Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models

Old Management Systems Stifle New Business Models Even after they determine the right ways to use information to delight their customers, managers must address one equally important challenge. They must update decades-old management systems so they can embrace new digital opportunities. The Challenge of Investing in Digital Assets Unlike their industrial peers, managers of asset-light…

Emerging Markets: The ‘Next 11’ and ‘Fragile 5’

Emerging Markets: The ‘Next 11’ and ‘Fragile 5’ “Regardless of the way an investor gains access to the emerging markets, it is important to recognize that different factors such as commodity prices, economic development, and political instability can affect each emerging economy differently …Rather than simply weighting securities based on market value, fundamental strategies weight…

Will Iceland’s Sovereign Money Proposal End Economic Crises?

Will Iceland’s Sovereign Money Proposal End Economic Crises? by Ash Navabi A recent proposal out of Iceland has been making the waves around economics blogosphere. In it, Frosti Sigurjonsson critiques the current fractional-reserve banking system and proposes instead a system he calls “Sovereign Money”. But what is “sovereign money”, how is it different from the current…

The 25 most exciting bitcoin startups

The 25 most exciting bitcoin startups The bitcoin ecosystem has never been more diverse, with multimillion-dollar companies trying to take the digital currency “mainstream” and hackers dreaming up a new blockchain-powered social order. The 25 most ambitious projects out there, taking the basic principles underpinning the decentralised digital currency in the most outlandish — and…