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Eco-Dictatorship Era

December 13, 2021

The latest UN climate report has stirred the world. The regular global action “Ecological Strike” took place in August a year earlier. This year it is about to be held again. Millions of citizens of 190 countries in different cities are demanding that governments take urgent measures to reduce emissions into the atmosphere and shift to renewable energy.

Does Khabib Nurmagomedov Deserve the N1 Pound-for-Pound Spot over Jon Jones after UFC 254?

As the most highly anticipated fight of 2020 unveiled, UFC 254 showed

by Gela Megeneishvili

October 29, 2020

3 mins read

OPINION: Forging resilient regional supply chains and connectivity

Participation in global and regional supply chains has been one of the

by Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana

October 3, 2020

2 mins read

Why I decided to run for the post of the GPB Director General

The principal reason why I decided to run for the post of

by Khatuna Lagazidze

September 24, 2020

3 mins read

OP-ED

SAVE The Mingrelian Language!

The FINANCIAL -- There are clear expectations in many cultures to marry somebody from theirown group, and not living up to these expectations will at least cause a loss in reputation. This is nicely displayed in the movie Late Marriage by Dover

by Florian Biermann, Maka Chitanava, and Eric Livny

April 12, 2015

7 mins read

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Georgian Tangerines

The FINANCIAL -- The Estonian-Georgian film, Tangerines, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2014. While the film was shot in Guria, the story takes place in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia during the war in the

by Irakli Kochlamazashvili

April 2, 2015

5 mins read

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Georgians fear War and Terrorism the most among former Soviet republics

Since the mid 30s of 20th century, pollsters from all over the world have been asking people about the most pressing issues that their respective societies are facing. In most instances, economic issues top the list. This is especially true for the

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

March 30, 2015

2 mins read

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The challenges of using Facebook for research

The FINANCIAL -- When Pew Research Center studied how Americans access and share local news in three cities, we naturally wanted to analyze the role that Facebook played as a means for people to hear about, discuss and share local news. But

by Kenneth Olmstead and Michael Barthel

March 27, 2015

4 mins read

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From liability to opportunity: How to build food security and nourish growth

The FINANCIAL -- By 2050, the world will need to feed more than nine billion people, requiring nearly 70 percent more food than we consume today.1 Moreover, an expanding global middle class will demand more meat and other protein-rich foods, while extreme

by Nicolas Denis, David Fiocco, and Jeremy Oppenheim

March 24, 2015

9 mins read

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Tax morale is increasing but not everywhere

The FINANCIAL -- Tax evasion in modern Georgia is as old as the practice of collecting taxes itself. They emerged simultaneously in both criminal code and in the minds of regular citizens less than 25 years ago, when we, together with 14

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

March 23, 2015

3 mins read

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Power to the new people analytics

The FINANCIAL -- The latest data and analytics buzz comes from the field of advanced HR analytics, where the application of new techniques and new thinking to talent management is becoming more mainstream, according to McKinsey.

by Bruce Fecheyr-Lippens, Bill Schaninger, and Karen Tanner

March 19, 2015

2 mins read

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The real business of business

The FINANCIAL -- The guiding principle of business value creation is a refreshingly simple construct: companies that grow and earn a return on capital that exceeds their cost of capital create value.

by Marc Goedhart, Tim Koller, and David Wessels

March 17, 2015

10 mins read

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Why Georgia is not South Korea (or Israel)?

The FINANCIAL -- Back in October 2014, soon after the introduction of new visa regulations by the Georgian government, I visited Seoul, the capital of South Korea. An unpleasant surprise awaited me on the way back home at the Seoul airport. The

by Eric Livny, ISET

March 16, 2015

5 mins read

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Is a strong leader all we need?

In this column I focus on the Soviet Union’s legacy and on people’s attitudes towards democratic political systems compared to centralized, authoritarian political systems in which leaders are unhindered by parliaments or elections. I have used the findings of the World Values

by Merab Pachulia, GORBI

March 16, 2015

2 mins read