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Keeping it in the family
This week marks the launch of our latest research report “Family Matters, Governance Practices in GCC Family Firms” – a piece of research jointly conducted by ourselves and PwC. Over
Why perceptions matter in the fight against corruption
The end of the year always brings with it new surveys of the year in review covering all kinds of issues from the trivial to the serious. One such serious
Bringing Women on Board
Increasing the presence of women on Boards has become a hot topic around the world, linked to finding ways to increase board diversity, broaden approaches to strategic decision-making and enhance
Engaging students in Saudi
We spent a fascinating few days in Saudi Arabia last week, meeting with the Deans and many Faculty members of business and management schools and entrepreneurship centres at the leading
Shedding light on governance practices in family firms
A year ago, when we first came up with the idea of interviewing family firms across the GCC about their governance practices, we got a few skeptical comments from people
Debating Integrated Reporting in Dubai
Wednesday was a big day for the Pearl Initiative, with two events held in Dubai. The first event was held in conjunction with the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry
World Economic Forum
I was recently at the World Economic Forum head office in Geneva for the global task force meeting of the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, commonly known as PACI. The World
The Development of the Pearl Initiative
“The development of the Pearl Initiative is making good progress and we are working hard to engage Private Sector Partners, Global Partners and the academic community. I joined Badr Jafar