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These are indeed times that try men's (and women's) souls. But the way forward is not to cut back or sit on the sidelines. According to several business leaders attending INSEAD's Leadership Summit Europe, you’ve got to keep one eye on the balance sheet, another on the horizon and be mindful of constant change as new circumstances will often hide opportunities in what appears to be trouble.
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Rebuilding Europe: new architecture needed to kick-start economy
With a weakened financial system and various European governments knee-deep in debt, the emergence of a new world financial order has taken on a new urgency of late. But instead of quick fixes as the Greek crisis has clearly demonstrated, we should instead be looking for sustainable solutions towards economic prosperity.
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Lessons learned: The Nordic banking crisis of the 1990s
Once burned, twice shy. That's a lesson that has helped a lot of Swedish and Finnish businesses dodge major disaster during the world’s most recent economic crisis.
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Getting back to basics
Whether in innovation and governance, private equity, or entrepreneurship, the messages in today's increasingly global business environment are loud and clear: think differently, don't underestimate emerging markets, and get back to basics.
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Social responsibility in business today
Gordon Gekko might be back in cinemas in Wall Street II, but he seems to be less visible in today's boardrooms. As economic crises, erupting volcanoes and crippling earthquakes plague the planet, social consciousness is in, greed is ... well, not out, but certainly down.
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Making more from less: does Mother Nature have enough resources to go around?
Global growth isn't all about jobs and the stock market: it's also about people. The global population will increase, despite the ageing baby boomer generation; there will be increased demands for minerals, energy, food, even blood.
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Braving the economic crisis through family values
When the economic crisis hit, the family owned and operated shipping-real estate Romav Group suffered a double-whammy. Practically overnight.
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Debunking 'myths' about China's imminent collapse
China's red-hot economy is in no danger of an impending collapse despite warnings that the debt-fuelled bubble in the nation's property market is close to bursting, says Jing Ulrich, JPMorgan's managing director and chairman of China Equities and Commodities and a speaker at the Reporting New Realities media conference held recently in Hong Kong.
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China's media come of age amid state controls
In terms of press freedom, China was ranked at 168 out of 175 countries last year by Reporters Without Borders. But China's media are no longer an instrument of the state, says Hu Shuli, a Chinese journalist who is renowned for her investigative reporting in China.
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Is there hope for the newspaper industry?
The future may be looking decidedly bleak for the newspaper industry in the US, but for Joshua Benton, Director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, there is still cause for optimism.
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Infrastructure key to Africa’s growth: Asia has role to play
If Africa wants to bridge the chasm from emerging to developed economy, it must have one crucial component in place. According to Paulo Gomes, founder and CEO of Constelor Investment Holdings, which was set up in 2006 to harness investment opportunities in Africa, infrastructure is sorely needed for the continent.
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Businesses increasingly face water risks
The world will face a 40 per cent shortfall in water supplies by 2030. The good news is that if we are smart, we can meet the challenge successfully. But this can only happen through co-operation between industry, governments, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and communities, SABMiller's head of sustainable development, Andy Wales, told INSEAD Knowledge on the sidelines of the LBC's (London Business Conference) 'Corporate Water Scarcity Risk Management Conference' held recently.
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