Knowledge News Alert
by INSEAD The Business School for the World®
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INSEAD Faculty and Business Leaders comment on burning topics.
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| 1 | VideoSweden ranks first in 2012 INSEAD-WEF Global Information Technology Report | Nordic countries, led by Sweden, dominate the global rankings in the 11th annual Global Information Technology Report by INSEAD and the World Economic Forum. The GITR evaluates 142 countries on 53 indicators that include key drivers such as the political, regulatory, business, and innovation environment; infrastructure, usage and affordability. Singapore is number two in the rankings, followed by Finland, Denmark and Switzerland. INSEAD Roland Berger Chaired Professor of Business and Technology Soumitra Dutta, a co-author of the report, highlights the report's key findings in an interview with INSEAD Knowledge. | 4/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoMore Women means Better Business | European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding has issued a "Call to Action" to obtain more gender balance in European boardrooms. | 12/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoIs Europe on the right track to get its debt under control ? | “I think it’s a soluble problem, but they are solving it inch-by-inch instead [of] a general dramatic solution,” says the former head of the US Federal Reserve Paul Volcker. Volcker spoke with INSEAD Knowledge in Singapore last week at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. | 11/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoSaving the rescue package | The Euphoria is over -- the October 26 four-pillar rescue package agreed by Eurozone leaders hit a wall when the Greek Prime Minister, backed by his cabinet, proposed to submit the bailout package to a referendum of the country's weary and wary citizenry. Now what? | 11/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoSolving the Economic Crisis: What Role for Governments? | Cut public deficits or boost jobs? An INSEAD economics professor warns against the short, sharp shock of cutting deficits too much, too soon... | 9/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoINSEAD Announces Global Innovation Index- Switzerland Ranks #1 of 125 Countries Surveyed | The fourth annual global ranking of innovation - taking into account such criteria as technological readiness, GDP, public policy and access to capital - shows European countries dominate the top 10, while Asia and the Middle East are making strong gains. The survey is prepared by INSEAD, the leading international business school, with knowledge partners Booz & Company, Alcatel-Lucent, Confederation of Indian Industry, and World Intellectual Property Organization. | 7/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoIrish Unions Seek A Soft Landing to Harsh Economic Measures | Could a consolidated EU financial administration mean an end to draconian bailout repayment terms? Ireland’s Union leader thinks so… David Begg says the cost of cutting Ireland's deficit is too great - both in terms of human suffering and in the interest being paid on the 85 billion euro bailout from the European Union (EU). | 6/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoGreek Crisis One Year On | One year ago, financial markets and politicians were grappling with the newly-surfaced debt crisis in Greece. Today, the country's credit rating is in trouble and the debt crisis has spread to a handful of other EU countries. INSEAD Political Science Professor Douglas Webber offers a perspective, starting with the question of whether or not Greece will remain a member of the European Union. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoINSEAD Professor Soumitra Dutta on 10th Annual GITR | Nordic countries again top the rankings for the tenth anniversary edition of the Global Information Technology Report, created and written by INSEAD and the World Economic Forum. Singapore ranks number two, while the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries show significant improvement in technological readiness. INSEAD Professor Soumitra Dutta discusses the report's findings with Knowledge Editor-in-Chief Shellie Karabell. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoRethinking nuclear energy | INSEAD professor Paul Kleindofer takes stock of the future for nuclear energy and what it means for global diversification away from fossil fuels. | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoJapan: Assessing the economic aftershocks | INSEAD professor Michael Witt analyses the implications for financial markets, supply chains, national energy security as well as its own political leadership and economic recovery. | 3/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoArab Youths, Revolutions, and the Rise of the ‘Second Society’ | The patterns of revolutions tend to be similar, focusing on the rise and fall of their leaders, a plunge into lawlessness, and finally a new order. Today’s movement in the Arab world is different. Sami Mahroum, Director of INSEAD’s Innovation & Policy Initiative in Abu Dhabi, explains why. | 3/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoWhat does the future hold for the Euro? | European leaders have been discussing the creation of a bail-out system for countries mired in debt, but is the euro in trouble? INSEAD Professors Antonio Fatas and Douglas Webber talk to Shellie Karabell about the outlook for the currency. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoDespite pressure on Euro, Eurozone shows signs of recovery claims ECB | Despite strains on economic and monetary union and pressure on the euro, the eurozone shows signs of recovery in both the consumer and corporate sectors, according to European Central Bank Executive Board Member Gertrude Tumpel-Gugerell. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoSir Andrew Large, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, on the US monetary policy. | In an exclusive interview with INSEAD Knowledge, Sir Andrew Large (MBA '70), a former Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, talks to Knowledge editor Stuart Pallister about the Fed's quantitative easing efforts, the dollar, inflation and about the calls for a return to the gold standard. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
