competition - globalisation - industry
Beyond Business
Produced by Ali Laïdi and presented by Markus Karlsson, our bi-monthly magazine Beyond Business looks at the effects of hyper-competition in the globalised economy.
The humanitarian business
In recent years, a growing number of corporate giants have invested in private humanitarian funds such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or the Clinton Global Initiative. But is mixing business and aid really a good thing?
Industry: secret research
France has 71 competitiveness clusters where companies, research centres and training organisations work together on innovative projects. FRANCE 24 Reporters went to Vegepolys, a cluster specialised in plants in central France.
Angolan arms claims dog French flour miller
Shareholders of the third largest producer of flour in France, the Grand Mills of Strasbourg, are concerned over a new partner with alleged links to arms trafficking in Angola.
Africa's water, at what price?
Most of the world's one billion people who still don't have access to clean and safe drinking water live in Africa. Yet, specialists say this is not only due to a lack of resources.
Pour aller plus loin
- 20/09/2008 : New tune for music industry
- 06/09/2008 : The price of knowledge
- 29/08/2008 : NGOs and business - dangerous liaisons?
- 09/08/2008 : Pricey TV rights for golden Olympics
- 05/07/2008 : Poor countries in the grip of 'vulture funds'
- 07/06/2008 : BMW goes to war against Chinese carmaker
- 18/05/2008 : EADS vs BOEING: Tanker row turns bitter
- 03/05/2008 : The end of the dollar's reign?
- 21/04/2008 : Does military support benefit business?
- 05/04/2008 : Islamic finance booming amid downturn
- 08/03/2008 : The race for clean technologies
- 23/02/2008 : Spotlight on Google in online library boom
- 10/02/2008 : Rafale: conquering the skies?
- 19/01/2008 : The race for digital tracking standards
- 12/12/2007 : Losing ground in the genetic revolution
- 23/12/2007 : French wine industry in the red
- 17/11/2007 : The shady business of football
- 04/11/2008 : Data under scrutiny
- 24/10/2007 : Are Arab economies on the march?
- 06/10/2007 : Brazil: the new agricultural force
- 24/09/2007 : The vulture funds
- 16/08/2007 : About bio-Piracy
- 09/06/2007 : A weapon of economic warfare ?
- 21/05/2007 : The dangers of cybercriminality
- 07/05/2007 : When forgers open supermarkets
- 21/04/2007 : French economic values
