View photos Globalization, the developing trend in which businesses expand their operations internationally, has been both a blessing and a curse. Globalization has been a blessing in that it opens business opportunities beyond natural borders; enhances free trade, and it improves the global economy at scale. In contrast, it has been a curse because it sets up an unlevel competitive landscape between SMEs and bigger global players. A study conducted by World Bank Group submits that there are...

In Q2 2018, researchers at Gartner revealed that the level of interest and adoption of Blockchain technology by CIOs in global brands is still low. Data from Gartner’s 2018 CIO Survey revealed that only 1 percent of respondents initiated any kind of Blockchain adoption in their organizations. Further, only 8 percent of the CIOs polled are experimenting or drawing up short-term plans on Blockchain adoption and 77 percent revealed that they are not currently interested in investigating or...