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JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2022
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Power Influencers Approaching Risk Management with your Head in the Cloud Interview with Olga Orekhvo, Chief Operating Officer of CompatibL
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Technology Global R&D Effort for Creative Technology Must be Stepped Up Post-Covid Andrew Thompson and Lord Neil Mendoza
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Privacy Concerns and Data Harms in the Metaverse Marcus Carter and Ben Egliston
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Economy How Creative Industries could Boost the Economies of Small Islands Crippled by COVID Peter Rudge
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Strategy Be Very Careful About When and How to Pursue a Vertically Integrated Strategy Howard Yu
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Investment Residency by Investment: Your Insurance for a Brighter Future
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Emerging Markets COVID-19: Are Emerging Markets Recovering? Ronald Leven
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Thailand Is Thailand Ready for More Foreign Direct Investment? Keerati Saneewong Na Ayudthaya and Sirirasi Gobpradit
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Hospitality Industry Global Hospitality Cautious Optimism Peter Plaut
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Automotive Industry The Automotive industry: A Paradigm Change Annamaria Simonazzi
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Healthcare Digital Transformation and Healthcare Innovation Klaus Prettner and David E. Bloom
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Future of Work Omicron Reveals the Fundamental Lack of Vision About the Future of Work Gleb Tsipursky
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Gender Equality Closing the gap: What will it take for the UK to be a “Double X” economy after the pandemic? Christina Palmou
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The Push for, and Rewards of, Greater Board Diversity in the Financial Services Sector Emma Bartlett and David Jones
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Language English and Covid: A Language Meets a Pandemic Roger Kreuz
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World Development Racial Inequalities and the COVID-19 Pandemic Graziella Bertocchi and Arcangelo Dimico
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Diversity How We Should Talk about Racial Disparities Natalie Spievack and Cameryn Okeke
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Crypto Regulation Regulating crypto-assets: Overview of the Upcoming European Regime Anna Carrier
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Banning Binance and the Challenges of Regulating Crypto Nick Barnard
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Sustainability Carbon Pricing: The Best Policy that Nobody Wants Philip Rossetti
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Credits and Incentives Offer the Immediate ROI that ESG Skeptics Seek Anthony DeCandido
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Political Economy British Imperialism, Religion, and the Politics of ‘Divide and Rule’ in the Indian-Subcontinent Kalim Siddiqui
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Islamic Finance Leveraging Islamic Finance to Support Indonesian MSMEs through the Covid Pandemic George Vamos, Ebi Junaidi, Azhar Syahida
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