While discussing with a friend in Amsterdam about a real good book about Strategy, she went to her bookshelf and gave me the book of Julia Sloan, an ex McKinsey consultant. "This is really good" and brings light behind the walls. Reading "Learning to think strategically" I found out that she unmythifies Strategy. Julia ...
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Behaviour in organisations X, Y, U xxx
"Researchers are like orchids - sensitive, exotic and need space". This was the assumption of Prof. Ivan Egry. He is based in the research center of Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrt Zentrum in Cologne and gave a presentation of project management for the space ship ISS at the meeting of GPM in Aachen. He ...
The Sustainable MBA
Giselle Weybrecht was a specialist at UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme. She argues that business schools have a key role in preparing the next generation of business leaders to make sustainability the norm. That is why she made interviews and wrote a book for MBA students. She said: "If we want to see changes in ...
Gametheory for decisons – new book
Well – I stumbled about an article in (german) Wirtschaftswoche: Zukunft in Zahlen, actually it was the great picture of Bruce Bueno de Mesquita that took my attention. The article was getting me interested and I wanted more. I went internet to find out more about this professor who uses game theory to consult ...
Almende: Wealth through sharing
Vier Monate nach der Verleihung des Wirtschaftsnobelpreises an Elinor Ostrom, der weltweit führenden Gemeinguttheoretikerin, stellt die Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in einer neuen (sehr kurzen! – S.H.) Publikation die Vielfalt, Vorzüge und Möglichkeiten der Gemeingüter vor. Der Report von Silke Helfrich, Rainer Kuhlen, Wolfgang Sachs und Christian Siefkes gibt der Debatte über die Rolle der Gemeingüter ...