The world of work will be different
Foto: huhulin / depositphotos.com From the very beginning of the pandemic, a report by the International Labor Organization (ILO) warned that the labor market would be so distorted, that it would hardly recover in 2023. Obviously, the ILO experts put the blame on the pandemic for the labor crisis, stressing that the job losses destroyed […]
Home office is killing company culture
Foto: 06photo / depositphotos.com During the pandemic, we discovered working from home. Meetings were held digitally, and physical meetings were the exception. Now, after Corona, we witness a vivid discussion about how many days a week employees should come back to the office. Enthusiasm for returning to the old style of working in offices is […]
How to prepare my retirement?
Foto: Surgay / depositphotos.com This question seems to be a bit far-fetched for most of you, but it is important to start thinking about it in time. Why is a transition between active life and the “afterlife” so challenging? When we work over 30 or 40 years, we often get stuck in a hamster wheel […]
Successful business – but not for profit? Bringing the British model to Romania
Investories BRCC Neil McGregor Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 23 May 2022. One of my favourite Romanian expressions from the past is “munca patriotica in zadar” or, as I understand it, “patriotic (i.e. “volunteer”) work which generates no productive result”. Nowadays volunteering […]
Economy, in dreadful need of good governance
Foto: YAYImages/ depositphotos.com We hear more and more the wording “good governance”. The international financial institutions increasingly base their financial support on the condition that their money finances reforms that ensure “good governance”. The concept is not new. It simply defines qualitatively the decision-making process and the process by which decisions are made. Good governance […]
Small figures fight hard with big figures
Foto: Gajus-Images / depositphotos.com It is rare for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revise its economic growth forecasts just one quarter into the year. Analysing the economic growth trends of its 190 member countries, the IMF revised its forecast for 86% of them and lowered its global economic growth projection for this year by […]
How to deal with choleric people?
Foto: ra2studio / depositphotos.com In our business life we don’t just meet nice people with whom we want to hang out. Not everyone has a constructive attitude towards you. Let’s have a look at one particular group of people we can call the cholerics. Choleric people show up everywhere, they can be quite demotivating and […]
The total trading value with the shares listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange doubles in the first quarter to over EUR 1 billion
The first quarter was characterized by the intensification of trading activity on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) amid increased volatility that encompassed international capital markets. As a consequence, the total value of transactions made in the first 3 months of this year with the shares of the companies listed on the Regulated Market of BVB […]
More transparency, combined with risks where there is not enough transparency…
Author: Neil McGregor, Vice-Chair for Corporate Governance & relations with the British Chambers of Commerce, immediate Past Chair, BRCC Bucharest – 3 May 2022. Having written in my previous article about the UK’s new National Security & Investment Act 2021 – and how it has the potential to impact trade and investment between the UK […]
International Women’s Day at Recent Art Museum in Bucharest
On 29 March 2022, the 4th edition of „International Women’s Day” event took place at Muzeul de Artă Recentă (Recent Art Museum) in Bucharest, for the benefit of MARe Foundation. For the second year, the Hellenic-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce supported this special event. The event brought together personalities from the diplomatic and business environment […]