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Do corporate culture and leadership contribute to a firm's success? And if so, how? How can a company create and develop its corporate culture to compete successfully over the long term?

Fewer and fewer people in Germany are casting their votes or taking part in politics. At the same time, Germans want to have their say and are lending their voices to a growing number of debates such as education reform or anti-smoking regulations. Throughout the world,...

Do corporate culture and leadership contribute to a firm's success? And if so, how? How can a company create and develop its corporate culture to compete successfully over the long term?

Fewer and fewer people in Germany are casting their votes or taking part in politics. At the same time, Germans want to have their say and are lending their voices to a growing number of debates such as education reform or anti-smoking regulations. Throughout the world,...

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just plan out a reform in an orderly, set way? The answer, of course, is yes. But, when you live in a democracy, things never work out that way in reality. Policy processes also never unfold in a linear fashion but, instead, often have the...

Assuming responsibility and demonstrating commitment were of utmost importance to Reinhard Mohn. He took responsibility for Bertelsmann, the family company, by successfully rebuilding it after the Second World War. One of the globe’s largest media groups, it now employs more...

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) should expand its global role in combating climate change. This new role should primarily focus on acting as a matchmaker among regions, governments, nongovernmental organizations, businesses and the public.

The Arab Spring must not be allowed to run out of steam. The sheer stay-ing power of the old regimes and important social issues are threatening to slow down or even to stifle the revolutions, rebellions and nascent reforms. It is time that Europe flexed its political...

This report explores how donors can effectively support public-private collaboration efforts in LDCs in order to attract sustainable investments and foster development. It takes stock of existing donor programs aimed at engaging the private sector in development activities...

There is going to be a brand new euro, at least from 2013 onwards, and people are talking about the Grand Design of a new European Economic Governance.