Business
GDPR Clock is Ticking for the US Companies as Well: Top 7 Tips to Get Ready
General Data Protection Regulation is about to be applicable as from 25 May 2018. Its long-arm teritorrial reach brings obligations not only to EU...
Using Digital Tools to Transform Transportation
At Transforming Transportation, an international forum at the World Bank headquarters in January 2018, participants took a close look at the potentially enormous impact...
Historical aspects of the economic warfare in the interpretation of Christian Harbulot
Christian Harbulot, director of the Economic Warfare School in Paris, provides an historical reconstruction of the economic balance of power between states. In this...
Digital Identity – Why It Matters and Why It’s Important We Get It Right
Leaders from government, business, international organizations, civil society and the humanitarian community have called for greater multistakeholder cooperation on digital identity. The UNHCR, World...
World’s most vulnerable countries on track to achieve universal Internet access by 2020
The world’s least developed countries are narrowing ‘digital divide,’ and with millions of people now taking advantage of smart phones and other digital devices,...
To Prevent a Digital Dark Age: World Economic Forum Launches Global Centre for Cybersecurity
The World Economic Forum announced today a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity to help build a safe and secure global cyberspace. The centre will...
Automation is fuelling populist mistrust of technology and fears about jobs and privacy
The speed of technological change is accelerating convenience at the expense of trust, raising questions about tech companies’ values, intentions and responsibility to consumers,...
The geopolitical and financial significance of Bitcoin
Bitcoin and the other "cryptocurrencies", namely Ethereum and Litcoin- although there are 33 additional currencies arriving on the Internet - are a brand new...
Radiation Processing Enables Small Businesses to Enter Global Value Chains in Malaysia
In today’s globalized world, becoming part of an international supply chain is key to the prospering of small businesses and their ability to create...
55 New Financial Inclusion Metrics For World’s 2 Billion Unbanked
Today the World Economic Forum and 15 of its partners launched a new financial inclusion measurement framework. It defines the metrics that are crucial...