Technological innovation produces at times big transformational waves that have a profound impact not just in the country where they originally started from, but around the globe. They they have modest origins (just take a look at the first transistor) and they can go unnoticed until suddenly everyone sees them. A transformational wave happens when... Continue Reading →
A couple of decades ago the issue of climate change was mostly an academic subject, or a political battleground on ethics, but despite its media high profile and inspiring promises made at major political summits it remained a subject disconnected from the workings of the economy with the exception of entrepreneurial initiatives in the field... Continue Reading →
Most often the wide public's perception of government is dominated for right or wrong reasons by images of monolithic positioning, inflexibility and appetite for taxes and control. Recent financial buffeting resulting in slashed budgets and staff culling made it even more difficult for governments to appropriate large public projects aimed at reaching grandiose goals. Perhaps the current... Continue Reading →
