Canada’s Underutilized Wealth of Natural Resources

Bernard Arnault’s Empire of Luxuries

Mitsubishi is the World’s Largest Industrial Conglomerate

Venezuela’s Weak Post-Revolutionary Government

The Untapped Potential of Desalination

27 Insights From Three Years of Bismarck Brief

Big Business and Bureaucracies Outsource Their Work to McKinsey

The Growing Institutional Adoption of Bitcoin

Panama’s Irreplaceable Role in International Trade

Plastic Recycling Does Not Work

Broadcom is a Portfolio of Valuable Semiconductor Businesses

The Lessons of Viktor Orbán's Hungary For Modern Governance

The World Bank is Not Driving Economic Growth

Elizabeth Warren’s Methods to Mold the Federal Government

The Atlas of Live Players and Institutions

China’s Struggle to Manufacture Advanced Semiconductors

Hydrogen Could Be Made a Viable Fuel

Hyundai’s Successor Kingdoms: The South Korean industrial giant fragmented into separate conglomerates in a botched succession. Two of them provide crucial heavy industrial capacity on demand to the U.S.-aligned world.

Why Argentina’s Social Democracy Failed: Once as affluent as Germany or Italy, the South American nation became an autarkic social democracy without the economic surplus to sustain it. Resource deposits now provide hope for export growth.

Bismarck Brief Outperforms the Stock Market: Three years of data show the stock price performance of publicly-traded companies after they are profiled in Bismarck Brief. Live player-led companies outperformed by far.

AMD is a Functional Institution in Semiconductor Design: The U.S. chip designer is the main competitor of both Nvidia and Intel. It has demonstrated an ability to design superior chips and is pursuing further innovations in anticipation of more AI demand.

Netflix is Fending Off Its Competitors in Streaming: The California film and television streaming company is weathering extensive competition from both Hollywood and Silicon Valley. It is now attempting expansions into sports, games, and blockbusters.

Sony Suggests Japanese Innovation Dies Through Succession Failure: Japan's most valuable consumer technology conglomerate led global innovation in electronics for decades. Succession failure has made it less than the sum of its parts.

The Attempt to Reform Intel: The chip designer and manufacturer missed multiple major technological opportunities. Its recent pivot to contract manufacturing is heavily backed by the U.S. government.

Arm’s Long-Term Strategic Dilemma: The British semiconductor design firm has a key and growing role in the global chip industry. But the growth strategy of Arm's Japanese owners risks laying the foundations for its future obsolescence.