Is Venture Capital In Crisis?
By Douglas Cumming & Sofia Johan
The recent financial crisis cannot totally be blamed for the marked drops in venture capital fundraising, reduced venture investment...
Can We Afford to Live Longer in Better Health?
By Frank Pellikaan & Ed Westerhout
Rising longevity, low fertility and declining disability have serious implications for public finances. Although alternative assumptions on longevity and...
Sino-Russian relations: More rhetoric than substance?
By Robert Bedeski & Niklas Swanström
Despite some re-engagement between China and Russia since Putin’s initial embrace of the West, the positive rhetoric of today...
How the United States Can Improve Energy and Climate Policies
By Daniel C. Esty & Steve Charnovitz
Energy policy needs to be part of a multi-prong, market-oriented competitiveness strategy. Proper price signals could internalize of...
Do You Own The Decisive Moment of Truth With Your Customers?
By Craig Pumfrey
In every customer interaction is a moment of truth, a point when they will decide to take a course of action that...
Repeatability: How Companies Create Enduring Businesses in a World of Constant Change
By Chris Zook & James Allen
Contrary to today’s common wisdom, the key to success in a dynamic world is a simple business model that...
Reinventing Management for the Facebook Generation
By Gary Hamel
The experience of growing up online will profoundly shape the workplace expectations of Generation F. The author has compiled a list of...
Category Killers
By Rajiv Lal & Jose Alvarez
"Category killers" – those highly focused retailers that specialize in a category of goods including Barnes & Noble, Best...
A Golden Opportunity?
By Andy Simpson
Since 2009, there has been a 192.6% increase in volumes of Single Malt Scotch Whisky (SMSW) sold at auction in the UK,...
What Does It Mean for an Executive to “Make” $1 Million?
By David F. Larcker, Allan McCall, & Brian Tayan
Compensation figures commingle forward and backward, which makes it difficult for investors to understand what compensation...
EDITOR'S PICK OF THE WEEK
China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth
By Danny Leipziger
China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives?
China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...
