> Return to the #90 Newsletter Summer is here, meaning it is time for the Library’s traditional summer reading recommendations. This year we offer up a selection of new titles that may help readers prepare for a post-Covid world. The list is based on suggestions made for this summer by authors that have won or been listed for the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award. We hope…
Research Guide
Fake News
> Return to the #89 Newsletter Misinformation and disinformation are not a new phenomenon. The production, dissemination and sharing of verifiably false and (in the case of disinformation) intentionally misleading content, usually for political or commercial purposes, have always existed. The difference today is that new digital technologies have made it much easier, quicker and more effective to spread fake news. It can now travel the world in the blink of…
The Future of Work Is Here
> Return to the #88 Newsletter The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced organizations to change the way they work and interact. It has unleashed changes in how and where we work – changes that would probably have happened anyway, just on a longer time line. It has transformed not only the organization of workplaces and workforces but also the very foundations of the employee-employer relationship. Technological advances and changes in economies…
Future of Mobility
> Return to the #87 Newsletter The pandemic has affected mobility all over the world. Trade and travel bans and border closures have been widely used to control the spread of Covid-19. This disruption already comes at a time of transition since the traditional model is no longer sustainable. The global mobility system is in the process of transformation, as new technologies enable the creation of innovative new business models, and…
Sustainable Business
> Return to the #86 Newsletter The COVID-19 crisis has thrust sustainability to the fore of the global policy agenda. Never before have the social, environmental, economic and cultural underpinnings of sustainability been more relevant to the understanding of management and organizations. Corporate sustainability not only enjoys widespread public support but also creates long-term value and bolsters financial performance, research shows. Even before the coronavirus crisis, business leaders were taking the…