State-Owned Enterprises: Hard to swallow, harder to spout
The prevalent view, informed or not, is that State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) are bad news. They are perceived to be inefficient, anti-merit, and prone to cronyism and graft. They have a…
People, business and growth
Doing business in Pakistan is a challenging venture that tends to surpass professional competence, entrepreneurial skills and acumen. Those who have chosen this country as their business destination must, therefore,…
Crisis management in businesses
Many catastrophic events befall on businesses. The question arises whether or not companies give enough thought to know that how these situations might impact their businesses and how to cure…
Business — and the usual
Someone said it was like having a wedding in the family after a long, long wait. That settled it then. There had to be, ultimately, that ‘small’ incident to betray…
Greek business exodus to ‘safe haven’ Bulgaria
Faced with a deep economic crisis at home, at least 11,000 Greek companies have found a safe haven in neighbouring low-wage Bulgaria - the poorest member of the European Union.…
The business of austerity
Our macroeconomic policy stance is and has been seriously wrong for a long time. And it is time we seriously reviewed it. We have been chasing the chimera of fiscal…
The terrorism enterprise
According to a report presented by the DG Rangers in the apex committee on June 4 and later revealed through a press release on June 11, Rs230 billion ill-gotten money…
eGovernment: SECP’s eServices greatly help business entities
During most part of the last decade, the SECP enjoyed a very good reputation for innovative and productive use of information technology at national and international levels. The untiring efforts…
Business plans
The Iran Entrepreneurs Association (IEA) recently organised the first-ever ‘start up weekend’ for women entrepreneurs in Tehran. As a resource person at the event, it was heartening to note the…
Liberians doing business in a country where nothing works
Plagued by power shortages, an erratic water supply and spiralling inflation, many entrepreneurs in Liberia's capital are finding their efforts to prosper in their new-found peace impossible. The poor but…
