The Digital Silk Road is a weapon being used by China in its war with the US for global tech supremacy, but how big a threat will it pose to the dominance of the US's Big Tech behemoths?
Quantum computing is now entering the commercial sphere, and given its potential impact on everything from climate change to medical research, no business can afford to ignore it.
Many governments are making big promises on infrastructure spending at the moment, but they still have the Covid-19 bill to pay, writes Investment Monitor's Viola Caon.
Digital, software and technology has emerged as the top sector for FDI attraction in Spain and, due to Covid-19, is set to play a key role across the Iberian peninsula.
Spats over the presence of the likes of Huawei and TikTok in the US seem to be brewing into an all-out tech war between the US and China, but which countries will be caught in the crossfire?
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The presence and quality of infrastructure is generally a key driver for most foreign investors. However, Covid-19 may have changed the hierarchy in favour of digital infrastructure.
The rise of Facebook has been one of the biggest stories of the 21st century, but will a privacy backlash and a new raft of global regulation put the brakes on the social media company's expansion plans?
If Europe is to build its own Silicon Valley, Brussels bureaucrats must provide the right kind of support to tech companies, or get out of the way.
In the wake of Covid-19, many governments around the world started to withdraw money from their sovereign wealth funds, causing them to rejig their investment strategy.
The importance of data centres has become clear during the Covid-19 pandemic, but which countries offer the optimum environment for such operations? Investment Monitor's ranking reveals the best choices.
Covid-19 has led to the rise of digital infrastructure, but how much support are new projects going to get from investors in the short term and how much will governments have to spearhead the financing effort?
The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted how Amazon has become part of the fabric of modern commerce – and is likely to become increasingly so post-pandemic. However, challenges lie ahead as well as new areas for business expansion.
Can Google keep growing or will various governments put the brakes on? The US administration has bipartisan agreement that Big Tech dominance must be reined in, but is it already too late?
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