This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Matthew Stephenson, Head, Investment Policy and Practice, World Economic Forum As the 2022 World Cup nears its grand finale, I was watching a game one night while working and I realised how football and foreign direct investment (FDI) share […]7 ways to explain ‘foreign direct investment’ with football
December 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Matthew Stephenson, Head, Investment Policy and Practice, World Economic Forum As the 2022 World Cup nears its grand finale, I was watching a game one night while working and I realised how football and foreign direct investment (FDI) share […]This UK football club is trialling edible coffee cups
September 6, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content English soccer club Manchester City is trialling an edible coffee cup made from leak-proof wafer.Another English team, Forest Green Rovers, has tried sustainable shirts made from recycled coffee beans and plastic bottles […]European Super League: Why more football is an imperfect solution to sport’s business model problem
April 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Thsis article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stefan Hall, Project Lead, Media, Entertainment and Culture, World Economic Forum The proposed European Super League – abruptly scrapped following an intense backlash – raises important questions about the structural challenges faced by many sports.In football, too few […]Business should be joyful – just ask the sports world
January 3, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alex Liu, Managing partner, AT Kearney The practical power of joy is so clearly evident across most human endeavours, I wonder why business leaders have not made joy a pillar of their performance strategies? As a lifelong fan of team […]How tiny countries top social and economic league tables (and win at football, too)
July 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Rosamond Hutt, Formative Content Sporting history is full of stories of underdogs who defy the odds to triumph over bigger teams. Leicester City’s fairytale rise from the bottom of the United Kingdom’s Premier League in 2015 to the […]France v Croatia: How the World Cup finalists stack up off the pitch
July 13, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Writer, Formative Content It’s a clash of the titans. The match millions have been waiting for. On Sunday, 15 July at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium at 18:00 local time, Croatia takes on France in the final of […]FROM THE FIELD: Finding refuge in the ‘beautiful game’
June 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the United Nations. Teenage refugees from East Africa have discovered that participating in the ‘beautiful game’ as football is often referred to, can level the playing field and help them to integrate into new homes and new cultures. The teenagers are part of a team based in […]
