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Companies with a higher proportion of women in top management may perform better…

“Women Matter” is a study conducted by McKinsey & Company as part of its global partnership with the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society.

The study suggests that the companies where women are most strongly represented at board or top-management level are also the companies that perform best.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers discusses enablers and barriers to women's economic participation.

Why does gender diversity matter?

China’s economy will surpass that of the United States by 2035 and be twice its size by midcentury, a new report by Albert Keidel concludes. China’s rapid growth is driven by domestic demand—not exports—and will sustain high single-digit growth rates well into this century.

In China’s Economic Rise—Fact and Fiction, Keidel examines China’s likely economic trajectory and its implications for global commercial, institutional, and military leadership.

The subprime mortgage market consists of loans to borrowers with high credit risk, and the mechanisms that have evolved to originate, service, and finance those loans. While this market has existed since the early 1980s, it was not until the mid-1990s that the growth of the subprime industry gained significant momentum. A decade ago, five percent of mortgage loan originations were subprime; by 2005 the figure had jumped to approximately 20 percent. Currently, there are about $1.3 trillion in subprime loans outstanding, with over $600 billion in new subprime loans originated in 2006 alone. Figure 1 shows the growth of subprime originations over time.

PREFACE: “Responding to New Uncertainties” was the theme of the 17th World Economic Forum on East Asia, which was held in Kuala Lumpur. As such, 300 leaders from over 25 different countries examined and discussed the challenges and priorities that will ultimately shape the region’s future agenda.

To Our Nation’s Taxpayers: Since its establishment, the National Tax Agency (NTA) has administered the nation’s taxation system with the aim of its mission of “helping taxpayers to voluntarily fulfill their tax responsibilities properly and smoothly”.

With the reform of Japan’s central government in 2001, we established and published implementation standards and other regulations concerning our operations. In addition, we set performance targets for our organization and then conducted performance evaluations against those targets, releasing the results to the public.

In the face of a rapidly shifting retail landscape, the luxury brands sector continued to climb to new starry heights in the past few years. The latest Nielsen survey on designer brands reveals that consumers remain enraptured by the allure of luxury, and there are generous payoffs for designer brands that dare to diversify.