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Guerree, a veteran of 20 years in the Silicon Valley tech sector, is sensitive to barriers in the financial sphere such as workforce mobility and skills. Peter Grauer, the Chairman and CEO of Bloomberg, is a man with a mantra and he repeats it every chance he gets: "We have an aspiration at Bloomberg to become the most influential news organisation in the world." Highlights of the INSEAD Leadership Summit Asia 2009. Roger Godino, INSEAD's first professor and Dean of Faculty explains how he went about setting the direction for the school, including faculty, research and executive education. Jean-Marie d'Arjuzon and Michel Gauthier talk about how they developed and grew the INSEAD Alumni Association to the success that it is today. Adam Goldstein (MBA '88J), CEO of Royal Caribbean International, wasn't in Haiti when the earthquake hit, but one of his cruise ships was. Royal Caribbean, Haiti's number two direct foreign investor, immediately became part of the relief efforts. Booz's Managing Director Neil McArthur (MBA '90J) has tracked the recession as it marched through the corporate world. "Initially as the recession hit, it was all about maintaining the balance sheet, so there was a lot of working capital reduction ..." Chris Taylor (MBA '00D), the CEO of Tropical Telecom, was in Haiti when disaster struck minutes before the end of the business day. His response was immediate and comprehensive. INSEAD professor Hal Gregersen reveals in a new study what key skills are needed to develop innovative and creative entrepreneurs. GE Regional Executive Colin Low and internet entrepreneur and INSEAD alumnus Kevin Ryan share their company's stance on innovation as a key growth driver. Google's Dave Girouard shares how Google has been able to remain innovative 11 years after it was founded by then-students Larry Page and Sergey Brin. INSEAD Professor Horacio Falcao talks about how a Win-Win approach to negotiation trumps a Win-Lose on many levels, and also why we need not go into these negotiations believing it to be a done deal. INSEAD Professor Henrich Greve on how a scandal from one company might affect confidence and business for other firms in similar areas. He cites the example of Skandia, one of Sweden's oldest and biggest financial groups. Dr. Yilmaz Arguden, chairman of Rothschild investment bank in Turkey on why the essence of good corporate governance is ensuring trustworthy relations between the corporation and its stakeholders. Lars Gustavsson of World Vision International and Palle Maschoreck at Kjaer Group, both participants at the seventh annual Fleet Forum, discuss the role of humanitarian logistics. INSEAD's Luk Van Wassenhove and Rob McConnell, founding director of Fleet Forum talk about the importance of vehicle fleet management in humanitarian logistcis and how INSEAD has a role to play. INSEAD alumna and entrepreneur Ninie Wang talks about her latest venture which provides secondary healthcare to China's ageing population. What will it take to put Europe back on track? That question was the basis for the eighth European Business Summit and a research report conducted by INSEAD, Accenture and the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium, with funding from Sun and Microsoft. Even as China is poised to become the world's second-largest economy, its foreign policy is mainly driven by a set of 'narrowly defined' national interests, says Kenneth Lieberthal of The Brookings Institution When the economic crisis hit, the family owned and operated shipping-real estate Romav Group suffered a double-whammy. Practically overnight. The former Viacom president for global digital media (2006-2009) now lives in California and sits on several boards while developing a slew of technology ideas. But he is possessed of a healthy scepticism towards his chosen field. Allen Wang, founder of social networking site Babytree talks about his strategy for building his phenomenally successful internet company which already has 12 million visitors to date. INSEAD's Andrew Stephen and Frederic Godart on how spending on marketing in social media could hit $3 billion a year by 2013-2014, because of an effort on the part of retailers to keep their customers engaged. IThomas Crampton, 360 Digital Influence, Ogilvy PR, on why in today's age of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace, social media constitute "an absolutely crucial part" of doing business. INSEAD marketing professor Pierre Chandon argues that how and where products are shelved overrides any marketing and advertising campaign, because location is everything. Edward Tse of Booz & Co argues that there is still time and hope for companies going into China, because what matters more is the ability to bringing a unique value proposition that is differentiated against the competition. John Johnston, President of Raffles Hotels & Resorts talks about strategy for the hospitality group and why he is opting for a slow and steady approach. |
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