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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 and the hindrance of successful exits around the world, but it may have exacerbated the existing problems.  Poor returns over the past decade indicate most fund managers do not earn their fees, and investors have been increasingly wary of taking on added risk without getting the reward.  Structural changes are inevitable to the venture capital marketplace to preserve an essential source of funding for nascent high-growth companies.

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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 disability may alleviate or increase the pressure on public finances, public finances will become unsustainable if policy reforms fail to occur.

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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 often does not reflect reality. There has been significant internal competition and tension that continues to negatively affect Sino-Russian relations that is looked at more closely in the article. The vivid statements on the flourishing partnership are often clearly more declaratory than substantive.

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Google versus the Law

By Tatiana-Eleni Synodinou

Google’s legal adventures in Europe are constantly demonstrating that Google is pushing the boundaries of European information law to their outer limits. The conflicting interaction of Google’s business methods and of European legal norms is a major challenge both for the revision of Google’s business tactics and for the evolution of law in a way that takes into account emerging innovative technologies and practices. In this context, it is important to examine how the fundamental dogma of the free flow of information and the principle of automated neutral data-processing, which both are defended and applied by Google, have been tested before the European jurisdictions in the light of copyright law, trademark law, data protection and personality rights.

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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 the costs of greenhouse gas emissions, drive innovation, and create the foundation for an expanded clean energy marketplace.

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Twitter, the ‘Snoopers Charter’ and Online Privacy

By Paul Reilly

Has the Internet, and micro-blogging site Twitter in particular, killed privacy? Well, not quite.

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Sofitel So Mauritius

A Timeless Luxurious Experience


In the heart of the Indian Ocean, imagine a fragrant Eden on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Imagine a luxuriant garden of flowering hibiscus, paradise of exotic colorful birds. Mauritius has preserved its natural treasures and offers an unforgettable experience at a cultural crossroads.

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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 will have either a positive or negative impact on the business. It is possible to own this moment and increase the number of positive outcomes. However, far too many organisations fail to adequately prepare themselves for this moment and are blind to the signals of intent the customer is providing.

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Managing Business Risks from HR Sourcing

By Peter Cappelli

Offshoring and outsourcing practices remind us that organizations often make “sourcing” decisions – where to do what work – that help to define their supply chain. These decisions raise concerns about reliability (will they deliver) and responsiveness (can they meet changing needs). Those risks, in turn, require risk management approaches.

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The Truth of Negotiation

By Alexios Arvanitis & Antonis Karampatzos

The authors suggest that negotiation is guided by the truth, rather than interests alone, and present to us the basic principles of ‘true’ negotiation. However utopian this idea may prima facie sound, the authors firmly believe that the truth can indeed guide negotiation and help parties converge on a negotiation ‘solution’, which reflects the parties’ joint decision to recognize the other’s claims.

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