As the winds of change spin around the Middle East, a new breeze is emerging in the region carrying with it a seemingly promising opportunity. I am talking about Crowdfunding, which uses the wisdom of the crowd to validate and fund projects and ideas with small (micro) contributions.
The recent controversy over Yahoo’s decision to withdraw a policy allowing its employees to ‘work from home’ has sparked a ferocious and polarizing debate. We have people variously calling it a massive step backwards for corporate culture and flexible working; no less than an attack on women’s employment rights; and a...
The earliest recorded version of the often-quoted phrase ‘those who can’t do, teach’ dates from 1903. Since this was coined, education has been at the forefront of governments’ policy-making and human capital development reforms. Yet, the general attitude across many geographies and cultures still persists that...
Institutional economists assert the important role of institutions in affecting economic change. They underscore the evolution and interplay of demography (quality and quantity of human capital), the stock of human knowledge, and institutional change in conquering the physical and the human environments in order to...
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