Procurement professionals will increasingly be asked to play an important role in adapting to and mitigating the effects of climate change. Unfortunately, we don't have time to waste, either feeling hopeless or waiting for changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and subsequent...

This discussion paper revisits the issue of state-funded activism in the UK and EU. It starts with the hypothesis that there has been a decline in taxpayers’ money given to political advocacy groups because (1) budget cuts under ‘austerity’ have made less money available to...

The paper identifies and analyzes the four main fault lines which will influence the next decades of global philanthropy. All are related to what we can refer to as "the market revolution in global philanthropy". As global philanthropy moves beyond grantmaking, into investment approaches that...

This paper suggests that demand instruments of international vaccine procurement, instead of being seen primarily as a global management instrument, can usefully induce industrial change and technological innovation through improved technical standards and regulations. The example of Indian...

Simpler to me would be a lunar colony with a mini nuclear power plant. The materials for the panels would in both cases be found on the moon. Launching of the panels would benefit from the low gravity on the moon (1/6 of earth gravity) and the earth would still be saved from the environmental...

Energy products such as power, gas, and oil have long been the world's premier commodities. Consumers demand that power and fuel are available when they want it and they prefer to pay less for it. Few know or care where their fuel or power comes from. So for years energy companies believed that...

The global financial crisis has provided clear evidence that the global financial system, including that of Australia, is founded on flawed economic theories. There is no scientific justification for sophisticated risk management, complex institutional structures or intrusive regulation....

Digital technologies are being adopted at a faster pace than previous waves of innovation, and their use is re-shaping administration and business, consumer behaviour and social interactions. They are subject to widely varying regimes, from lightly regulated but heavily standardised global...

Open almost any news source, or simply turn on the program guide of your own television, and the explosive proliferation of sports telecasts is quickly evident. The amount exhibitors pay to sports leagues has reached dizzying heights, in large part due to high demand and the unique, unrecorded...