Roopa Kudva, CEO and managing director of Indian rating agency and analytical company Crisil, has overseen the company's impressive international expansion of recent years, and has introduced some unconventional – and effective – methods along the way.

The corporate responsibility standards expected of multinationals has been spelled out in guidelines published by the OECD. However, while take-up among countries has been encouraging, there are still some notable exceptions.

Thanks to a strong web of universities, entrepreneurial spirit and good co-operation between public and private entities, Pittsburgh has transformed itself from the Steel City to a tech town.

Attijariwafa Bank is the largest financial institution in Morocco and the sixth largest in Africa. Its CEO, Mohamed El Kettani, tells Barbara Njauabout the bank's plans for expansion within Africa, particularly to the unbanked, and of the projects it has funded throughout the continent.

With predictions of Thailand's economic growth slashed as a result of  this years floods, the country's Board of Investment has introduced a series of measures to aid companies as they try and recover from the crisis.

India’s political scene is in turmoil following a cabinet decision to relax the country’s foreign ownership rules.

While questions still remain over the future of the Libyan government, investing in the country remains a risky prospect.