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The Demand Side of Sustainability

When thinking about sustainability, a few questions come to my mind time and again is – why are sustainable, green, environmentally products and services more expensive? Do they have to be? Do the economics of sustainability make sense for consumers? I don’t mean this from a “save the planet” perspective – environmental economics and the [...] Read more...

City and government officials need to unnderstand “culturenomics” if they want their cities to be competitive.

By Idris Mootee

If you think business is competitive, think about cities. Every city is struggling to find innovative ways to heighten their creative energy and transport their cities to a post industrial age era. One of them is Seoul. It has an ambitious plan to become the “Soul of Asia, a city of design and culture”, reflecting [...] Read more...

Innovation is the new industrial religion. More, Innovation is the new economy.

By Idris Mootee

The Economist called innovation the “industrial religion of the 21st century. ” So what exactly is the new thinking about innovation and why is it so important? Why does it need to be taken so seriously by business and government? Very simply, innovation is the engine of economic progress. Without it many of our firms [...] Read more...