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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2021
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Best Partners for Business Growth 2021 International Trade in 2021: Challenges and Opportunities Charles Hollis, Falanx Assynt's Managing Director
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World The Most Comprehensive Predictions Guide to 2021 Graham Vanbergen
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Investment Three Ways The Disruptions of 2020 Will Permanently Change Global Investment Ivan Illán
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Strategy Strategic Drivers for the Post-Pandermic Era Alessandro Lanteri
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Culture Cultural Adaptation is Critical to Covid Vaccine Campaign Success Mélanie Chevalier
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Politics Making Sense of the Far-right March on the US Capitol Anthony Gabb
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Management How to Successfully Manage Remote Teams in 2021 Jeya Thiruchelvam
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Digitalisation From Adam Smith to Karl Marx: How would digitalisation ‘age’? Mandeep K Mahendru and Anirudh Agrawa
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Employment Law The Government has cancelled its review of workers’ rights – what does this mean for UK employment law after Brexit? Pia Sanchez
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Competition Law Merricks v Mastercard: after nearly four years of highs and lows, the Supreme Court endorses a more lenient test for certification of competition claims in the UK Gurpreet Chhokar
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World Development Agriculture, Sustainable Development, and Government Policy in Developing Countries Kalim Siddiqui
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The Importance of Industrialisation to Developing Countries Kalim Siddiqui
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Finance The Rise of ESG Financial Products Victoria Judd and Henrietta Worthington
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Islamic Finance Indonesia, in the Midst of Mainstreaming Islamic Social Finance Abigail Masters, Ebi Junaidi, and Muhammad Ishak
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