Is “Trumpism” the Future of America?
By: EBR | Thursday, November 14, 2019
Nikki Haley from Trump skeptic to Trump cheerleader, the former UN ambassador has followed the trajectory of the GOP
Why law enforcement and businesses need to join forces to fight global cybercrime
By: EBR | Thursday, November 14, 2019
The digital revolution is changing the way law enforcement protects communities and the way businesses manage risk
The first central bank digital currency has come into reality
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Eventually, Tunisia seems to be the winner, as for the blockchain-based national currency! The "e-dinar", that is the first digital currency organized by a Central Bank, has just officially been issued
We must bridge the gap between technology and policymaking. Our future depends on it
By: EBR | Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Technologists and policymakers largely inhabit two separate worlds. It’s an old problem, one that the British scientist CP Snow identified in a 1959 essay entitled The Two Cultures
Greta Thunberg’s activism lays a false Climate Change trail
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Few would contest the European Union’s claim to have triggered, and then led, the late 20th century’s worldwide debate on climate change
The $450B opportunity for the applications of artificial intelligence in the banking sector & examples of how banks are using AI
By: EBR | Tuesday, November 12, 2019
Discussions, articles, and reports about the AI opportunity across the financial services industry continue to proliferate amid considerable hype around the technology
Cybersecurity can teach business how to succeed with platform models. Here’s how
By: EBR | Friday, November 1, 2019
In the early era of industrial growth, the only option for a successful business was to fully integrate supply chains and human capital
This is what 2030 could look like if we win the war on climate change
By: EBR | Friday, November 1, 2019
By 2030, your CO2 emissions will be greatly reduced. Meat on your dinner table will be a rare sight. Water and the air you breathe will be cleaner and nature will be in recovery. The money in your wallet will be spent on being with family and friends, not on buying goods
Three ways in which football is helping to recycle plastic
By: EBR | Friday, November 1, 2019
Organisers of sports events are increasingly aware of the environmental impact such events have and are making efforts to become more sustainable, including by reducing and reusing plastics
Why it is Not the Crisis of Capitalism
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 29, 2019
There has recently been an avalanche of articles and books about the ¨crisis of capitalism” predicting its demise or depassement
Economists on the Run
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Paul Krugman and other mainstream trade experts are now admitting that they were wrong about globalization: It hurt American workers far more than they thought it would. Did America’s free market economists help put a protectionist demagogue in the White House?
Preparing Your Firm for AI
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Firms looking to leverage the transformational potential of AI should remember that it is still people who determine the context in which the new technology develops and thrives
Smart taxation in a fast-changing global economy
By: EBR | Wednesday, October 23, 2019
Everyone across the globe is embracing smart technology and digitalisation. In this rapidly changing environment, smart taxation is the solution to drive growth, address current and future challenges of economic change, fulfill international goals and at the same time taking into consideration national needs
Christoph Leitl re-elected as President of EUROCHAMBRES: ‘Politicians can define goals, but companies can realise them’
By: N. Peter Kramer | Friday, October 11, 2019
Christoph Leitl is re-elected as President of EUROCHAMBRES for a new term (2020-22) during the 126th Plenary Assembly – Board of Directors
They are changing our world: let’s give the vote to 16-year-olds
By: EBR | Tuesday, October 8, 2019
They’re tough, they’re outspoken and they’re everywhere
Cities are easy prey for cybercriminals. Here’s how they can fight back
By: EBR | Friday, October 4, 2019
Make no mistake: the world is in the early stages of a techno-war against city governments and urban infrastructure. And while some cities have bolstered their capabilities to patch their vulnerabilities, they are entirely unprepared for the scale of cyberthreats that are coming
This machine read 3.5 million books then told us what it thought about men and women
By: EBR | Friday, October 4, 2019
Machine learning analyzed 3.5 million books to find that adjectives ascribed to women tend to describe physical appearance, whereas words that refer to behavior go to men
Can Huawei play a role in enhancing EU’s technology sovereignty?
By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Huawei offers to become an indispensable partner for the EU as it strives to develop secure and trustworthy networks to empower a common digital future across the continent
Blow for Vestager: tax deal The Netherlands with Starbucks not illegal!
By: N. Peter Kramer | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The tax arrangements that the Dutch Tax Authorities have made with the American coffee chain Starbucks are not in conflict with European rules
10 ways the EU is fighting disinformation
By: EBR | Friday, September 20, 2019
Countering online disinformation is one of the biggest challenges democracies face today
By: N. Peter Kramer
