Tag: business

US-China trade war: a layman look

The US-China trade war is an illusion, not the reality. It is reality because the ripples of its impacts are felt across. It is the finest manifestation of the illusion of reality that we have observed in several decades. The situation is likely to worsen further not because of...

Corruption explodes in Bhutan

Barely weeks after the Transparency International published its annual report stating Bhutan is least corrupted in South Asia, a major corruption scandal has shaken Bhutan badly. The case was silently ignored by the government despite media reports. The case is not barely corruption scandal rather an exposure of the...

Political ideology detrimental to economic system

Legal system of a country greatly influences the way business operates. Political and legal systems, to certain extent, determine the kind of economic system a country has and it governs the business activities. The government is the formal institutions and processes that are responsible for making and enforcing the...

The vicious circle of politics and economy

Historically, politics and economy were one topic. Only recently they are being studied separately. Politics and economics have integral relations and it would not be plausible to assume the existence of one without another. Economic dimensions have impact on market and economic reforms, economic performance and system influence the...

Ethics empowers business

Businesses cannot just concentrate on earning more and more through any means and tactics. They are responsible to the communities and the environment in which they operate. This is corporate social responsibility (CSR). Ethics of doing business responsibly is integrated into CSR in one way or the other. A...

FDI and SMEs

While FDI could be beneficial not only for MNEs but for SMEs as well, there are mountains of challenges that SMEs faces while trying to make presence in the global platform. For fear tucked into legal, cultural, procedural and other complexities, the SMEs prefer to remain within the domestic...