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Family ownership, strategic paranoia, and integrated sustainability: Matthias Altendorf on future-proofing global market leader Endress+Hauser....
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The pandemic has changed all our working lives, bringing fresh challenges. Here, using the latest research, we offer solutions to any difficulties you may be facing....
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Negative screening is well established among ESG and other impact investors, involving the avoidance of downside exposures, but the next generation will demand far more positive results....
September 23, 2021 • by Natalia Olynec in Book Review • 4 min read
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September 23, 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Brain Circuits • 3 min read
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Jim and Patrick look into Airports. How they operate, and what the future holds for these magical portals to global travel...
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There are more people trying to hold down a job while struggling with chronic illness than you may think. While this is an intensely private issue, there are things leaders can do...
September 21, 2021 • by Patrick Reinmoeller, Karl Schmedders in Sustainability • 6 min read
Should Germany’s Green party score a big enough share of the vote in a federal election on 26 September to enter the next coalition government, business should embrace the opportunity to accelerate...
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The UN set ambitious targets to clean up the world by 2030, but business leaders need to do more to make them a reality....
September 21, 2021 • by Peter Vogel in Brain Circuits • 2 min read
A healthy business has an ownership group that is emotionally connected, well informed and capable of taking responsible decisions in the interests of various stakeholder groups....
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The destruction of natural ecosystems poses major risks for businesses and could wipe $10 trillion from the global economy. The time to act is running out....
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Anyone who demands that environmental damage should be priced into services and goods today is far from being a socialist. They are just canny, calculating capitalists....
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As economies reopen after lockdown many organizations are finding the competitive landscape has shifted beneath their feet....
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Employees are pushing up pay and conditions — but filling vacancies will mean creating a new corporate culture...

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