Family businesses benefit by leveraging knowledgeable senior family leaders with innovative members of the next generation

Research shows that family business protégés — the incoming younger generation — report being most satisfied with mentors who were “still directly involved and active in their family companies rather than retired.” Those same protégés wanted a mentor who seemed invested and interested in their personal development. Mentoring is a critical issue for sustaining a […]

Iran Currency Crisis {Global Trade Issue}

Why Millions Of Tons Of imports waiting at Iran’s Ports Recent update from Iran say that 1.3 million metric tons of “essential goods” have arrived in Iranian waters but cannot be unloaded because importers have not been able to obtain hard currency from the goverment to pay foreign vendors in full. When Iran’s currency began to […]

Corporates should come forward to work directly with farmers says Priyanka Singh – Trade Promotion Council of India {TPCI}

Priyanka Singh, Director, Taj Agro, opines that corporates should lease out their land and provide better competitive rates to farmers for their products. They should also impart training to horticulturists related to modern technology techniques being employed in horticulture. This would also improve the living standards of farmers to a great extent. IBT: How have […]

Bhutan Fostering growth of social businesses

With the choice to focus on Gross National Happiness, Bhutan has chosen to be great instead of big. Through such an approach, the country has become a small giant. As indicated earlier (Kuensel December 8, 2018), this broad policy framework provides tremendous opportunities for leap frogging in terms of Bhutan’s economic development, should the focus […]