The AUC School of Business offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate programs centered on the themes of entrepreneurship, family business, responsible business and economic development. As the school’s knowledge portal, Business Forward highlights the latest developments and trends happening within these broader themes through diverse content covering different fields and industries.
Entrepreneurship
Responsible Business
Family Business
Economic Development
The AUC School of Business offers a wide range of graduate and undergraduate programs centered on the themes of entrepreneurship, family business, responsible business and economic development. As the school’s knowledge portal, Business Forward highlights the latest developments and trends happening within these broader themes through diverse content covering different fields and industries.
Entrepreneurship
Responsible Business
Family Business
Economic Development
Entrepreneurship
In defense of female entrepreneurship in Egypt
Listen to the article Female power may be best summed up in one of Aesop’s fables*, which suggests that “Persuasion is better than force, and a kind and a gentle manner will [...]
How local fashion is growing and surviving in Egypt
Listen to the article When we think of locally-designed and manufactured clothes in the 90s in Egypt, an image of a brick-and-mortar florescent-lit store comes to mind. At least that’s the prevalent [...]
Why is personal branding important and how to make it unique?
Listen to the article In today's competitive world, one might think that an Ivy League university degree coupled with a lot of hard work and a yearly outstanding performance evaluation will definitely [...]
Responsible Business
ESG: between corporate implementation and educational conceptualization
Listen to the article From achieving eco-friendly manufacturing to implementing gender equality and combating corruption, the environmental, social, and governance framework (ESG) has become a target for corporations to implement. The environmental [...]
From mobiles to gadgets: what you need to know about e-waste in Egypt
30-year-old Fatma opens her drawer to find a box full of old, unused gadgets and smartphones that she has no idea what to do with or how to dispose of safely. Fatma is not alone [...]
Women representation on Egyptian corporate boards shows encouraging signs
Every day, more and more women across the globe strive to make a living independently, and are in the process struggling to prove their competence in a largely male-dominated labor market. Women represent 60 percent [...]
Family Business
Expanding the business family: lessons from exciting family businesses
Listen to the article Running a family business does not have the same processes or dimensions as operating a standard business. There are complicating factors that—depending on business governance, philosophy, and management—can [...]
To govern or not to govern: Egypt’s largest family businesses share secrets to long life
Listen to the article From a well-defined constitution to professionally-developed governance strategies and more, determining what makes a business last is by no means an easy task. The answer to the question [...]
Concluding #IMovedMyBusinessForward campaign 2023—family business edition
"In family business, the first generation are the entrepreneurs, the second generation are the caretakers, while the third are the undertakers”. The anonymous quote sadly reflects the fact discovered by the Egyptian Center for Economic [...]
Economic Development
Egypt on board: what does the new BRICS era hold?
Listen to the article In August 2023, the 15th BRICS summit was held in Johannesburg, South Africa. The summit was a pivotal gathering where the BRICS countries came together to discuss pressing [...]
Why did Egypt update its voluntary climate contributions only one year later?
Listen to the article After hosting COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt has demonstrated its commitment to combating climate change by updating its nationally-determined contributions (NDCs)—voluntary climate commitments that must be updated [...]
Rethinking economics for a sustainable future
Listen to the article Policymakers around the world are facing many challenges when it comes to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Developing countries in particular have been struggling with a wide [...]
