Red tape
What if bureacracy is... good?
Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk and the rest of the efficiency hive are missing the power of structure and processes
Washington’s Capitol Hill fight: Government is not the enemy
THE two billionaires, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, were on Capitol Hill at the start of December, to discuss their newly announced advisory team that they say would cut regulations, spending and hea...
Why running the government like a business would be a disaster
A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency
Business leaders see political instability as a threat to Europe
EUROPE must foster greater political stability, cut red tape and reduce energy price volatility to reverse falling foreign direct investment, EY said after a survey of business leaders.
New inter-ministerial committee to make Singapore’s rules more business-friendly
A NEW inter-ministerial committee is looking at how to make Singapore’s business regulations more business-friendly, particularly in reducing costs for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
German business is tangled in red tape
WHEN Markus Wingens created the position of “energy manager” for the metal heat-treatment company he runs in south-western Germany, his idea was to increase energy efficiency and attract customers int...
Every corporation needs a Marie Kondo
The antidote for bureaucratic creep? An annual spring cleaning to prune long-winded reports, time-sucking meetings, and, yes, value-destroying managers.
Better generally right than precisely wrong
The most important and innovative solutions to problems of humankind - like Covid-19 vaccines - emerge from the enterprise of commercial companies. A company’s interest is ultimately embedded within t...
Pricey beef lasagne, mattresses burned twice among Brexit risks
[LONDON] Burning mattresses twice. Hundreds of pounds in extra costs to export a beef lasagne. Own-brand chicken curry hit by tariffs.
Nafta's red tape fight hits snag as business group sounds alarm
THE US, Canada and Mexico are at odds over a proposal to beef up Nafta's powers to cut red tape, as one major business group warns efforts to simplify regulations could end up taking a step backward.
