Posted by: Bruce Weinstein, PhD on February 05
Akio Toyoda, President of Toyota Motor Corporation, has apologized for his company’s debacle surrounding design flaws with various car models. Should we praise someone who does what he or she is ethically required to do?
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Posted by: Mark Spelman on February 02
My initial impressions of Davos 2010 was that the three dominant themes were recovery, uncertainty and governance. The early focus was on the speed and pace of recovery; the uncertainties of when to end the fiscal stimulus packages, the ongoing trade imbalances and the threat of currency revaluations combined with the urgent need to reform the financial sector.
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Posted by: Gib Bulloch on February 02
I’m writing this blog as I come back down from Davos 2010: literally, in terms of the journey back down the mountain to Zurich; metaphorically, in terms of coming down from the high and inevitable buzz one gets from this unique event.
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Posted by: Peter Lacy on January 29
As I write from the World Economic Forum, having attended an event with some of the UN leadership and CEOs from various sectors, I’m further reminded of the growing prominence of sustainability issues in both core business strategy and mainstream geo-politics. This was was barely thinkable even five years ago.
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Posted by: Don Tapscott on January 29
Although Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered.
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