Earlier in 2016, DFID-funded FSD Africa partnered with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) and Anjarwalla & Khanna to conduct a regulatory review of different crowdfunding models across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda. Crowdfunding is fast taking shape across East Africa -...

Conspiracy theorists and laymen wonder whether the emergency measures introduced in response to COVID-19 will be upheld even after the pandemic is over. Using plot elements of Deus Ex the video game, one can show that measures such as movement control are not sustainable in the long run

China’s development model challenges the approaches of traditional, Western donors like the World Bank. We argue that both aim at stability, but differ in the norms propagated to achieve that. Using fixed effects and IV estimations, we analyze a broad range of subnational stability measures in...

Global value chains (GVCs) break up the production process so different steps can be carried out in different countries. It will come as no surprise that GVC trade is very vulnerable to trade costs, which are amplified and magnified when production is geographically fragmented. This paper...

While studies on international corporate social responsibility (CSR) have expanded significantly, their true global nature can be questioned. We systematically review 494 articles in 31 journals over a 31-year period. We assess the embeddedness of CSR in international management/business (IB);...

Each year since 1971, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, has attracted the leadership of global corporations, governmental and non-governmental organizations, as well as other public figures. However, attending the Davos summit is costly for companies with...

Portuguese Abstract: O artigo apresenta uma abordagem crítica sobre desafios à política externa brasileira no futuro próximo. Ênfase é dada a alguns aspectos econômicos e também políticos da posição brasileira como o membro sul-americano dos BRICS, pondo em perspectiva a possibilidade...

This contribution aimed at critically revising the reasons put forward by international organisations, governments, and policy-makers to justify the measures/initiatives aiming at addressing tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy.A careful review of the measures seems to...

The objective of this work is to analyze how conflict gives way to entrepreneurial innovation as a result of facing the non-compatibility between universalism-particularism at the subsidiary of a transnational company located in Mexico. The evidence was obtained by means of a survey, interviews,...

The CFE Tax Advisers Europe welcomes the judgment of the Court as it provides further clarification on the legal protection of the information holders afforded by Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in cases of cross-border exchange of information. Article 47 of...