Ben T. Smith IV, a longtime Silicon Valley executive and currently head of the Communications, Media and Technology practice at Kearney, speaks to Global Finance about the post-SVB venture capital industry and the pace of innovation.
Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest: the pandemic and the global economic slowdown barely made a dent in their huge wealth.
Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano interviews Ásgeir Jónsson, Central Bank Governor of Iceland during Global Finance's World's Best Bank Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th.
The eighth annual survey of the World’s Best Companies profiles the global leaders and the top regional players.
Most of the world’s top companies are having another good year. For many, revenues and profits have been setting new records. Truly great companies seem to have something in their DNA that enables them to adjust to changing global economic conditions and to pounce on opportunities that present themselves.
Nearly 80% of this year’s winners of Global Finance’s best company awards are repeat winners from last year. Rising prices of fuel and raw materials, fluctuating currencies and tough global competition have made the challenge of staying on top more interesting this year. Still, the vast majority of the best companies not only have survived, but they also have thrived and have positioned themselves for greater achievements to come.