Cash Flow is King

January 31, 2015

Profit dominates business-related headlines. This month, Apple announced the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company. Apple reported a net profit of $18bn in its fiscal first quarter, exceeding the $15.9bn made by ExxonMobil in the second quarter of...

Humbug – Xmas giving is uneconomic

December 15, 2014

We all receive them – those presents that do not quite match our Christmas expectations – the socks from Grandma or the out-of-date chocolates. According to Joel Waldfogel, a neo-classical economist, Christmas giving is economically inefficient. This...

Do you know your themes? That is the question…

December 9, 2014

In the following post, Danielle Maguire, teacher at  Jumeirah English Speaking School, outlines the nature, and importance, of the six concepts underpinning the new Business Management programme. So, you are studying IB Business Management, but just how well do you...

Globalised strategy

November 24, 2014

Globalisation measures the flow of goods, services, capital and labour between countries resulting in the closer integration of the economies, cultures, and political interests of the countries and peoples of the world. Joseph Stiglitz, economist and winner of the...

Innovation at the heart of the Seoul

October 21, 2014

Not surprisingly, South Korea the home for technology giants, such as Samsung and LG. is experiencing a revolution in city living. Home to around 10 million people, Seoul is one of the most technologically advanced cities in the world and has gained a reputation for...

Trending – Five Forces

September 30, 2014

One of the surprising omissions in the new BM programme is Porter’s Five Forces at the time that a non-motivational theorist, Dan Pink, is included under motivation theory. However, Five Forces remains in the BM programme until 2015 examinations and could still...