As US President Donald Trump imposes punitive tariffs on China, the European Union could be next in line. The EU has been performing a complex balancing act to keep Trump from pouncing. So far it has succeeded – but that may become increasingly difficult. The US leader is due to decide later this month whether to impose levies on car ...

For all the promise that digitisation offers, sometimes it’s worth reminding ourselves that it requires the right conditions. Telefonica SA is illustrating why. The former Spanish national carrier is midway through a digital transformation program, and has succeeded in realising almost two thirds of the 1 billion euros in savings it’s targeting by the end of next year. That’s clearly ...

For decades, business schools have taught Johnson & Johnson’s handling of its 1982 Tylenol scandal as a textbook example of good crisis management. In the future, we can expect Boeing Co.’s treatment of its two 737 Max crashes to join the syllabus — as an example of what not to do. Engineers at the planemaker discovered problems with the aircraft’s ...