How companies will have to adapt their business models after the pandemic
Article by Richard Breitschwerdt | Illustration by Louseen Smith As Covid-19 spread across the globe, we first experienced impacts on the global value chains as China closed their production sites. Companies in the West had to make initial arrangements to outweigh the dependence on the Chinese market, but it...
Profit maximization, is that all? An analysis of the Brazilian Private Healthcare System
Article by Cesar Shimura | Illustration by Niccolò Cedeno The Brazilian Healthcare system can be analysed through the lenses of the Stakeholder Approach. The development of this theory has been contrary to economists’ usual belief, i.e. a propensity to maximize value for shareholders over stakeholders’ interests. According to...
Two steps forward, one step back: stocktaking from the last Eurogroup meeting
Article by Alessandro Zerbini | Illustration by Silvia Baccanti “Too early to say”, Chinese Prime Minister Zhou Enlai is quoted saying in a conversation with US President Richard Nixon when asked about the impact of the French Revolution. One of history’s most appreciated misunderstandings –the Chinese politician was...