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On 8 May 2025, the European Commission launched a public consultation to review the Merger Guidelines. In this episode, our host Jenn Mellott speaks with Daniele Calisti, Head of the Mergers Case Support and Policy Unit at DG Competition, who is leading the consultation process. They are joined by David Foster, Director at Frontier Economics, and fellow antitrust partner Thomas Janssens, to explore what changes may be coming – particularly around efficiencies and innovation. While much of what the Commission sets out in the papers released alongside the consultation appears to formalise existing practice, some elements go further and are more novel (e.g., the effects on labour market, economic resilience, environmental sustainability, and broader societal impact of mergers). If the promises of the Draghi Report on innovation and growth in Europe are to be given some weight, the new guidelines should provide clear and explicit direction – particularly in articulating how they envisage a more open and flexible approach to parties demonstrating procompetitive efficiencies. In the podcast, Daniele Calisti highlights two areas where the Commission is particularly keen to receive feedback—drawing on available economic evidence and real-world experience across industries—on how to assess efficiencies. The first is the idea that efficiencies may be more likely to arise when the merging firms' activities are complementary. The second relates to the challenge of evaluating asymmetries between alleged harm and claimed efficiencies, including differences in how and when they materialise. For more on the Commission's evolving thinking you can read our recent blog: Time to catch up: EU reopens the rulebook on mergers and seeks feedback. Please feel free to reach out to your regular Freshfields contacts if you'd like to contribute to the consultation.

Support us on Patreon... Team LMSU are calling all Summerupperers to come join the expanded LMSU universe and support our Patreon! This year we are upping the ante and every fortnight when a regular episode drops, there will be an additional, delicious, subscriber only BoCo episode hitting the feeds as well. Because, THERE IS TOO MUCH! Head on over to https://www.patreon.com/LetMeSumUp.—After an extended summer vacay, Team LMSU is back - and not a minute too soon! The spidey senses of the folks at the Climate Change Authority must have been tingling and with a BOOM dropped their analysis ‘Assessing the impact of a nuclear pathway on Australia's emissions' on the very morning we recorded this episode.Joined by sometime co-host and sensible energy expert superhero Alison Reeve, the crew digest this little amuse bouche: over 1 billion tonnes of extra emissions! The cost of pursuing Frontier Economics' nuclear pathway is quite the emissions mouthful.Sidebar nerd alert: reverse engineer graphs just like the CCA folks with this handy tool: https://www.graphreader.com/ Our main paperIn act 2 of our double nuclear paper spectacular, the LMSU crew takes on the intercontinental ballistic market outlook ‘The Path to a New Era for Nuclear Energy' from the folk at the International Energy Agency. And Hooo-eeeee are they bullish! Their numbers don't lie though and it's more of a ‘let a thousand reactors bloom' kinda sentiment than a bona-fide BOOMtime for nuclear's share of the global pie. Our take? It's 25 years to net zero, we got 80 SMR designs and a drive to cut costs through standardisation and sequencing. Hit It?Aaaaand because we couldn't get nary enough NUKES this week, after we recorded, the House Select Committee on Nuclear Energy released its Interim report for the inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia. Bon appetit!One more thingsAlison's One More Thing is: a recent Carbon Brief analysis that shows clean energy contributed 10% of China's GDP in 2024. Exactly the kind of good news we could stand to see more of!Tennant's One More Thing is: would a Border Carbon Adjustment be a poke in the eye of a newly belligerent USA? (Rather less than the GST!)Frankie's One More Thing is: speculation that the implementation of the 2025 version of the National Construction Code will remain uncertain, especially with the Productivity Commission's recent report recommending an independent review of building regulations.Luke's One More Thing is: that 2025 will see the delivery of sweet, delicious BoCo dessert every fortnight alongside the main course of regular episodes. Head on over to patreon.com/LetMeSumUp to make sure you don't miss a bite.And that's all from us Summerupperers! Send your hot tips and suggestions for papers to us at mailbag@letmesumup.net and check out our back catalogue at letmesumup.net.

One of the key issues of the upcoming federal election is whether or not Australians want nuclear reactors as part of the energy mix. Peter Dutton is all for nuclear, but Anthony Albanese wants renewables. Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Ted O’Brien told Shane Doherty on 4BC Summer Drive, "An independent analysis has been done by Frontier Economics." "They've compared the cost of Labor's pathway to get to a net-zero grid by 2050 to the Coalition's one, which includes nuclear and it says that the Coalition's pathway is $263 billion cheaper." "So, it's basically 44% cheaper to get to a net zero grid," Shadow Minister O'Brien said.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Peter Dutton has released the costings for the Coalition's nuclear energy plan, proposing to build seven nuclear power stations at the sites of current coal plants. The Coalition says its plan would be markedly cheaper than Labor's plan to convert to mostly renewable energy by 2050. But a report from CSIRO and the Australian Energy Market Operator suggests that renewables have the lowest cost range of any new electricity generation. Added to this, debates around energy prices are only going to get bigger as the 2025 federal election draws closer. And in the end, is the ultimate goal of emissions reduction getting lost in the clamour for cheaper bills? On this podcast, Grattan's energy experts Tony Wood and Alison Reeve provide incisive commentary on the state of energy policy - and they argue that Australia shouldn't jump to Plan B anytime soon. Links to reports mentioned in the podcast: - Frontier Economics report https://www.frontier-economics.com.au/economic-analysis-of-including-nuclear-power-in-the-nem/ - CSIRO and AEMO GenCost Report https://www.csiro.au/en/research/technology-space/energy/gencost - Grattan's submission on nuclear energy https://grattan.edu.au/news/nuclear-energy-for-australia/

00:00 Intro02:50 Frontier Economics' nuclear scenario costs08:51 Ben's blurb13:32 Energy hearings continued24:42 GOAT: Ted O'Brien vs Chris Bowen on the 7:30 Report53:14 Interview: Zoe Hilton and Aidan Morrison84:56 Interview: Doomberg https://www.spectator.com.au/2024/12/climate-chains-rise-of-the-normies/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-drive/danny-price-frontier-economics-nuclear-costings/104724780https://www.frontier-economics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Report-1-Base-case-report-Nov-14-2024_v2.pdfhttps://newsletter.doomberg.com/p/power-down-blunder

Our guest in this episode is Catherine Galano, a Director at Frontier Economics. Catherine has over a decade of experience advising clients on strategy, regulatory, and policy issues across sectors, with a focus on energy and transport, in France and at the EU level. In this episode she talks about her career path and development as a leader. Special thanks to Khabibakhon Ubaydullaeva for editing this episode.

Negli ultimi due anni il prezzo delle polizze RC auto è aumentato di oltre il 10%, secondo i dati forniti da FederCarrozzieri. Gli aumenti sono dovuti soprattutto ai rincari dei pezzi di ricambio. Più in generale, è tutto il settore dell’aftermarket che registra un aumento dei costi, dovuti soprattutto alla necessità per le imprese di dotarsi di nuove apparecchiature e di personale sempre più qualificato.Anche se entrerà in vigore solo tra un anno, il nuovo standard Euro 7 preoccupa i produttori per i costi aggiuntivi che comporterà. Secondo uno studio di Frontier Economics pubblicato dall'Acea, l’introduzione dell’Euro 7 comporterà costi industriali da 4 a 10 volte superiori alle stime.

In this episode of AC Audio "Conversations in Competition", Ronan Scanlan, Of Counsel at Arthur Cox and Dave Foster, Director of Frontier Economics, speak about developments in the world of competition law in 2023/2024, including the shifting role of competition regulators in a polycrisis, the developing approach to big tech and firms with market power, and new ways of assessing harm and benefit in reviewing acquisitions in this space. Disclaimer: The contents of this podcast are to assist access to information and do not constitute legal or other advice. Specific advice should be sought in relation to specific cases. If you would like more information on this topic, please contact a member of our team or your usual Arthur Cox contact.

Frontier Economics' latest research paper demonstrates the overwhelming economic case for Guernsey as a net contributor to the UK economy. Guernsey Finance speaks to Matthew Bell, Joint-Head of Public Policy Practice, and Robert Woodhard, Consultant, about the report's key findings.Follow Matthew on LinkedInFollow Robert on LinkedInFollow Frontier Economics on LinkedIn Follow Guernsey Finance on LinkedInFollow Guernsey Finance on Instagram

In this month's podcast we spoke to economist Nicholas Woolley about a new report by Frontier Economics, which found that 184,000 preventable cancers diagnosed in 2023 will cost the UK economy £78 billion. We also spoke to Robert Stebbings of Adfam, about their new report: State of the Family Support Sector. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit instalcstud.substack.com

A new report from Technology Ireland, the Ibec group that represents the technology sector in Ireland, has said that a 10% increase in cloud adoption by the Irish public sector could produce economic benefits of €473 million annually. The report also finds that through greater cloud usage, the public sector would reduce its ICT energy usage by 80%. The Sky is The Limit report produced by the leading international consultancy Frontier Economics, assesses the benefits of increased cloud computing use by the Irish public sector. The report also identifies institutional and policy hurdles currently preventing Irish public sector bodies from availing of the technology. The key findings include: An increase of 10% in cloud adoption by the Irish public sector could produce economic benefits of €473 million annually. — Cloud use would significantly strengthen public sector cybersecurity defences (the HSE's cloud-based systems were those least affected by the 2021 cyberattack). — The public sector would reduce its ICT energy usage by 80%, decrease emissions and enhance sustainability through greater cloud usage. — Public services would be improved by widespread public sector cloud adoption. — The Irish private sector is seen as twice as likely than its public sector counterpart to avail of the cloud. — Countries such as Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, Greece and Poland are ahead of Ireland in terms of their approach to public sector cloud use. — Antiquated procurement systems are preventing the Irish public sector from moving to the cloud. Speaking on the publication of the report, Technology Ireland Director Una Fitzpatrick said: “Much has been written and said about the undisputed power of the cloud to drive business and enterprise growth. But its capacity to transform public services and deliver major benefits for Irish public sector bodies and people in Ireland has largely been overlooked. That is why this report is so valuable – it highlights clearly what the consequences of the Irish public sector's low uptake of the technology. “Moving to the cloud, as Frontier Economics' research demonstrates, would have deep cybersecurity, sustainability, and economic advantages, as well as improving the fundamental quality of public services. It should therefore be a no-brainer for Government.” The report makes several recommendations that, if implemented, could accelerate cloud adoption by the Irish public sector. These include: The development of an effective and fit-for-purpose procurement framework that would enable Irish public sector bodies to properly access cloud services and the benefits they provide. — The adoption of a clear top-down cloud-first policy that would help drive cloud usage across the public sector ecosystem. — Advance planning by public sector bodies to enable the most seamless transition possible to the cloud. — The active involvement of senior decision-makers in the Irish public sector with respect to the cloud strategies of respective public sector entities. Fitzpatrick continued: “Ireland is already home to all of the world's leading cloud computing firms, who have invested massively here in terms of both infrastructure and people-power. Despite this cutting-edge technology on our doorstep, the public sector has been slow to harness it. As the report shows, there is now an opportunity to right that wrong and reap the benefits of digitalisation, in the same way, the private sector in Ireland and the public sectors in countries with whom Ireland often benchmarks itself against, including the UK, Canada, and Australia.” Fitzpatrick added: “Frontier Economics have drilled down into the root causes preventing the Irish public sector from availing of the technology. Antiquated procurement processes are identified as one of the chief problems. That is eminently solvable, as are all of the other obstacles. What's more, the recommendations set out in the text now provide a clear roadmap for the public sector that c...

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Mel and Tim discuss a key battleground ahead of the election, climate change action, with Graham Phelan, ESG Lead for Frontier Economics. Graham takes a look back at previous election results to predict whether climate change action and the recent natural disasters will influence the 2022 election outcome – and considers if it's time to put carbon pricing back on the agenda. Graham discusses the importance of ESG for Australia's international competitiveness and the proactive measures being taken by businesses and financial regulators to protect the economy and environment. Lastly, we touch on the issues impacting voters' hip pockets – inflation, interest rates, petrol and (of course) beer prices.

In this episode, the Ann Zhang from the YPP is joined by Rayhan Haque from the Local Trust, Emily Nielsen from Frontier Economics, and Zineb Ziani from the National Infrastructure Commission to discuss social infrastructure. We answer the questions of what is social infrastructure, why does it matter, and how can we make sure that we have enough of it?

Mel and Tim discuss a key battleground ahead of the election, climate change action, with Graham Phelan, ESG Lead for Frontier Economics. Graham takes a look back at previous election results to predict whether climate change action and the recent natural disasters will influence the 2022 election outcome – and considers if it's time to put carbon pricing back on the agenda. Graham discusses the importance of ESG for Australia's international competitiveness and the proactive measures being taken by businesses and financial regulators to protect the economy and environment. Lastly, we touch on the issues impacting voters' hip pockets – inflation, interest rates, petrol and (of course) beer prices.

Fresh from presenting at the 12th Annual Sustainable Innovation Forum (SIF) which took place alongside COP26 in Glasgow, Timothy Stutt, Partner and Australian ESG Lead will share his key takeaways from the conference, in discussion with Graham Phelan, ESG specialist from Frontier Economics, Rebecca Maslen-Stannage, HSF Chair and Senior Partner and Melanie Debenham, HSF Partner in our environment, planning and communities practice.

Photographer Bassem Khabieh spent time with children in Syria’s rebel-held area of eastern Ghouta, getting to know them and snapping their photos. In many ways, he tried to stay invisible. Often, he captured them just being themselves: playing in a bouncy castle against the backdrop of a city in ruins. Or, blowing bubbles, looking up at the sky.  Children play inside an inflatable castle during Eid al-Fitr celebration in the Douma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, June 26, 2017. Credit: Bassam Khabie/Reuters “Children always ask questions,” he said. “They always try to know what I’m holding, about the camera and how it works. They ask me if we will appear on television.” Related: He survived torture in a Syrian prison. Now, he’s set to study in the US.Those everyday moments — amid small birthday parties and Eid al-Fitr celebrations organized by neighbors or just being at home — were precious to him, and too often, short-lived. The regime forces and its supporters targeted neighborhoods where families lived, and his photography reflects the violence and atrocities that people have been subjected to in Syria.  Abu Malek, one of the survivors of a chemical attack that took place in this location in 2013, uses his crutches to walk along a deserted street. Credit: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters A collection of his photos are now published in a book set to be published this spring, “Witnesses to War: The Children of Syria,” which, through his lens and accompanying text, provides an insider’s account of the impact of the Syrian war on children. The volume marks 10 years — this week — since the start of the uprising in Syria. More than 380,000 people have died in the war that has left cities devastated and displaced more than half of the population. Hundreds of thousands are missing. Khabieh’s photos are a window into the war and the unspeakable atrocities that children there have endured.  “We basically owe a debt of gratitude to the work that people like Bassam and several of his colleagues did at the time.”Alia Malek, journalist, former civil rights lawyer and author of “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria”“We basically owe a debt of gratitude to the work that people like Bassam and several of his colleagues did at the time,” said Alia Malek, journalist, former civil rights lawyer and author of the 2017 book, “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria.”Related: Online learning is a big struggle in formerly ISIS-controlled MosulMalek interviewed Khabieh for the book and wrote the introduction.“The regime very much did not want the world to see, did not want the eyes of the world on the ground,” Malek said. “And when the world could no longer come to Syria, these Syrians brought Syria to the world.”Children in Syria Today, Syria is one of the worst places in the world to be a child, according to a report by World Vision International and Frontier Economics. Children have been gassed, killed, orphaned, uprooted and largely left without an education. Of 600,000 killed, 55,000 were children, and a child’s life expectancy has been reduced by 13 years, the report says. The charity Save the Children reports that 1 in 3 displaced children in Syria would rather be living in another country.  Ghazal, 4, (left) and Judy, 7, carrying 8-month-old Suhair, run away after the shelling of a Red Crescent convoy in Damascus, Syria, May 6, 2015. Credit: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters Related: People in northeast Syria are in desperate need of help. Aid groups can’t get to them.Khabieh witnessed their pain and suffering firsthand.“Month by month, I realized that the most vulnerable in this war are the children,” he recalled.Some of his photos are hard to look at — such as the ones showing children running out of buildings that had been hit by bombs minutes before; fathers holding their dead children shrouded in white cloth; and the tearful mother who doesn’t have enough milk to feed her newborn, so instead, sticks her pinky in the baby’s mouth to calm her hunger.  A baby discovered in the rubble after an airstrike is lifted in the air by White Helmets and community members. Credit: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters But Khabieh didn’t always intend to be a photographer. In 2011, during the early days of the revolution in Syria, he was a computer engineering student in Damascus. People went into the streets, calling for the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad.Khabieh, using his cellphone at first, took pictures at protests and funerals, making sure not to get anyone’s faces because they could get in trouble with security forces.“It was very dangerous for anyone to hold a camera, to try to go to the field and report what’s happening in the streets.”Bassem Khabieh, photographer“It was very dangerous for anyone to hold a camera, to try to go to the field and report what’s happening in the streets,” he recalled.He then uploaded the photos to social media with the hope that the world would learn about what was happening in Syria, he said. A boy sits on a tire in front of a mosque’s bullet-riddled facade on the first day of the Eid al-Adha holy day. Credit: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters “I knew how important it is to use photography to document [these] important events for Syrian people,” he said. ‘It’s a playbook’ Khabieh and Malek both said it’s painful that the world saw plenty of graphic photos and videos coming out of Syria over the years, and yet, decided to look away.Related: US targets Assad govt and backers with toughest sanctions yet against SyriaBy ignoring the atrocities in Syria, Malek said, the world sent a chilling message to protesters everywhere that if they rise up against a powerful dictatorship, they are on their own.“I think the thing that people don’t realize is that, yes, this specifically happened to Syria but it’s going to become a kind of playbook. In many ways, it’s a playbook for regimes that want to stay.” Alia Malek, journalist, former civil rights lawyer and author of “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria”“I think the thing that people don’t realize is that, yes, this specifically happened to Syria but it’s going to become a kind of playbook. In many ways, it’s a playbook for regimes that want to stay,” she said. A man hugs his child before the boy is evacuated during a break in the bombing campaign. The negotiations between the government and the rebels holding Eastern Ghouta forced many men to separate from their children and families. Credit: Bassam Khabieh/Reuters Khabieh left Syria in 2018, after the Syrian regime captured Douma, his hometown. He now lives in Turkey. He couldn’t stay in touch with most of the children he photographed, he said. The war separated them.But he thinks about them all the time. “When I look at my pictures, I remember the circumstances and the time and I wonder where are they living now?” Khabieh said.

Mede mogelijk gemaakt door: Amsterdam Business School In deze aflevering van De Kwestie praat presentator Sander Denneman met Hans Strikwerda, professor of Organization and Change aan de Amsterdam Business School, en Marieke Bax. Zij is commissaris bij meerdere ondernemingen, waaronder vleesproducent VION en financieel adviesbureau Frontier Economics. Zij zoeken antwoord op de vraag 'Wat moeten rvcs, als crisis het nieuwe normaal is? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

My Future Business Show Interview With JELENA RADONJIC #WhatWork #JelenaRadonjic Hi, and welcome to the show! On today's My Future Business Show I have the pleasure of spending time with award-winning Career and Leadership Development Coach Jelena Radonjic, talking about how she helps professionals identify, reach and retain careers they love through her business “What Work”. For context, Jelena has more than 25 years international recruitment and educational management experience, has held managerial and business development roles with P&L accountability, and has worked closely with a wide range of corporate clients from all over the world. Jelena has coached hundreds of clients from financial services, consulting, media, tech and public sector and her clients have found roles at PWC, Deloitte, Amazon, Imperial College, UNICEF, Frontier Economics, Tottenham Hotspur FC, Oxford Instruments, HSBC, AstraZeneca, Microsoft, and many others. Starting her corporate career in Japan, Jelena has worked in several countries and speaks four languages. She is a Forbes Coaches Council member and contributor, speaker and co-author of “JOY- Recipes for Abundance”, which is a book of inspirational stories of women who have overcome diversity and (re)built their life and business. During the call, and amongst other topics, Jelena talks about how humans derive a sense of purpose and fulfilment from their work, and shares the genesis of ‘What Work' and some practical steps you can take to find and keep the career you love. A stand out part of the call for me, was when Jelena shared what it was like to work with spiritual teachers such as John DeMartini and Deepak Chopra. Arising from this experience, Jelena has infused love, joy and spiritual meaning into every aspect of her personal and professional life. To learn more about What Work, or to contact Jelena directly, click the link below.

¿Qué pasa cuando vienes de una vida multitask universitaria y quieres salir al mundo laboral queriendo seguir con el mismo ritmo? El día de hoy platicamos con Catalina Guerrero y cómo los distintos cambios y decisiones han impactado en su vida profesional y personal. A lo largo del episodio escucharás frases como: Hacer muchas cosas no te permite enfocarte. Planear y prepararte te da una enorme ventaja en la vida. Cuando sabes que puedes hacerlo, ¿porqué no te va a ir bien? El experto es aquel que se ha equivocado, aprendido y corregido. Construye tus escalones de ladrillo. · Catalina Guerrero Putz es la primera mexicana en trabajar en Frontier Economics en Madrid. Y ha escrito artículos en la misma empresa: · https://www.frontier-economics.com/uk/en/news-and-articles/articles/article-i7361-nownership-and-the-experience-economy/ Puedes contactar con Catalina en el siguiente Link: http://linkedin.com/in/samantha-gp

L'éventail de ce qui peut être contrefait est large et cela coûte cher aux États européens. Ils perdent chaque année environ 15 milliards d'euros de recettes fiscales selon le dernier rapport de l'Office de l'Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle. Et selon les données de l'agence, le phénomène a cru au cours de la dernière décennie. Le volume de vente de biens contrefaits est passé de 2,5% du commerce mondial en 2013 à environ 3,3% en 2016. Cette année-là, dans l'Union européenne ont été importées pour 121 milliards d'euros de contrefaçons soit 6,8% des importations venues du reste du monde contre 5% trois ans plus tôt. Des sommes d'autant plus importantes que la variété des produits contrefaits est large. Selon l'OCDE, les chaussures caracolent en tête des saisies en terme de valeur, suivies des vêtements et de la maroquinerie, pendant que les produits cosmétiques ne représentent que 5 % et les médicaments 2%. A noter que ces chiffres datent de 2016, c'est l'année où les douanes françaises ont enregistré un pic de saisies en nombre d'articles avant de baisser. 670 000 emplois directs et indirects perdus Le trafic de contrefaçon a un impact sur l’économie européenne. Sur la période 2013-2017, pour le secteur de la mode, cela a représenté en moyenne 37 milliards d'euros de pertes par an en ventes directes et indirectes (cela comprend donc l'impact pour les fournisseurs par exemple). Près de 18 milliards pour les cosmétiques et 10 milliards pour le secteur pharmaceutique. Et avec les recettes, ce sont aussi des emplois qui s'envolent. Toujours selon l'EUIPO, l'Office de l'Union européenne pour la propriété intellectuelle, au total, tous secteurs confondus, 670 000 emplois directs et indirects auraient été perdus dans les entreprises légitimes en Europe du fait des contrefaçons. Par ricochet, cela a un impact sur les caisses des Etats, puisque ce sont autant d'impôts, de taxes et de cotisations sociales en moins. Par ailleurs, le phénomène peut avoir des conséquences à long terme. Car, moins de revenus pour les entreprises, cela peut aussi conduire à une réduction des investissements pour innover. Et puis, si le consommateur ne sait pas qu'il achète une contrefaçon, c'est l'image de marque du produit qu'il pense s'être procuré qui peut pâtir d'une éventuelle moindre qualité. Au-delà de l’aspect qualitatif, les contrefaçons peuvent même présenter des dangers. Le danger des faux médicaments Certains produits présentent des risques pour le consommateur ou l'environnement, même s'il reste souvent difficile d'établir des chiffres précis. L'un des exemples les plus évidents est celui des médicaments. Selon l'Organisation mondiale de la santé, des faux médicaments contre le paludisme pourraient être responsables de 116 000 morts chaque année en Afrique subsaharienne. Car le trafic de faux médicaments sévit aussi largement en Afrique. Sept chefs d'Etat du continent ont d'ailleurs adopté une déclaration politique en vue d'harmoniser la lutte contre ce fléau en début d'année. Au-delà des médicaments, les jouets et vêtements sont aussi pointés du doigt. La présence de produits chimiques néfastes ou de toxines étant les dangers les plus fréquemment relevés. Des produits dangereux qui viennent, ou venaient en tous cas, majoritairement de Chine. Entre 2010 et 2017, 73% des contrefaçons jugées dangereuses dans l'Union européenne provenaient de l'Empire du milieu indique le rapport de l'EUIPO. Enfin, le business de la contrefaçon est souvent associé à d'autres activités illicites. Le blanchiment d'argent ou la traite des êtres humains par exemple. L'Union européenne et l'Afrique ne sont pas les seules concernées. Cela inquiète aussi beaucoup les Etats-Unis qui selon l'OCDE étaient le pays le plus affecté en 2016. La sécurité intérieure a d'ailleurs remis un rapport sur les biens contrefaits et piratés au président américain en janvier. Le département y souligne que le nombre de saisies a été multiplié par 10 entre l'an 2000 et 2018 en raison notamment de la croissance des ventes en ligne sont en cause. Un problème d'autant plus pris au sérieux que le rapport cite une prévision peu rassurante de Frontier Economics. La société de conseils estime qu'en 2022, la valeur du commerce de biens contrefaits et piratés pourrait flirter avec les 1000 milliards de dollars.

In this episode of #AmeerApproved I sit down with Joshua Gans to talk about his new book INNOVATION + EQUALITY. All innovation entails uncertainty; there's no way to predict which new technologies will catch on. Therefore, rather than betting on the future of particular professions, we should consider policies that embrace uncertainty and protect people from unfavorable outcomes. To this end, they suggest policies that promote both innovation and equality. If we encourage innovation in the right way, our future can look more like the cheerful techno-utopia of Star Trek than the dark techno-dystopia of The Terminator. Get access to all my weekly content, episodes, live events, and business-related updates http://tiny.cc/3p9mcz Listen on Itunes http://tiny.cc/fwtvcz Sticher http://tiny.cc/so9mcz Google Podcast http://tiny.cc/dekncz Spotify http://tiny.cc/fxtvcz Guest: https://www.joshuagans.com/innovation-equality Joshua Gans is a Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair of Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto (with a cross appointment in the Department of Economics). Joshua is also Chief Economist of the University of Toronto's Creative Destruction Lab. Prior to 2011, he was the foundation Professor of Management (Information Economics) at the Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne and prior to that he was at the School of Economics, University of New South Wales. In 2011, Joshua was a visiting researcher at Microsoft Research (New England). Joshua holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University and an honors degree in economics from the University of Queensland. In 2012, Joshua was appointed as a Research Associate of the NBER in the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program. At Rotman, he teaches MBA students entrepreneurial strategy. He has also co-authored (with Stephen King and Robin Stonecash) the Australasian edition of Greg Mankiw's Principles of Economics (published by Cengage), Core Economics for Managers (Cengage), Finishing the Job (MUP), Parentonomics (New South/MIT Press) and Information Wants to be Shared (Harvard Business Review Press) and The Disruption Dilemma (MIT Press, 2016); Scholarly Publishing and its Discontents (2017) and Prediction Machines: The Simple Economics of Artificial Intelligence (HBR Press, 2018). His most recent book is Innovation + Equality (MIT Press, 2019). In 2007, Joshua was awarded the Economic Society of Australia’s Young Economist Award. In 2008, Joshua was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Australia. Details of his research activities can be found here. In 2011, Joshua (along with Fiona Murray of MIT) received a grant for almost $1 million from the Sloan Foundation to explore the Economics of Knowledge Contribution and Distribution. In 2017, Joshua won the Roger Martin Award for Research Excellence at the Rotman School of Management. In 2019, Joshua was awarded the PURC Distinguished Service Award from the Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida for his contributions to regulatory economics. On the consulting side, Joshua is managing director of Core Economic Research and an Academic Associate with The Brattle Group. In the past, Joshua has worked with several established consulting firms including London Economics, Frontier Economics and Charles River Associates. He has also been retained by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and the Federal Trade Commission where he worked on expert testimony in several abuse of market power cases as well as on issues in telecommunications network competition. Overall his consulting experience covers energy (gas and electricity markets), telecommunications, financial services and banking, pharmaceuticals and rail transport.   Blog http://www.Ameerrosic.com Twitter http://www.Twitter.com/ameerrosic Instagram http://www.Instagram.com/ameerrosic   #JoshuaGans

Civil servants in Whitehall change jobs much faster than in other countries or private sector organisations. Several departments lose a quarter of their staff each year, managers change roles every two years and some policy teams turn over almost entirely in just three years. Such rapid turnover contributes to failures on some of government’s biggest priorities. Universal Credit went through five project directors in three years; policy teams are often starting from scratch, leaving ministers complaining that they are the institutional memory; and constant change of personnel in the Treasury undermines its oversight of government spending. But what does this high turnover mean for the citizens who rely on government to make policy and deliver services? What causes this turnover? And what can be done about it? At this event, Tom Sasse, Senior Researcher at the Institute for Government launched a new report, Moving on: the costs of high staff turnover in the civil service, based on newly released data. To discuss the findings, our panel included: The Rt Hon. Lord Freud, former Minister of State at the Department for Work and Pensions Anne Perkins, Journalist and former Deputy Political Editor at The Guardian Lord O’Donnell, Chairman, Frontier Economics and former Cabinet Secretary The event was chaired by Emma Norris, Director of Research, Institute for Government.

Technology has really shaken up the customer experience. Products and services are available around the clock at the touch of a button, and customers are interacting with companies through chatbots on their smartphones. So what does this mean for customer expectations, how are they changing? And what opportunities and risks does this present for the insurance industry? In this episode of Insurance Tomorrow, hear from our experts on how companies are working to future proof their customer services. In this episode, host Nick Hewer talks to: Graham Gibson – Chief Claims Officer, Allianz UK and Chairman, Thatcham Research Heather Smith – Managing Director, LV= Direct Business Philip Graves – Consumer Psychologist, Associate at Frontier Economics and Author of Consumerology Insurance Tomorrow – A podcast brought to you by Allianz UK See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Video version here: https://youtu.be/eI3DSKYb-I4 Capacity remuneration mechanisms are currently at the forefront of the EU energy debate with the electricity sector, in particular, undergoing a considerable shake-up. One element of this discussion, is cross-border participation in capacity remuneration mechanisms, which is becoming increasingly important to a Europe-wide approach of ensuring a sustainable security of supply and the efficiency of the internal energy market. In this podcast, Dan Roberts from Frontier Economics outlines the key issues surrounding cross-border participation. He considers it from several aspects: how much capacity should be allowed to cross over; if participation is permitted in more than one national scheme; who should participate - generators or interconnectors; what consumers are paying for; and lastly, the challenge of cross-border co-operation across Europe. To view accompanying slides for the podcast, please see http://www.slideshare.net/secret/E4pabGafFQGdXT

This podcast is “Occupy: Frontier Economics” - Brian Ogstad and John Tamny interviewed by Terry Bain and David Callihan - April 12, 2016. AnachroCapitalistCast is a podcast put out by AmagiProductions.org (AP). AP has a mission to inform, educate, and promote the ideas of liberty and the principles of a free society.

Speakers: Sahar Yassin, Humanitarian Advocacy Lead, World Vision Jordan; Emma Wanchap, Acting Manager of Policy and Government Relations, World Vision Australia; Kevin Boreham, Lecturer, ANU College of Law; Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre. How do we even begin to think about the scale of the Syrian conflict, when so many lives are endangered every day? World Vision and Europe’s largest independent economics consultancy, Frontier Economics, released its report 'The Cost of Conflict for Children: Five Years of the Syria Crisis'. Panellists from The Australian National University and World Vision’s Jordan and Melbourne offices discussed the findings of this report, field perspectives and their implications for international law, policy and the operations of humanitarian organisations responding to this global crisis.

As the Abbott government gets set to unveil Australia's new target for greenhouse gas reductions after 2020, Lenore Taylor asks Professor Ross Garnaut and Frontier Economics managing director Danny Price: how do we intend to reach the target?

The Vienna Forum is a joint initiative between the Florence School of Regulation and the Energy Community Secretariat and is designed to highlight issues topical both for the EU and the Energy Community. This year’s Forum is divided into 3 sessions. In the first session, representatives from the Commission, the Energy Community and academia discuss the newly created EU’s Energy Union, its future role and its relevance to the Energy Community. The second session centers on decarbonisation and renewable policies. In particular, we discuss the optimal design of RES support schemes and national experiences with certificate markets. The third session addresses law enforcement in the Energy Community. The seminar closes with a roundtable discussion “Ukraine – an Energy Hotspot” bringing together energy regulators, investors, and experts in foreign affairs, diplomacy and the EU-Ukraine energy relations. 00 Welcome and introduction 00a Dirk Buschle | Energy Community Secretariat 00b Keynote speech, The Energy Community – the new pan-European energy governance, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow | University of Lausanne 01 Session 1 Energy – The State of the Union. Chair: Leigh Hancher | Florence School of Regulation/EUI, Tilburg University, Allen & Overy LLP 01a Energy Union and Energy Community – What is the difference? 01a Janez Kopač | Energy Community Secretariat 01b A vision for an Energy Union, Sami Andoura | College of Europe 01c Discussion 02 Session 2 Decarbonisation and Renewables – What Is the Masterplan? 02a Chair: Birgitte Jourdan-Andersen | EFTA Surveillance Authority 02b The design of support schemes: Are auctions the future? Christoph Riechmann | Frontier Economics 02c RES in Poland – new opening., Jan Rączka | Regulatory Assistance Project 02d White certificates: the French experience, Liliana Eskenazi | Allen & Overy LLP 02e Italian photovoltaic legislation: A green success story? Saverio Massari | University of Bologna 02f Making gas part of the EU energy future means making a green gas market: The need for EU recognised green gas certificates , Søren Juel Hansen | Energinet.dk 02g Discussion 03 Session 3 Law Enforcement in the Energy Community 03a Chair: Andreas Gunst | DLA Piper LLP 03b What is wrong with Energy Community law enforcement? Rozeta Karova | Energy Community Secretariat 03c Is a regional court an option? Nikolaus Pitkowitz | Graf & Pitkowitz 03d Discussion 04 Roundtable Ukraine – An Energy Hotspot 04a Chair: Irina Paliashvili | Ukrainian Legal Group 04b An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Vsevolod Chentsov | Ministry of Foreign Affairs 04c What went wrong in 2014? Andrey Belyy | University of Tartu 04d Ukraine and the Internal Energy Market, Walter Boltz | E-Control 04e An intensive year for energy diplomacy, Walter Tretton | EU Delegation 04f Discussion 04g Conclusions , Adrien de Hautecloque | Florence School of Regulation/EUI

Building a new frontier will be based on product and services created on that frontier, not on industrialization based on science experiments. A frontier society in space will generate survival products first, as a foundation for industrialized businesses to follow. Donald Jacques is back again to talk up the homesteading idea for space and his book.