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The outlook series: the battle for accurate information and truth

The founding purpose of The Economist newspaper is to “take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress”. But today, the ignorance that obstructs our progress is no longer timid. It is wilful, powered by technology and network effects, enabled by business models and lax policy, and manipulated for political and geopolitical purposes.

Shifting gears: procurement refocuses on risk and sustainability

This report is a compilation of changing procurement trends based on a survey of 430 C-level executives conducted between January and February 2022. Economist Impact conducted the accompanying research and interview programme of practitioners and subject-matter experts.

Looking out: the rise of the external workforce and its impact on internal functions

This report is the culmination of surveying 430 C-level executives on the changing trends in procurement during January and February 2022 and the accompanying research and interview programme of practitioners and subject-matter experts, conducted by the Economist Impact research team. This report was written by Siddharth Poddar and edited by Pooja Chaudhary and Harsheen Sethi, with support from Amanda Simms on sub-editing.

Economist Impact wishes to thank the following experts for their participation in the interview programme:

Strategic and forward-looking procurement critical for supply chains resilience, finds Economist Impact study

Chain reactions: Digitalisation in procurement

Chain reactions: building value in procurement through digitalisation

The research provides a deep dive into how procurement is changing as a result of the forces at work, and what some of the catalysts in this shift are.

Closing the gap: Pathways to a post-pandemic recovery in labour markets

The global economy experienced a deep recession in 2020, and as a result, more than 40m jobs were lost as businesses shut down. Against this backdrop, Economist Impact set out to understand how long it would take for employment to recover fully and to examine the different paths ahead for the five regions of the global economy: North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and Asia. 

Infographic: Building trust in business relationships

A deeper understanding: Building trust in business partnerships

Trust is a vital component for keeping the global economy growing. Every single transaction, from grabbing a coffee to acquiring a multinational corporation, is built on some level of trust: that the goods or services offered serve their purpose or that the buyer can pay for them. But trust does not just grease the wheels. It enables firms from different cultures and separated by continents to work together in a manner that benefits all. It helps companies to set, follow and achieve targets with a wider social or environmental purpose.

Article | A voice for workers in a time of crisis

Tens of millions of Americans have been furloughed or laid off. For many of those who remained, or returned to the workforce in frontline roles, going to work became an exercise in risk-taking. Some workers began protesting a lack of workplace covid-19 safety precautions, including personal protective equipment (PPE). Walkouts, “sickouts” and strikes increased. Interest in joining unions, and public support for them, went up, as workers feared being fired while seeking enhanced safety measures, paid sick time and other pandemic-specific benefits.

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