As even Russia looks to Silicon Valley as a model for its entrepreneurial hub, Colin Brown discovers that Europe will need more than financial investment to make as big a mark
Fragmented and unprofitable, the airline industry has rightly been ravaged by the recession, so why is the much-needed consolidation and liberalisation of aviation seemingly still so difficult to achieve? asks Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Germany’s export industry may be dragging the country out of recession, but with China pulling ahead, its imbalanced economy may spell trouble at home and abroad. William Boston reports
London’s dominance as Europe’s financial centre is under threat like never before. Christopher Owen looks at the viability of the alternatives
All over the world there are teams of people videotaping other people doing their laundry, making breakfast, playing with their kids and taking a shower. They’re not voyeurs; they’re ethnographers, helping businesses deliver what consumers really, really want. Jo Bowman reports
If countries were cars, which would be the fastest, the safest and the sexiest? The answers are no accident. Nations are increasingly calling on advertising agencies to rebrand them as they have done other big business. Jo Bowman reports
The pay-as-you-go pricing model made famous by no-frills airlines is catching on… even consumers are learning to love it, says Jo Bowman