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Executive Education: Developing Arab leadership in the Israeli business community

An organisation that seeks to boost Arab leadership in Israel, Kav Mashve, in cooperation with Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, brought 12 MBA students to Cambridge for an immersive Executive Education programme at Cambridge Judge Business School. An Arab born in…

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Participants on the Al-Mada programme outside the gates of Cambridge Judge Business School.

Forbes Middle East: What role does philanthropy play for businesses in the GCC?

A report entitled “Giving in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): evolving towards strategic philanthropy", published by the Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in this article about philanthropy in the GCC area. Read the full…

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Fintech News Middle East: MENA regulators to increase fintech priority

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the prioritisation of fintech among regulators in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. These have moved fintech up the regulatory agency and taken measures to harness the opportunities introduced by technology-enabled financial services…

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Gaza health care

Improve information flows and build cooperation between stakeholders in the health sector in Gaza to address continuing humanitarian needs, says report from the Centre for Business Research at Cambridge Judge. Dr Mona Jebril A new report on health care in…

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The Eid al-Adha morning prayer in Gaza City, 20 July 2021.

Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and World Economic Forum host MENA Regional Fintech Roundtable

Two-day virtual event convenes central bankers, regulators, development organisations and leading FinTech firms to examine practical partnerships for digital finance growth. Finance at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and the World Economic Forum have announced the successful completion…

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Male data scientist uses a laptop to analyse information on a futuristic virtual interface screen.

Leadership lessons: biofuels

Karl W. Feilder of biofuels producer Neutral Fuels talks to Dr David Reiner of Cambridge Judge Business School about sustainability and turning cooking oil to fuel. Over the past decade, Dubai-based Neutral Fuels has pioneered commercial biofuel production in the…

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Group of rows of green stacked biofuel drums in storage warehouse.

Responding to Lebanon’s crisis: mobilising philanthropic funds

A vigil for the victims of the explosium in Beirut / Mehr News Agency / CC BY The emergency in Lebanon caused by the explosion of a stock of ammonium nitrate has created a devastating new level of crisis in…

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Double whammy

Health crisis from pandemic worsens economic issues in Middle East and Northern Africa, says Dr Kamiar Mohaddes. Dr Kamiar Mohaddes The health crisis from the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic exacerbates economic problems in the Middle East and North Africa caused by…

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Forbes: Innovating your way out of the resource curse

A new book “Institutions and Macroeconomic Policies in Resource-Rich Arab Economies" co-edited by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes, University Senior Lecturer in Economics & Policy at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in a Forbes article. The book addresses how Arab countries…

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Oil & economics

New book co-edited by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes of Cambridge Judge Business School says stronger institutions can help oil-rich Arab countries avoid the 'resource curse'. Dr Kamiar Mohaddes A new book co-edited by Kamiar Mohaddes of Cambridge Judge Business School addresses…

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