Gender diversity essential for business growth
International Women��s Day, a global day of the celebration of women, took place on March 8.

Balanced economic growth
Nearly five years have passed since the onset of the global financial crisis. However, the global economy remains mired in gloomy uncertainty. After..

A shortfall in exportable supply
The troubled eurozone countries including Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Italy owe their problems to their external deficit, not to their fisc..

Why can��t money managers outperform?
There is a lot of money professionally managed in the developed world, trillions of dollars. This money is managed by independent money managers, mu..

Beijing: yuan to behave like other Asian currencies
If unsteady yuan appreciation hasn��t exerted a pull on Asian currencies, it��s implausible that increasing the unsteadiness will increase its pull...

A strong China helps Korean trade
Take a step back and put things into perspective. While China��s policymakers have reduced the growth target of the world��s second largest economy ..

Jobs, jobs, jobs
At a recent breakfast meeting I heard an apocryphal story about Thomas Friedman who is publishing a new book on the state of global economy. The st..

Uncertainty and policy response
After experiencing unrest due to the sovereign debt problems in the euro area from the second half of last year, the world financial markets have re..

Lessons from Kodak��s decline
Another game-changing company is on the brink of extinction. Kodak, a 133-year-old technology company, filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. e..

Revisiting ��chaebolution��
In parallel with what has been a relatively global phenomenon, Korea has seen a stark lurch left in its political dialogue in recent years.

Neighbors more helpful than distant cousins
March 11 marked the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in East Japan in 2011. It was a time to honor the memory of loved ones lost a..

Five lessons from eurozone crisis
The eurozone fiscal crisis has shaken the global economy and financial markets as did the global financial crisis in 2008. East Asian countries cann..

Economic significance of FTAs
The conclusion of Korea-U.S. FTA effective March 15, once again marks Korea��s success in launching trade deals with its major trading partners. Amo..