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6 Tips On How To Make Smart Business Decisions

By: EBR | Thursday, October 22, 2015

Here are 6 tips on how to make smart business decisions when you are on the job.

It also gives the community a selective peek behind the scenes of the organisation’s decision-making, which may demystify it just enough that people feel their own contributions would be valued.

To Succeed at Crowdsourcing, Forget the Crowd

By: EBR | Monday, October 19, 2015

But crowdsourcing has two dirty little secrets. The first is that a flood of ideas does not necessarily equate to greater innovation potential. That’s because companies tend to favour more easily actionable - i.e. less innovative - ideas as contributions pile up.

The so-called “on-demand′′ economy, which attempts to satisfy existing new economic and social conditions in a way that brings together people who have sufficient funds but not enough time with people with sufficient time but not sufficient funds.

The "on-demand" economy

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Despite its opponents’ tenacity at times, who foresee its definitive disappearance, the system of free market economy is being proved to be the most efficient and durable.

Searching the past you can find out that MWC has had several identity changes as it has evolved over the years.

Why is Mobile World Congress not called Mobile Connectivity Congress?

By: EBR | Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Someone (like me!) visiting the MWC for the first time, with no preconceived ideas, might well find themselves wondering why is it called MOBILE World Congress. The variety of industries, applications, activities on display in Barcelona makes the overarching theme open to interpretation.

The Chinese tech giant Huawei is promising a ‘4.5G’ mobile networking solution by 2016 that will deliver more than 1 Gbit/s in throughput with 10 milliseconds latency.

Huawei: 4.5G to bridge the gap between 4G and 5G

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, April 6, 2015

It was said that although the 4.5G tech included prospective 5G features like low latency and virtualisation, it is unlikely it would delay the introduction of 5G. Huawei is aiming to plant its flag in the 5G hill within a few years.

The new Asian investment bank is a clear answer of Beijing on the by the US dominated World Bank.

Top Asian Tiger Taiwan eyes new Asian investment bank prudently

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, April 6, 2015

Founded in 2014 by the Peoples Republic of China (mainland China) and 20 other Asian countries with an initial capital base of US$100 billion, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is set to commence operations later this year.

The EU’s wish is that the Europe regains its pole position in the next generation of communications network systems connectivity after it lost the race on 4G.

4G is a success! Why jumping to 5G?

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, March 30, 2015

During Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (beginning of March), the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Günther Oettinger urged the 5G Private Public Partnership (5G PPP) to increase the efforts for a serious development of 5G.

During a pressconference at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, Günther Oettinger, said that Europe’s authorities have a crucial role in driving the continent’s 5G efforts.

The road to 5G, a challenge for Europe

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, March 24, 2015

From 1G to the more recently deployed 3G and 4G, with each new generation of communications networks systems connectivity becomes more prominent in our lives. And although 4G is only used by a small percentage of the world (for instance Brussels) a dream called 5G is already born!

Astonished, the new European Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, Gunther Oettinger, called it ′a celebration of technology′.

Dossier: Digital, data and the day after tomorrow

By: EBR | Monday, March 23, 2015

The annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (beginning of March) is considered to be the largest event in the calendar of the global telecommunications industry.

Markets face a similar problem: they need to provide a changing basket of billions of different private goods.

Building agencies to rate public policy

By: EBR | Friday, March 6, 2015

Markets have the advantage of the invisible hand: a decentralized system that provides the information, the incentives, and the mobilization of resources needed for the system to self-organize.

31 agreements, MOUs signed at Cross-Strait CEO Summit

By: EBR | Monday, December 29, 2014

Representatives from Taiwanese and mainland Chinese corporations signed 31 agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) at the two-day Cross-Strait CEO Summit that closed 16 December.

The opening of the site marks a further step in Huawei’s European strategy which places a key focus on R&D investment. It follows the recent announcement of a new innovation center in Waldorf, Germany.

Huawei’s two further steps in its European Strategy

By: N. Peter Kramer | Monday, September 15, 2014

Huawei opened recently another R&D site in France and a new Innovation Center at SAP’s headquarters in Germany.

The number of websites has grown to 650.000 at the end of 2013, resulting in 2 million jobs in the same year.

European e-commerce turnover booms by 16%

By: EBR | Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Single Market is the EU’s grown jewel, and online is its natural new home. So let’s bring down those barriers -Neelie Kroes

Huawei supporting European top football

By: EBR | Thursday, June 5, 2014

Huawei is proud to share its passion for football and show fellow fans across Europe its sustainable commitment to countries in which it is active. Arsenal, Ajax, Milan, Glasgow Rangers, Paris St Germain, Dortmund/BVB and Spain’s La Liga.

Cash Incentive to Households Using Renewable Heating Systems In Their Homes

By: EBR | Thursday, April 10, 2014

Today the UK Government has launched the eagerly anticipated Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (d-RHI), to offer homeowners payments to offset the cost of installing low carbon systems.

MEPs rally round "new hope" of Personalised Medicine

By: EBR | Tuesday, March 25, 2014

MEPs have thrown their weight behind a new campaign to promote personalised medicine (PM).

Chemezov´s corporation is already exporting highly technological products to more than 70 countries worldwide including USA, France, UK, Germany and Japan and has joint ventures with Boeing, Airbus, GE, EADS, Daimler, Renault-Nissan, SAFRAN, Pirelli, Alcatel-Lucent and other European companies.

Closer business cooperation offers "way out" of Ukraine crisis

By: EBR | Thursday, March 20, 2014

With global attention currently firmly fixed on the Crimean crisis, it is easy to overlook the rapidly - rising economic ties between Russia, Europe - and Ukraine. Martin Banks reports on one Russian corporation which is "flying the flag" in this field.

Many chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s, are thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and other factors. Such diseases place a significant burden on the healthcare system as well as the patient. PM, it was said, provides the tools to treat such diseases "more effectively than ever before" because it is the tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient.

Personalised medicine can build a "new reality" for Europe´s patients

By: EBR | Thursday, February 20, 2014

Personalised medicine (PM) is starting to "revolutionise" the medical world and the way treatment is delivered.

In the EU the consequences of bankruptcy makes loan eligibility difficult for individuals suffering from low credit scoring. In accordance with the present day credit crunch, entities like the European institutions are posing questionable efforts in alleviating loan qualification. Furthermore the European legislation is not harmonized: the European Commission is taking action based on studies showing that the request to repay debts for a period exceeding three years strongly discourage the decision to start a new business.

Fail2Succeed Campaign

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Today entrepreneurial failure is rarely associated with positive concepts such as learning, experience and opportunity. When failure is mentioned, often this leads to the idea of disappointment, sadness and depression. This stigma has perforated the very essence of entrepreneurship in the EU.

There is a lot of potential in the Eastern European e-commerce market. First of all, only 27 million of 162 million inhabitants are shopping online - a percentage bound to increase once internet penetration is picking up pace. As demand will rise across this region, logistic services will improve, enabling retailers to serve also the less urbanized areas.

35.7% e-commerce growth in Eastern Europe reflects the region’s enormous potential

By: EBR | Thursday, February 13, 2014

With an average growth rate of 35.7% over the year 2012, the e-commerce market in Eastern Europe is comparatively showing the strongest increase in Europe.

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EU Actually

Far-left and far-right gains throw French mainstream parties into a quandary

By: N. Peter Kramer

In many big towns and cities, Socialists and centre-right Republicans are tempted to make electoral pacts on their outside flanks to beat the opposition in next Sunday’s run off of the French mayoral elections.

Europe

EU and the Arab Gulf Must Come Together

The war in Iran proves the United States is now a destabilizing actor for Europe and the Arab Gulf. From protect their economies and energy supplies to safeguarding their territorial integrity, both regions have much to gain from forming a new kind of partnership together.

Business

EU risks losing US soy imports under deforestation rules, Washington warns

The regulation would make the bloc less attractive for American exporters, a senior USDA official said