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From September 2013 ThinkYoung will start conducting research in all EU member states on young people’s perception on failure. This research will go hand in hand with an audio visual documentary that will put a face and a story behind the numbers, giving real life cases of young Europeans that are overcoming failure. The findings will be presented in a series of conferences across Europe.

ThinkYoung launched FAIL2SUCCEED campaign

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 16, 2013

ThinkYoung launched Fail2Succeed, a campaign that aims at reducing the stigma of entrepreneurial failure in Europe encouraging young Europeans to go ahead with their start up, ultimately making a proposal for an improvement in bankruptcy laws.

ANZTEC contains 25 chapters covering a wide range of topics, including Trade in Goods, Rules of Origin, Customs Procedures and Cooperation, Cross Border Trade in Services, Investment, Government Procurement, Dispute Settlement, Technical Barriers to Trade, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Electronic Commerce, Competition, Intellectual Property, Institutional Provisions, General Provisions (Preamble, Definitions, General Exceptions, and Transparency), Labour, Environment, Indigenous Issues, and Film and TV Co-production.

Signing of Taiwan and New Zealand’s Economic Cooperation Agreement

By: EBR | Thursday, July 11, 2013

Taiwan is New Zealand’s 12th largest trading partner, with bilateral trade totaling approximately 1.207 billion U.S. dollars.

Ecommerce Europe has identified three key topics that influence the e-commerce climate: e-regulation, e-payments and e-logistics. Therefore it has created three working committees on these issues. The main goals of these working committees are preparing policy statements, draft white and position papers, provide for networking opportunities and inform European institutions and (inter)national stakeholders.

Representing e-commerce in Europe

By: EBR | Sunday, June 2, 2013

Ecommerce Europe, an initiative taken in February 2012, is the European umbrella association representing companies that sell products and/or services online to consumers in Europe.

Huawei released its audited 2012 global financial results. The company achieved steady business growth, recording sales revenues of US$35.4 billion and net profit of US$2.5 billion. In 2012, Huawei invested US$4.8 billion, or 13.7%, of its total sales revenue into research and development (R&D)

Huawei abandons US but still optimistic about future

By: EBR | Monday, April 29, 2013

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, has given up its quest to conquer the market for telecoms network equipment in the US, where the Chinese company’s sales efforts have been blocked by security fears.

In 2012, Huawei invested US$4.8 billion, or 13.7%, of its total sales revenue into research and development (R&D). The company has established 16 R&D centers and 28 joint innovation centers across the world.

Huawei Optimistic About Future of ICT

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, released its audited 2012 financial results. Huawei achieved steady business growth, recording sales revenues of US$35.4 billion and net profit of US$2.5 billion.

To succeed in his crusade, the Commissioner for Trade, needs the support of the EU’s 27 member states. Many governments, battling unemployment in times of crises, are more focused on winning contracts and investments from China than a questionable united EU trade policy. During a meeting in September 2012 with British Prime Minister David Cameron Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei announced an investment of GBP 650 million (€750 million) and promised to spend the same amount in procurement in the UK over the next 5 years. Last December Huawei announced it will invest €70 million in an R&D center for new technologies for mobile devices in Helsinki.

Trade Commissioner De Gucht on collision course with China

By: EBR | Monday, February 11, 2013

Since his start as European Commissioner for Trade in 2009, Karel de Gucht (a Belgian-Flemish Liberal) has been pushing to stamp out what he believes are illegal Chinese government export-subsidies for their high-tech telecom industry, especially Huawei and ZTE.

Statistically, an entrepreneur’s odds of success are the same whether he or she starts a company during a boom or during a bust. There are distinct advantages to starting a company during a recession.

We are in a recession. Time to start a company!

By: EBR | Saturday, January 5, 2013

Members of the Millennial generation say they're ready to start companies, but the soft economy is stopping them. Bad excuse.

British experts and companies are leading players in legal and accounting services, creative & media, and also the public affairs and public relations business in Brussels. A Cushman & Wakefield study on the leading European cities for business put Brussels in 4th position, behind only London, Paris and Frankfurt (“European Cities Monitor”, 2010).

Belgium a golden opportunity for UK business

By: EBR | Thursday, December 20, 2012

Belgium may not be as well known in the UK as some other global markets, but it is an open and dynamic export market, and the most globalised country in the world according to the Swiss institute ETHZ.

Taiwan is not only a knowledge- and innovation-based economy; it is also one of the few liberal democracies in East Asia. Its policies regarding human rights, democracy, labour and environmental standards are based on the same values as in the EU, in contrast to the situations prevailing in many other Asian countries.

A Taiwan – EU Economic Cooperation Agreement would unlock dynamic gains

By: EBR | Friday, June 22, 2012

European business collectively constitutes the largest group of foreign investors in Taiwan with a cumulative value of €22billion. The joint venture model many European firms have adopted has very successfully combined European expertise with Taiwan’s local knowledge and talent.

Since 2000, the European Commission has added political conditions such as respect for human rights and democracy to its aid and trade agreements with African countries. Yet many people feel that this policy is being undermined, as repressive regimes can increasingly look to China for assistance.

Taming the Dragon: China and the EU in Africa

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 15, 2012

In Luanda, the capital of Angola, Chinese construction workers are relentlessly putting up another gleaming skyscraper, one of many which have been popping up like mushrooms all over the city over the past few years.

‘Imagine a state withholding its power in order to strengthen its citizens‘

Financial Education

By: EBR | Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Bankers are all about to blame, as it appears from media worldwide, for Europe struck with the credit crunch and the consecutive debt crisis. Some less strict commentators admit that politicians, driven by re-election passion, are to be ascribed a wrong-doing too.

Africa Is Open for Business

By: EBR | Monday, February 13, 2012

Angola is offering financial aid to debt-ridden Portugal. The Economist recently declared Africa a "hopeful continent" after years of writing it off as "hopeless." More than a million Chinese are in Africa exploring opportunities in villages and cities.

The energy sector exemplifies the inadequacy of our multilateral institutions. Energy policy is national, but the sector’s externalities are global. A radioactive leak, the rupture of an undersea oil well and, above all, CO2 emissions do not threaten just one country. On the other hand, energy’s benefits adhere to specific agents, be they consumers, producers, or sellers. This imbalance creates a clear incentive for free riders: they benefit, while the rest of us pay.

Energy markets or energy governance?

By: EBR | Thursday, December 22, 2011

This month, the International Energy Agency will publish its annual report, the internationally definitive World Energy Outlook, which will confirm that we are not on the right track to reduce global warming.

The expected geopolitical developments pose some additional challenges to the energy sector. China and India, for example, are growing at a swift pace and are looking for energy resources to support the explosive development of their economies, converting them into some of the main energy consumers in the world.

Young Energy Leaders

By: EBR | Friday, October 21, 2011

Where have you seen young people take the lead in the organization of major conferences with over 900 attendees from all over the world? How often do you see young people sharing their ideas and debating with their peers on stage at international events?

Armed with « Blackberry », laptops, cellphones and other gadgets, generation Y is connected 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Flexibility and personal priorities seem very important for this generation. However, they lack confidence and need supervision structures in order to achieve their work, especially because they are still very young and inexperienced.

How to Manage a Multi-Generational Workforce?

By: EBR | Thursday, October 13, 2011

Today’s one of the biggest managerial dare is to get three generations work together. Everywhere through Europe managers are struggling with the challenges of managing a workforce increasingly diverse.

Europe needs more and "smarter" investment in both public and private research and development while it is observed that countries that have increased their investments in research and innovation have better prospects of exiting the crisis.

Innovation high up in the European agenda - Steve Jobs: lesson for Europe

By: EBR | Wednesday, October 12, 2011

How to facilitate researchers to implement their ideas? Could there be a Steve Jobs in Europe? These questions arise immediately when one realises that Europe has a high level of human potential in research and science.

Simply put, if we are not able to make it work in Europe, how can we possibly make it work for the rest of the world? Europe certainly has sufficient cohesion, political will, experience and historical drivers working in its favor. That, in principle, augurs well for success. But, as we now realize, it is a project of stunning complexity.

Complexity Mathematics, the EU and Global Governance

By: The Globalist | Thursday, October 6, 2011

Linear thinking is no longer sufficient when it comes to global governance. As Andrea Illy, the chairman and CEO of illycaffe S.p.A., explains, supranational governance — such as that practiced in the EU — is a real-world exercise in non-linear complexity management.

The greatest shock that might face European and US manufacturers is the full-scale export of Chinese manufacturing capability similar to that of the Japanese entering the US and Europe.

Beijing wary of bankrolling a lost cause, as it should be

By: EBR | Friday, September 23, 2011

The mix of cultures within the 27-member European Union and the enforcing of monetary union with all its ramifications have caused the present-day crisis. Clear leadership is lacking, as is any determination to stand up to protesters be they workers unions or the general population.

“Put young entrepreneurs in a room together and they will find opportunities and turn them into businesses. I believe European and Chinese entrepreneurs have really complementary skill sets. We are very different but it’s in these differences that we find areas we can collaborate and both grow.”

Inspiring a New Generation of Sino-European Entrepreneurs

By: EBR | Monday, September 19, 2011

The Power of Youth (POY) will host a conference in Tianjin, China later this year in which top young entrepreneurs from all 27 EU member states will meet their Chinese counterparts to discuss everything from collaborative projects to economic policy.

In Europe, sharp cutbacks in public spending in the UK and Southern Europe have depressed growth, and a long-lasting series of increases in tax rates caused a decade and a half of depressed growth in Germany without solving the underlying fiscal problems. In Japan, the exceptionally high debt ratio reflects the economy’s inability to escape from its low-growth trap.

Public debt in the Eurozone - Japan and the US

By: VoxEU.org | Monday, September 19, 2011

Europe’s debt crisis is unfolding while Japanese and US debt problems are on hold. The problem of public debt in advanced economies will be with us for decades. This column introduces a new Geneva Report on the World Economy that addresses the nuts, bolts, and worries surrounding the issue.