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How do you manage 250,000 employees in 23 countries on six continents working in six industries, all still emerging from the Soviet mould? A glimpse inside one of Russia's biggest conglomerates. With strong role models, and new opportunities, Arab women are making their mark in big business. What can you do when penny-pinchers get in the way of your disruptive ideas to make necessary, often disruptive, changes in your company? INSEAD is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Asia campus in Singapore. At the recent Leadership Summit in Asia, the school paid tribute to the pioneers and visionaries who had championed the project. Ten years ago, INSEAD opened a campus in Asia and became the first business school to have two fully-fledged campuses with permanent faculty -- one in Europe, the other in Asia. How do you manage 250,000 employees in 23 countries on six continents working in six industries, all still emerging from the Soviet mould? A glimpse inside one of Russia's biggest conglomerates. With strong role models, and new opportunities, Arab women are making their mark in big business. New hires often seek professional advice from colleagues of the same nationality or background as a means of settling into a new environment. But this reliance on compatriots can work against you. What can you do when penny-pinchers get in the way of your disruptive ideas to make necessary, often disruptive, changes in your company? Globalisation has changed the rules of the game and it takes a certain kind of person to play by them. But where do you find these people and how do you get them on your team? Globalisation has changed the rules of the game and it takes a certain kind of person to play by them. But where do you find these people and how do you get them on your team? When the INSEAD/WEF Global Information Technology Report was created 11 years ago, the countries with the most fixed-line telephones were the best-connected in the world. Today, it's a much different story. To err is human but how often do we get it wrong? More often than we realise, according to new research, and the biggest mistake corporations make is not being prepared. An aging population and burgeoning public debt mean the healthcare sector faces a huge economic and social challenge serving the public in the 21st century. Can we have it both better and cheaper? A report from the INSEAD Alumni Healthcare Summit in Londo An aging population and burgeoning public debt mean the healthcare sector faces a huge economic and social challenge serving the public in the 21st century. Can we have it both better and cheaper? A report from the INSEAD Alumni Healthcare Summit in Londo An aging population and burgeoning public debt mean the healthcare sector faces a huge economic and social challenge serving the public in the 21st century. Can we have it both better and cheaper? A report from the INSEAD Alumni Healthcare Summit in Londo Germany's support for the euro has thus far been consistent but behind the united façade, there are signs of cracks in Chancellor Angela Merkel's united CDU party. Some members are even mentioning the "D" word when it comes to countries such as Greece. After the Arab Spring of 2011, is the Middle East now facing the winter of discontent? Many Arab nations are tasked with rebuilding infrastructure, revitalising industry and finding jobs for the growing mass of unemployed. No one fell off the fiscal cliff. The Euro didn’t collapse. Greece is still in the European Union. The stock markets are rebounding. But are we still in the Twilight Zone? In its search for capital Aramex became the first Arab-based company to list on Nasdaq. It was a mistake that became the making of the company. Michael Kowalzik never thought he'd be running a successful German technology company when he graduated from INSEAD in 2000. Then again, the products and services he is providing for global companies didn't exist twelve years ago. He had to invent a whole New INSEAD research shows that indeed if you want something done, give it to a busy person. But how long can that formula work for? “I often joke, saying that I run a company that is a combination of the worst: we’re Italian-based, we’re family-controlled, and we’re a holding company.” Rodolfo De Benedetti can afford the self-effacing humor: since taking the CEO role at One German confectioner is saying “Bah, humbug!” to the Christmas cookie business, weary of high sugar prices, low profit margins, and tough sales competition. Food marketers have taken the blame for seducing consumers into over-eating. But expert researchers claim it doesn’t have to always be this way. It's a tough world out there and only firms that succeed in creating value will survive in the long-term. The key is to focus on what your customers really want. More aircraft aloft but fewer seats....blame the boom on Asia, where the desire to travel has given a new lease of life to the airline industry. More aircraft aloft but fewer seats....blame the boom on Asia, where the desire to travel has given a new lease of life to the airline industry. Accurate financial information is critical to investors. But is consistency more important than accuracy? And what's the trade-off for investors? Microfinancing used to be for the bottom of the pyramid. Now it's moved up the corporate ladder. In these days of tight money and tough credit, smaller businesses are looking to the corporate bond market for financing. 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