By Qatar University Qatar University (QU) will host the Global Innovation Summit 2023 in November this year in the vibrant of Doha, Qatar. Under the theme Shape Tomorrow: Innovate the Sustainable Future, the summit will discuss how businesses and governments can tap into the sustainability opportunity to boost economic prosperity…

Our Distinguished Fellow, Rogério Studart, was a Executive Director of the World Bank when the Global Financial Crisis erupted in 2009. …

By Ailun Gu & John Katsos A crisis can either forge the resilience of societies and organizations or push them to the breaking point. In these critical moments, innovation emerges as the decisive factor that separates survival from failure for societies and organizations of all types, shapes, and sizes. …

Crises have become increasingly common in the global economy, posing greater risks to business stability and prosperity. Corporations now face the challenge of keeping up with a rapidly changing risk environment. One of our members, Lockheed Martin, a Fortune 100 company specializing in advanced technology products in aeronautics, defense, energy…

By Ian Greer It was on the afternoon of the third and final day of this event, organized and hosted by Queen's University Belfast to mark the quarter century since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, that the scale of our achievement really hit me. First to speak that…

By Chris Allen I’ve spent most of my life as a policymaker and troubleshooter. I’ve been a local councilor in the East End of London, a university lecturer in the United Kingdom on development macroeconomics, and became the first head of forecasting at the European Central Bank. …

Japan is situated in an area prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, making it susceptible to higher risks of natural disasters. As a result, natural disaster prevention is a top priority area across all policy spectrums in the country. On September 29 of last year, the GFCC hosted an online webinar…

By Joan MacNaughton The Twentieth Party Congress in October 2022 awarded Xi Jinping an unprecedented extension of his position and power. But his reputation has since been badly dented by the ‘Zero Covid’ policy and associated lockdowns, which he had claimed as a personal triumph but which provoked widespread public…

In. Abdulwahab A. Al Maimani Global Indicators Expert National Competitiveness Office Sultanate of Oman Innovation is a key ingredient to competitiveness through a process of innovation creation, then diffusion, and, lastly, impact. The process of innovation creation answers a fundamental question: how is innovation created, and what factors influence innovation…