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Driving change through social innovation: A conversation with Stefan Crets, Executive Director of CSR Europe
March 2013 Before Stefan Crets became Executive Director of CSR Europe in 2011 he was a corporate social responsibility leader at Toyota Motor Europe. Now he is the Executive Director of the number one European business network for corporate social responsibility (CSR). Around 70 multi... View Full Story
Driving Growth: A Conversation with Andrew Coulsen, CEO of Dimension Data: Europe
We recently caught up with Andrew Coulsen, who has been on a journey since 2006 to drive growth for Dimension Data: Europe, to discuss the lessons learned during the journey as well as the key trends that will impact the future of the company. Global Trends: What were the chall... View Full Story
SPECIAL REPORT: Corporate Clout Distributed: The Influence of the World's Largest 100 Economic Entities
Executive Summary Of the world’s 100 largest economic entities in 2010, 42 (42%) are corporations, versus 44% in 2009. If you look at the top 150 economic entities in 2010, the proportion of corporations rises to 58%. The largest, as in 2009 was Wal-Mart, whose 2010 revenues exceeded the GDPs of 171 countries making it the 25th... View Full Story
Redefining Wealth at Vancity, An Interview with Lory Block, Executive Director, Strategic Management, Vancity
When we heard from Lory Block about how she and Vancity’s Executive Team were using Global Trends recently, the thing that made us really sit up was her description of Vancity’s vision: “Our vision is to redefine wealth.” Redefine wealth? Vancity celebrated its 65th anniversary in 2011, along with its best ever fina... View Full Story