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Your colleagues are not dinosaurs – it's workplace routines that make innovation difficult
Implementing innovations is often much harder than thinking them up in the first place, writes a research fellow in Information Systems.
Workforce and Employment
Why being paid more often – not just more – will help hourly workers
Increasing pay frequency could be a game-changer for millions of people living paycheck to paycheck.
Middle East and North Africa
4 innovation hotspots in the Arab world
From the Algerian telecoms explosion to Emirati start-ups, Arab countries are closing the distance on bigger economies.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
The Fourth Industrial Revolution and the factories of the future
The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with McKinsey, has undertaken a global search and assessment for the most advanced sub-section of companies who are actively deploying 4IR techn...
Sustainable Development
The sustainable fashion revolution is well underway. These 5 trends prove it
From apps that rate your wardrobe for sustainability to mushroom-based textiles, the fashion world is starting to rise to the environmental challenge.
Sustainable Development
The sustainable fashion revolution is well underway. These 5 trends prove it
From apps that rate your wardrobe for sustainability to mushroom-based textiles, the fashion world is starting to rise to the environmental challenge.
Entrepreneurship
Why you should wait until your 40s to become an entrepreneur, according to a new study
What’s the best age to become an entrepreneur? Older than you might think, new research suggests.
Social Innovation
Social entrepreneurs can change the world - but these 6 things are holding us back
"As social entrepreneurs, we need to do what we do best: examine our field and identify challenges, then find solutions to propel our work forward."
Entrepreneurship
This is how knowledge flows across the globe
IMF research looks at the flow of knowledge across borders and around the world.
Entrepreneurship
Introducing schoolkids to the world of work can have immense benefits
A new report says schemes that combine the classroom with the workplace could have numerous benefits.
Entrepreneurship
3 initiatives that can help Puerto Rico's budding start-up scene get to the next level
Entrepreneurship offers hope to an island besieged by economic crises and natural disasters.
Gender Parity
How women are transforming the Arab world's start-up scene
Because the region's tech industry is still relatively new, there is no legacy of it being male-dominated. Female entrepreneurs are working hard to keep it that way.
Entrepreneurship
Could your perception of self-employment be all wrong?
There's a gap between what many people think and reality. In fact, many self-employed people describe receiving regular help, both on and off the books, from family members.
Entrepreneurship
In the race to 50 million users there's one clear winner - and it might surprise you
Technology is changing how quickly innovations and new products spread, with the 50-million-user mark hit in just 19 days by Pokémon Go.
Gender Parity
This is the major contradiction with female start-up funding
New data shows that female entrepreneurs receive a small fraction of the money that men receive, despite being more successful overall.