Global growth is stuck in low gear. Just as a car stuck in low gear can only reach a fraction of its potential speed, the global economy is failing to find its former momentum.

A prediction market is a speculative market designed to generate forecasts. Profits and losses are tied to the outcome of a specific event (e.g. air strikes by the US and Israel on Iran) or a particular variable (e.g. whether the stock market will rise or fall tomorrow), and the contract’s value is ultimately determined by the result.

This study offers a detailed examination of academic scientists to address long-standing questions central to the scholarship of mentorship in organizations. The researchers highlighted key advantages of studying scientific communities in order to ultimately generate new theories and mechanisms that enrich the study of mentorship in organizations.

All around the world, waste separation and recycling have become part and parcel of urban governance. Over the past decade, the SAR Government has, through the “GREEN@COMMUNITY” programme and GREEN$ Incentive Scheme, established a community recycling network throughout the city to mobilize the public to integrate recycling into their daily lives.

Artificial intelligence is evolving from a “copilot” into an “intelligent agent,” and this leap will have an unprecedented impact on the marketing industry.In the past few years, we’ve witnessed how AI, as an efficiency tool, has optimized the marketing value chain: customer service bots have reduced operating costs, generative AI (AIGC) has enabled large‑scale content production, and machine learning has made consumer insights more precise.

Hong Kong is a highly developed economy with close to 94% of its gross domestic product (GDP) generated by the service sector. However, in the current service sector structure lies a “binary structure trap”.

From where I sit in the office at the foot of Lung Fu Shan, the view outside the window is the lush greenery of Pok Fu Lam while the scintillating waters of Victoria Harbour in the distance can barely be made out.

The recent geopolitical rivalry—most notably between the U.S. and China—has fuelled a resurgence of geopolitical risks for firms. This is defined as disruptions driven by state actions seeking advantages over rival countries. A significant source of geopolitical risks stems from firms’ home governments, which may pressure firms to ‘decouple’ or ‘derisk’ from rival countries.