commission to consider hydrogen blending into natural gas for parts of Europe that cannot yet afford a dedicated hydrogen network

Data from online sources like Yelp can help you take the pulse of local business activity in the absence of updated official statistics.

What Yelp Reviews Can Tell Us About the State of the Economy

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Businesses generate a tremendous amount of digital exhaust – that virtual trail of data they collect as part of their operations

A number of industry associations, including steel group Eurofer, chemicals association CEFIC, cement association Cembureau, and Fertilizers Europe last week signed an email asking lawmakers to rethink the proposal and demanding the carbon border policy “co-exist with the current system of free allocation.”

EU Parliament votes to retain free CO2 quotas for industry

By: EBR | Wednesday, March 10, 2021

The European Parliament has rejected proposals to phase out free CO2 pollution credits for industries covered by the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), even as the bloc plans to gradually replace the scheme with a carbon levy at its border

"EU carbon prices have risen to record highs this year, with further rises expected as Brussels tightens climate policies."

Industry lobbies EU lawmakers to change carbon border levy plan

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Some of Europe’s largest industry groups have asked European Union lawmakers to change their position on the bloc’s planned carbon border policy

Failure to apply truly open, interoperable standards for automation tools is costly on all fronts and bold action is needed now to recover from COVID-19.

Universal automation is the innovation gateway the industry sector needs now

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 9, 2021

As the world strives to recover from the pandemic, industry has a golden opportunity to become a central pillar of global economic recovery. So, what will it take to get us there?

«The hiring outlook for women is a lot better than this time last year, but there is an urgent need to make up the lost ground caused by the pandemic.»

3 ways to build equal workforces as COVID-19 dents women’s career prospects

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

International Women’s Day marks almost a full year from when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic

"Results show that autonomous cars and drones are perceived as part of the critical infrastructure due to the large amount of data gathered and stored."

This is what European business leaders think about the future of autonomous machines

By: EBR | Monday, March 8, 2021

Autonomous machines, such as self-driving cars and drones, are a key future technology

How precarious workers balance financial uncertainty, health risks and mental well-being in the age of Covid-19.

What It’s Like to Be a Gig Worker During a Pandemic

By: EBR | Monday, March 1, 2021

Last year, media reports showed surreal images of previously bustling streets laying empty as stores were shut and WFH became the norm

"Now, European business is repeating the recipe of success from its past, most pro-activity. Significant investment in R&D, green development and digitalisation are the key words in Brussels and boardrooms alike. But without another wave of globalisation, they may amount to little more than active inertia."

The Fourth Globalisation and EU business families

By: EBR | Thursday, February 18, 2021

The often-unsaid truth of European business is that it is shockingly concentrated in a relatively small number of families. Part of that is by design

"There is an intangible aspect to successful boards that cannot be captured by curating the right CVs."

The Group Dynamics That Define Well-Functioning Boards

By: EBR | Thursday, February 18, 2021

From the outside, it’s not so difficult to distinguish well-functioning corporate boards from problem-plagued ones

“Over 20% of startups [in healthcare] actually emerged in the first few months of the pandemic. That’s not conceivable in any other economic sector.”

Over 20% of digital healthcare startups emerged during the pandemic

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation of healthcare, encouraging numerous innovative startups to step up and address previously unmet challenges

Big changes are coming for organisations and organisation designs. Whether they will be for good or ill depends on how leaders confront three key possibilities uncovered by the pandemic.

Prospects and Pitfalls for the Post-Pandemic Organisation

By: EBR | Monday, February 15, 2021

As a researcher who studies organisations and their designs, I am often asked to make predictions about the future of organisations after Covid-19

"When the first COVID 19 outbreak in the UK shuttered restaurants, the hospitality industry was supported by government schemes that kept workers in certain industries semi-afloat."

Restaurants and Society After COVID: A Report from London

By: EBR | Monday, February 15, 2021

Open restaurants will lift the spirits of society as a whole. That is especially important for the young

"With less than 10 years to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Decade to Deliver is underway, and leaders must act for impact now."

The circular economy can help save the planet –? if we start innovating now

By: EBR | Thursday, February 11, 2021

As we begin 2021, businesses face a complex matrix of challenges – from rising geo-economic tensions to the urgency of the climate crisis

Most firms that try to build an ecosystem would be better off joining an existing one. The first step is for them to know where they would fit.

The Five Essential Roles of Corporate Ecosystems

By: EBR | Thursday, February 4, 2021

Many companies want to build ecosystems as part of their strategy. They want to become “like Google” or “like Apple” in their attempts to unite firms around themselves. Not all succeed

Fragmentation among top leadership teams is widespread. CEOs should pay heed – and sharpen their most important strategy execution tool.

What Ails Corporate Executive Committees?

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 2, 2021

“A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government”

A careful look at how some firms responded to the Covid-19 crisis reveals a new, more effective supply chain frontier.

Overcoming Barriers to Supply Chain Agility

By: EBR | Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Globalisation of trade and decades-long innovation in supply chain networks have resulted in significant benefits for all stakeholders – greater efficiencies, lower costs, greater access to markets to name just a few

The momentum for sustainability is strong despite misgivings over current financial strains. Few businesses can afford to ignore it.

How Boards Can Steer Companies to “Build Back Better”

By: EBR | Thursday, January 21, 2021

As the novel coronavirus swept the globe last year, the European Union, China, Japan and the United Kingdom announced ambitious plans to cut emissions over the next decades

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Does China care more for the world than the West?

By: N. Peter Kramer

Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, it has been agreed that wealthy and developing countries have a common but distinct responsibility for climate change

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France in fresh political crisis after MPs oust prime minister

France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly

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