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January 22, 2013
Thriving in a hyperconnected world
The Global Agenda Outlook 2013 brought together Robert Madelin, Director-General for Communications Networks at the European Commission and Marc Davis, Partner Architect of Microsoft Online Services Division. Rod Beckstrom, President of the Rod Beckstrom Group, moderated the discussion.

Q: What does it mean to be living in a hyperconnected world?

Marc Davis: We are in a position today where we have much more power and greater storage, so the amount of data has gone up. Different sources and kinds of data, from social networking ...
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January 22, 2013
The challenges facing business leaders at Davos
S.D. Shibulal, Chief Executive Officer of Infosys Ltd, on the themes preoccupying business leaders at this year’s Annual Meeting in Davos.

The State of the Global Economy At the beginning of 2013, we are faced with a business environment that is increasingly dynamic. The macroeconomic environment continues to be challenging and currency markets remain volatile. With this backdrop, businesses and business leaders alike are grappling with the need to drive growth, innovation and profitability for their organizations. However, businesses and societies have no choice ...
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January 22, 2013
Geopolitical uncertainties
The Global Agenda Outlook 2013 brought together Javier Solana, President of the Center for Global Economy and Geopolitics of ESADE and Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group. Wadah Khanfar, Co-Founder, Al Sharq Forum, moderated the discussion.

Present Models of Conflict Resolution

Javier Solana: I think that we continue to look at the problems of the world today from a Western-centric viewpoint, and that we do not understand the past so well – and I distinguish between history and memory. History is the history of a country; ...
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January 22, 2013
Capitalism 2018
How will capitalism be perceived in 5 years’ time? Pranjal Sharma is a Consulting Editor for Business World. He is also a Member of the Network of Global Agenda Councils.

Earlier in January, while I was walking the corridors of a leading business school in India between guest lectures, I bumped into a professor. In a remarkable display of instant decision-making, the professor asked me to drop by his class that was due in a few minutes.

Happy to meet more bright students, I agreed. The professor then surprised me by sharing the topic for discussion. It was corporate ...
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January 21, 2013
The Future of globalization
The Global Agenda Outlook 2013 brought together Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World Trade Organization, and Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia (2007–2010) and current Member of Parliament. Ngaire Woods, Dean of the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, moderated the discussion.

Q: What are the best and worst things about globalization?

Kevin Rudd: The spreading of wealth is the key benefit in my view: globalization is lifting economic growth rates and living standards around much, though not all, of ...
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