Dr. Peggy Pelonis, President of the American Community Schools of Athens, talks to Business Partners about her path to ACS Athens, the changing face of education, the importance of learning how to learn, and the crucial role schools have to play in preparing today’s youth to shape a better tomorrow. What is the American Community…
One thing we can be certain of is that while everyone expects the future to be a slightly modified version of the present, it usually ends up being very different. Few people anticipated the 2008 economic crisis and even fewer (if any) anticipated the outbreak of the pandemic that has defined our lives and wreaked…
Not since Franklin Delano Roosevelt was inaugurated, in the midst of the Great Depression, has an incoming president had to deal with such a difficult situation as that facing Joe Biden. With the daily death toll from Covid-19 climbing to over 4,000 people, the economy devastated by the pandemic and geopolitical challenges from China and…
Microsoft recently announced a 40% YOY increase in security revenue—a testament to the trust our customers have placed in us. What drives us now is creating a true Zero Trust mindset: the cornerstone of effective protection and organizational resilience and the future of security. What makes us different? Our approach to security is unique in…
With the business environment becoming more and more complex, volatile and unpredictable, more and more businesses are implementing broad organizational changes that include transitioning from traditional forms of hierarchy to more flexible ones, based on networks of autonomous, polymorphous groups. n today’s demanding business environment, the team is the basic “structural” element since the complexity…
People are having vastly different experiences while working from home — experiences that are shaping their expectations for what they want work to be like in the future. The pandemic has reshaped many aspects of our lives, including where and how people want to work. Their experiences working from home, and what they face when…
To truly appreciate the significance of taxation’s contribution to paving the way to sustainable development, we must first examine its role in upholding the individual pillars of such development, such as society and the environment. To understand the role of taxation in driving sustainable development, we must go beyond the temporary and purely economic and…
Following a year that put us all to the test, 2021 has arrived bringing hope and the promise of fresh possibilities and better times ahead. Each and every sector has felt the impact of the pandemic, and as vaccines are rolled out and a return to normalcy seems within reach, it is up to each…
With the dawn of 2021 begins a new decade that will determine much for the future not only of our country but of all of humanity. The challenges are many, but they will also give us the chance to exercise our collective creativity and ingenuity to find solutions, create opportunities and lay the foundations for…
Every four years the race for the White House dominates the attention of people around the world, but this year’s elections have been of the most critical of our times. Just like the rest of the world, the United States has changed over the last years through challenges that included economic crises, rising middle class…