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Without them, smartphones wouldn’t really be smart. Apps, the small programs that offer a seemingly infinite variety of games, entertainment, information and productivity tools, are at the heart of today's connected life. Since almost three-quarters of the global population aged 10 and older...

Zurich-based entrepreneur Thomas Huber makes furniture, which is manufactured in Asia according to his designs. He recently established an interesting contact with an Indonesian manufacturer and so decides to fly there to establish what he sees as a promising collaboration. At the company, he...

Mellac, in northwestern France, is not a major name on the Brittany tourist trail. With a population of just over 3000 souls, the village is hardly bustling. But it is part of a quiet global revolution to re-shape the way we're living. A new movement - to establish Fifteen Minute Cities -...

Professor Zellweger, what fascinates you about family-owned companies? They are a type of company that stands in contrast to what they normally teach you when you study business administration: These are companies that do not have purely financial goals, that have a long-term focus. They have...

Mr. Berger, as a management consultant active all over the globe, you have insight into all kinds of companies in all kinds of cultural contexts. How important is loyalty to them today – and what does it actually mean? People used to say you should be loyal to your clients, your...

The healthiest tomatoes never see the light of day. They grow in containers, warehouses and factories on the outskirts of cities. The plants flourish under LED lights whose color and intensity are fine tuned to their needs. The combination of the temperature, humidity and an irrigation system...

The groundbreaking step started with a small incision near the belly button. At the beginning of April 2021, Professor Lutz Mirow, Chief Physician at Chemnitz Hospital in Germany, sat in front of a control console and reached for his scalpel with a robotic hand. For the experienced surgeon...

Fundraising is key to the success of a startup but few founders are experts on raising capital.

A number of years ago, four students had an idea: they wanted to build an electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically, flies in an environmentally friendly manner, travels at lightning speed and is ultra-silent. They were all engineers, and they knew a lot about technology. Their...