China's economic expansion into Europe is gathering pace.

Nearly ten years ago, Jim O'Neill coined the acronym BRICs-standing for Brazil, Russia, India, and China-to represent the four emerging economies with a potentially vast influence on the global economy. In 2005, Goldman Sachs introduced the concept of the "Next 11" ("N-11") as a simple description to bracket the eleven most populous countries beyond the BRICs and to see if they, collectively or individually, might have BRIC-like potential. In 2011, most of the positive momentum behind the world economy is being driven by the majority of these 15 countries. To describe many of these countries as "Emerging Markets" no longer seems appropriate.

The Economist Intelligence Unit looks at what will drive growth in 2011.

Property prices in China could fall by up to 10% over the next year, but developers are better placed to ride the bumps than they were in 2008. Hong Kong-based credit analyst Bei Fu discusses what may lie ahead.

The group chief economist of HSBC on why emerging markets are posing a new threat to Western prosperity.

David O'Sullivan, Director General for Trade at the European Commission, talks to Viv Davies about the issues and challenges in setting the direction for future EU trade policy.

The IESE Center for Emerging Markets recently hosted an international forum featuring leading experts on Sub-Saharan African markets, from Mali to Mozambique, South Africa to Senegal. IESE Prof. Sanjay Peters explains the importance of this forum, while three business experts representing Kenya and South Africa present the prospects and opportunities for investors in markets that remain largely unknown to many European firms.

Innovación y emprendizaje han sido clave desde la fundación de los EAU, hace alrededor de 50 años, ya que los habitantes del país son "emprendedores de nacimiento y están adaptados genéticamente a empezar negocios, fallar y volver a empezar", como dice Feras Abu Ibrahim. Él explica cómo los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, aun siendo una federación, apoyan altamente la innovación, y cómo el contexto es el factor más importante para ello.

Javier Gómez-Navarro, presidente del Consejo Superior de Cámaras de Comercio, protagoniza una nueva entrevista de Liderando en positivo, proyecto que recoge de forma directa y en primera persona las reflexiones de líderes del panorama empresarial español.

18 months into the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, which countries seem to have made the grade? And how have they done so? Thomas Mirow is president of the European Bank for Reconstruction Development. He took up this position on 3 July 2008. The EBRD Board of Governors nominated Mr Mirow on 19 May 2008 to replace Jean Lemierre as President of the EBRD.

Jim O'Neill, head of global economic research at Goldman Sachs, talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about the crisis and its impact on the emerging giants of the world economy, the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China).

Antal International is a global headhunting firm with over 50 offices in 20 countries. The organisation has been operating in China for around 10 years, introducing countless foreign professionals to the country. Our reporter He Fei talked with Robert Parkinson, Antal International's Managing Director for China, regarding the employment market in China and how the country can attract even more international talent.

What can we learn from the way business is done in Asian cultures? The dominant management philosophy in the Asia-Pacific region is a Chinese one, emphasising Confucian values, the family and respect for authority. Does the enduring success of this approach have important lessons for us in the West, or is this management style increasingly redundant, as economies and companies internationalise and mature?

The global emerging market, which did not exist 25 years ago, now has an input of about 50% into the world economy and attracts more than 40% of foreign direct investment. The economic dynamic of emerging market countries has a strong and positive influence on the world economy and, as such, has to be re-evaluated during this development of a new global order.

Caso interactivo que plantea la adquisición de una empresa china por parte de una empresa española. En el análisis entran en juego ciertas variables que aplican a estos contextos internacionales

Entrevista a Hal Sirkin, senior partner y managing director en Boston Consulting Group, coautor junto con Jim Hemerling y Arindam Bhattacharya del libro "Globality: Competing with everyone form everywhere for everything".

El índice MSCI de mercados emergentes ha perdido la cuarta parte de su valor en los últimos 3 meses, fundamentalmente por miedo al riesgo, espoleado por la crisis financiera norteamericana, y el alza del dólar frente al euro y la libra, lo que tradicionalmente ha perjudicado a los mercados emergentes. Pero, ¿qué está ocurriendo realmente? ¿dejarán los mercados emergentes de ser un refugio seguro?

Para Jack y Suzy Welch, aunque las inversiones europeas en Brasil, Rusia, la India y China estén en boca de todo el mundo, la coyuntura actual con un euro fuerte y un dólar débil propician la llegada de una nueva "invasión europea" con todas las de ganar.

El cambio euro-dolar ha alcanzado niveles récord, aumentando la presión para las empresas europeas que venden a la zona dólar. Pero muchas de ellas están demostrando una sorprendente resistencia.

El sector industrial chino está siendo reestructurado por una divisa fuerte, creciente inflación salarial, nuevas regulaciones muy rígidas y escasez de mano de obra.