[This is an extract from an article in the National newspaper on 5 August 2013] Family firms are the engine of our global economy. Many of the largest multinational corporations

In this week’s blog, Elaine Dezenski of the World Economic Forum talks about transparency and the way forward after the G8 summit. While the message from this week’s G8 was

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I was involved, last week, in a thought-provoking debate amongst regional experts, on the need for more robust governance and risk management practices in companies, and in particular where we

Here at the Pearl Initiative we are always looking for new ways to gain fresh insight into the thinking of the business world, in order to understand how best to

Future leaders are an important constituency for us if we are to effect a change in corporate culture that is sustainable and long term. As such, we want new entrants