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The recipe for success of El Celler de Can Roca

Joan Roca, the celebrated chef of the Michelin-starred restaurant El Celler de Can Roca, reveals the ingredients necessary for achieving world-class i...

Evidence of intelligent life found on Earth

Applying new smart solutions to the world's cities is changing the energy sector. A 2018 report analyzes this transformation and its implications via ...

New York, London and Paris Firmly Established as the Smartest Cities

Although New York leads the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ Cities in Motion Index for 2018, Europe is the geographical area with the highest concentration of smart cities, with...

From Margin to Center: Fostering Social Cohesion in Cities

Whether living in slums or skyscrapers, all city dwellers ought to be at the center of inclusive, urban policymaking. That is one conclusion of the 20...

Public-private partnerships for smart cities: sharing good practices

By mid-century, more than two out of every three people are expected to live in cities. To accommodate urban growth in smarter, more sustainable citie...

Europe and U.S. are home to world's "smartest" cities

Innovate or perish: The role of multinationals in local R&D

Innovation is at the heart of competitiveness and multinationals wield significant R&D investment power. A Spanish study sets measure for boosting...

Globesity: Connecting globalization and obesity

Thanks to globalization, the world may seem smaller, but the people in it are actually getting larger. Obesity is a pandemic, and the social aspects o...

Boosting Sustainable Growth via the World's Cities

Cities form the backbone of the global economy. At the same time, urban concentrations present their own challenges — including increasing inequality ...

Setting the Wheels in Motion for Sustainable Transportation

Transportation is crucial for cities on the move, but rapid urban growth is multiplying challenges and driving up emissions along the way. How can urb...

Google, Ikea and J&J: 3 strategic approaches to success

Is your corporate strategy based on hard data, institutional values, experience or all of the above? Here's a strategic framework agile enough to appl...

Top innovation management for mature technology firms

How might mature companies break through the exploitation glass ceiling and create new, uncontested growth streams? Seven steps to ignite innovation.

New York edges out London as the world's "smartest" city

New York has passed London to take top spot as the world's "smartest" city. American and European cities clearly dominate the Cities in Motion Index 2...

Greening up in the city: sustainable city best practices

How can cities become part of the solution, instead of part of the environmental problem? Here are best practices for sustainability from around the g...

Boosting competitiveness by managing knowledge well

In business, leveraging knowledge effectively can make or break a firm's competitiveness. Here's how to develop a corporate culture of knowledge manag...

Impact investing: Social enterprises with a healthy return

Funding projects with a positive social or environmental impact and a healthy profit is the goal of impact investing, with BlackRock among its fans.

Picture this: Olapic catches the next wave of e-commerce

Buying a jacket online? If you trust images downloaded by users over the catalog images, you're one of the reasons that Olapic is growing so fast.

London tops the ranking of the world's "smartest" cities

The latest edition of ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½'s Cities in Motion Index reveals that one European, one North American and one Asian city claim the top three spots.

The genuine responsibilities of the CEO

CEOs need to be disciplined in their decision-making, innovative in their work and responsible for their people. This article identifies four main pri...

It's Not Easy Being Green

The world's greenest city: this was Gregor Robertson's goal for Vancouver when elected mayor in 2008. He set 2020 as the deadline to reduce greenhouse...