COGITO - Insights for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Tourism, Regions and Cities

Remote work: should I stay or should I go?

08 October 2021 Jose Enrique Garcilazo

The ability to telework provided an important source of resilience for people, firms and places during the pandemic. In OECD countries, teleworking grew from around 16% of employees before the crisis to around 37% during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020.

Can the Circular Economy Become the New Normal in Cities?

28 September 2021 Oriana Romano

COVID-19 showed us how capable we are of shifting toward a circular economy.

On the road again? The Future of Tourism post-pandemic

26 September 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui

In March 2020, the global tourism industry shuddered to a halt. Travel corridors closed. Stations and airports emptied. Suitcases were stored away. A year and a half later, the outlook for tourism – and the many jobs that depend on it – remains uncertain.

Hitting the she-start button – women entrepreneurs can lead the recovery

17 August 2021 Lamia Kamal-Chaoui

Earlier this year, we marvelled as billionaire entrepreneurs Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos reached for the stars through trial launches of rockets developed by Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin. In many ways, their race represents popular perceptions of entrepreneurship – the expression of a drive that is ambitious, competitive, innovative, and…. male.

It needn’t be that way.

COVID and the City – What next for the UK’s Core Cities?

30 July 2021 Nick Forbes and Lamia Kamal-Chaoui

Over the course of the pandemic, the bustling, busy city spaces of the world have – for long periods – lain empty as citizens retreated indoors to shelter from the virus. These empty spaces and closed doors have become a powerful, visible symbol of the impacts of the pandemic, which have been felt keenly by the UK’s eleven “Core Cities” of Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield.

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