Alberto Alesina is a leader in the field of Political Economics and has published extensively in all major academic journals in economics. He is also a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Center for Economic Policy Research. He has been a co-editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics for eight years and Associate Editor of many academic journals. He has published columns in many leading newspapers around the world and has visited several institutions including MIT, Tel Aviv University, University of Stockholm, The World Bank, and the IMF.

“One of the eight best economists under the age of forty in the world and most likely to win a Nobel Prize in the future” The Economist (1990)

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Alberto Alesina obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1986 and served as Chairman of the Department of Economics from 2003 – 2006 and was the Taussig Research Professor of Economics from 2006 – 2007. He is a member of the Econometric Society and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

What he offers you

Alberto Alesina’s offers a unique perspective on a variety of topics. He expertly points out how Europe should handle labour productivity, labour market regulation, globalization, support for higher education and research, fiscal policy, and its multiethnic societies. His wake-up call will ring loud and clear for anyone concerned about the future of Europe and the global economy.

How he presents

Alberto Alesina is a highly respected, knowledgeable and provocative speaker with the ability to engage audiences worldwide. He has an informative presenting style – he is clear, direct and thought provoking.

The Crisis. Can Politics Save the World?

Political Business Cycles

The Political Economy of Fiscal Policy and Budget Deficits

The Process of European Integration, Stabilization Policies in High Inflation Countries

Currency Unions

The Political Economic Determinants of Redistributive Policies

Differences in the Welfare State in the US and Europe

Differences in the Economic System in the US and Europe

The Choice of Electoral Rules
The Effect of Alternative Electoral Systems on Economic Policies

The Determination of the Choice of Different Electoral Systems

2008
The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline

2006
Fighting Poverty in the US and Europe: A World of Difference

1997
Political Cycles and the Macroeconomy

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Christoph von Marschall is arguably the best German speaking expert on the US president, Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. As bureau chief of the Berlin Tagesspiegel in Washington, he followed Obama’s two year campaign, closely observing the presidential couple even after their entry into the White House. He writes for major internal magazine including Die Zeit, Cicero and the Atlantic Times. Marschall appears frequently as a commentator in the international media.

“An expert on the intricacies of the US election system and on the changing mood of the electorate”

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Christoph von Marschall holds a Ph.D. in Eastern European History from Freiburg University. His journalistic career began in 1989 at the Süddeutsche Zeitung and he has won several awards: In 2002 he received the German-American Prize for a commentary post related to the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and its consequences for American foreign policy. In 2005 he was honoured with the German-Polish journalism award for a report on Skierbieszów, the birthplace of the Federal President Horst Köhler. In the same year he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his contribution to the German-Polish reconciliation.

What he offers you

Christoph von Marschall openly talks about his unique experience following the President-Elect during the 2008 elections. He expertly analyzes how the questions of race, religion and the economic crisis dominate America’s policy. The award winning journalist offers insights into the political landscape of the United States of America and the role of Europe.

How he presents

In his highly sought-after presentations, Christoph von Marschall provides his audiences with a vivid and insightful analysis of power relations and the political climate.

After the inauguration of Barack Obama – How the new President has changed America and the World

Obama, Clinton and Peace – What is the role of Germany, the EU and NATO in the new U.S. Foreign and Peace policies?

More than Bush and less than Merkel: Opportunities and Limits of Energy and
Climate policy in Obama’s America

Mission Impossible? How the economic crisis changed President Obama’s agenda for reform

Manager, Mother, First Lady – Michelle Obama’s Stunning Career

2009
Michelle Obama: Ein Amerikanischer Traum (An American Dream)

Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy
(updated new edition after the induction of Obama as President) – translated into five languages.

2007
Barack Obama: Der schwarze Kennedy

1993
Freiheit in der Unfreiheit. Die Autonomie der Polen in Galizien nach dem österreichisch-ungarischen Ausgleich von 1867 (The autonomy of the Poles in Galicia after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867)

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Pankaj Ghemawat is one of the new generation management gurus who throws new light on corporate behaviour and particularly its global aspect. He is currently Professor of Global Strategy at the IESE Business School which is ranked as one of the top 3 business schools in Europe and also writes a blog on global strategy, ‘What in the World’ for Harvard Business Online. He has written several award winning publications on Business Strategy including the bestseller ‘Redefining Global Strategy’.

“An impeccably researched reassessment of the global business world – not as an ideal but as it really is.”
- Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Group


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Professor Ghemawat earned his PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University. He then worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in London before joining the Harvard Business School in 1983. In 1991, he was appointed the youngest professor in HBS’s history and in 2006 he joined IESE. In October 2008 he was appointed Fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS). He has received numerous awards including the 2008 Irwin Outstanding Educator Award from the Academy of Management, the first European Business School Professor to receive this award.

What he offers you

Pankaj Ghemawat challenges current thinking on globalisation and explains to audiences his controversial theory as to why he believes ‘the world is not flat’ and why we are living in an era of ‘semi-globalisation’. By basing his research on real-world case studies and with a mastery of economic data, Prof. Ghemawat offers CEOs and business leaders refreshing and effective strategies for sustained business development in today’s volatile economic climate.

How he presents

An astute commentator on global trends and current core competences, Prof. Ghemawat delivers informative and well balanced presentations which offer essential insights and thought-provoking impulses for today’s decision makers.

The World is Not Flat

Redefining Global Strategy – Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still Matter

Strategy and The Business Landscape

Core Competences for a Globalised World

Can We Sustain Globalisation?

2005
Strategy and The Business Landscape

1997
Games Businesses Play: Cases and Models

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Bob Pritchard has over 30 years of international marketing experience across a Who’s Who of large and small businesses. This expertise and his forthright, entertaining and interactive presentations have resulted in Bob being one of the most in-demand business and marketing speakers in the world.

“One of the best business speakers in the world.”

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Australian born and Los Angeles resident Bob Pritchard has enjoyed an extraordinary 30 year career. His unique sales, marketing, and motivational ability has taken Bob from sharing a two room apartment as a child with three generations of family to international success as a businessman, marketer and speaker. His outside the box philosophy has led to his company, Marketforce One Inc. being represented in the United States, Europe and Australia working with corporations, sports and entertainment entities.

What he offers you

Bob has a vast knowledge across the business, marketing and sales spectrum, having worked with some of the world’s largest companies. He individually crafts every presentation only after detailed briefings and research to specifically meet the client’s precise objectives. Bob’s worldwide experience assists businesses in all countries to benefit from the trends, developments and initiatives of others.

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How Your Business Can Really Win in These Tough Times

Recession Busting Business and Marketing Secrets

The 15 Keys to Business Success

Joining the Winners’ Circle

Unleash Power and Corporate Value Through Change

Differentiate and Blow Away Your Competition

Effective Marketing with Strong ROI in a Tough Market

Awesome Customer Service means Repeat Business, Stronger ROI

How to Beat your Competitors, at Low Cost, when Times are Tough

Thinking Outside the Traditional Box

Forthcoming
Kick Ass Business and Marketing Secrets

2003
Kick Ass Marketing

2002
15 Keys to Successful Marketing in an e-Commerce World

1998
Sponsorship Made Simple

1997
Marketing Success Stories

1995
Complex Marketing Made Simple

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Stéphane Garelli is a Professor at both the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and at the University of Lausanne, Director of The World Competitiveness Yearbook, the most renowned annual analysis of the competitiveness of nations and a reference for government and business leaders around the world

“Competitiveness thrives on unleashing a higher level of ambition everywhere in the firm”

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Chairman of the Board of Directors of “Le Temps”, he was formerly Chairman of the Board of the Sandoz Financial and Banking Holding, and member of the board of the Banque Edouard Constant.

The author of numerous publications in the field of competitiveness, international trade and investments, he is also a columnist in several magazines. He was permanent senior adviser to the European management of Hewlett-Packard, and before that Managing Director of the World Economic Forum and of the Davos Symposium. He is a member of a number of institutes, such as: China Enterprise Management Association, Board of the ‘Fondation Jean Monet pour l’Europe’, The Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences, The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce and the Mexican Council for Competitiveness

What he offers you

Closely connected to the world of business he is an authority on World Competitiveness and his research focuses particularly on how nations and enterprises compete in international markets.

How he presents

With meticulous preparation Stéphane’s fact filled presentations are rich with detail, acumen and invaluable insights.

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Business as Unusual: a Competitive Outlook for 2010 and beyond

The Competitiveness of Enterprises on World Markets

The Competitiveness of Nations

The New Rules of Competitiveness Today

The Impact of New Technologies on Opening Markets and Increased Productivity

The Consequences of Competitiveness on Work, Attitudes and Skills

Annually
The World Competitiveness Yearbook, (Annual Reference Book)

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Donald N. Sull is a Professor of Management Practice in Strategic and International Management and Faculty Director of Executive Education at the London Business School where he designed, directs and teaches an intensive week-long “boot camp” to help senior executives thrive in turbulent markets. He has been identified as a guru by the Economist, which named his theory of active inertia as an idea that has shaped business management over the past century. His current research areas include how successful companies make and execute strategy in unpredictable markets, regulated technology-intensive industries (medical devices, telecommunications), and high-tech sectors (enterprise software, consumer electronics).

In detail

Donald’s current research areas include how successful companies make and execute strategy in unpredictable markets, regulated technology-intensive industries (medical devices, telecommunications), and high-tech sectors (enterprise software, consumer electronics).

What he offers you

In his invaluable presentations Donald advises established and start-up companies on the most suitable business strategies and growing revenues while maintaining financial and operational discipline. In particular he demonstrates how to successfully operate in volatile industries and markets.

Seizing the Upside of a Downturn

Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them

Emerging Markets (China, India and Brazil)

Best Management Practices in Volatile Markets

2008
The Upside of Turbulence

2005
Made in China: What Western Managers Can Learn from China’s Path-Breaking Entrepreneurs (with Y Wang)

2005
Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them (revised paperback version)

2004
Disciplined Entrepreneurship

2003
Revival of the Fittest: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Managers Remake Them

2001
Strategy as Simple Rules (with K Eisenhardt)

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Frederic S. Mishkin, author of ‘The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets’, is the Alfred Lerner Professor of Banking and Financial Institutions at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He was a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve System from 2006-08. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a Senior Fellow at the FDIC Center for Banking Research, and was President of the Eastern Economic Association.

“One of the leading economic voices”

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Prof Mishkin has been a consultant to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund, as well as to numerous central banks throughout the world. He was also a member of the International Advisory Board to the Financial Supervisory Service of South Korea. From 1994 to 1997 he was Executive Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and an associate economist of the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System.

What he offers you

Frederic S. Mishkin’s research focuses on monetary policy and its impact on financial markets and the aggregate economy. He explores in detail how today’s volatile markets are influenced and draws upon his considerable expertise at the Federal Reserve Bank to advise companies on how to deal successfully with the current global financial economy.

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Monetary Policy and Impact on Financial Markets in the Economic Crisis

Monetary Economics in Tought times

Global Imbalances: Prospects for the U.S. and World Economies

The U.S. Economic Outlook

2008
The Next Great Globalization: How Disadvantaged Nations Can Harness Their Financial Systems to Get Rich

2007
Monetary Policy Strategy

2001
External Evaluation of IMF Economic Research Activities

1997
Economic Policy Review

Economics of Money

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Rowan Gibson has been called a ‘guru among the gurus’. His last book ‘Rethinking the Future’ is an international best-seller, published in 23 language editions. In it, he argues that rapid, discontinuous change creates the need for radical rethinking in order to keep pace with business and stay ahead of the game. He is currently co-writing a new book that explains how to build and sustain a company-wide innovation capability.

Al Ries wrote recently, “In a world gone crazy, there’s no sounder thinker than Rowan Gibson. He’s a genius when it comes to rethinking the future.”

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Rowan Gibson is a global business strategist, a bestselling author and an expert on radical innovation. Over the last two decades, his clients have included some of the world’s largest and most successful organizations. His books, articles, interviews and columns have been widely read around the globe and he has been interviewed on television and radio, as well as in the international press.

What he offers you

Gibson focuses on how to make innovation really happen. He explains how to seize new growth opportunities, create new markets and even transform industries by recalibrating the whole organizational system around the paradigm of innovation.

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Innovation in Tough Economic times

Strategy to winning in Tough Economic times

Innovation through People

Rethinking the Future

Rethinking Strategy

Rethinking Leadership

2008
Innovation to the Core

1998
Rethinking the Future

1996
Rethinking the Future

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Martin Lindstrom is a world leading expert on branding.

Since defining ten revolutionary branding rules he has provided brand-building advice to a host of international organisations.

His clients include Mars, Pepsi, American Express, Mercedes-Benz, Ericsson and Yellow Pages.

He is also a member of several international boards including Wotch, Hitwise and eKit.com.

A master on the power of brands

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Until 2001 he was world-wide Chief Operating Officer for BTLookSmart.

He is founder and CEO of ZIVO, Australia/Asia’s largest Internet solution company, and co-founder of BBDO Interactive Europe -later renamed Framfab- Europe’s largest Internet solution company

What he offers you

A visionary and an educator in the rapidly growing field of on- and off-line branding, he unveils how to use emerging techniques for building strong, international brands.

From his latest work, the concept of sensory branding, the untapped branding potential, you will learn how to identify the next generation of brand building as well as the required step to step actions on how to establish a solid sensory branding strategy

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Marketing in Crisis

Buyology

ROI Branding Why Isn’t My Brand Working?

B2B Branding – Ensure Growth through Solid B2B Branding

Step 1-2-3 Branding How to Build a Brand from Scratch

Contextual Branding: When brands turn intelligent

Sensory branding – The Untapped Branding

Branding Asia – Understand the Asian market potential

2008
BUYology

2005
BRANDsense

2003
BRANDchild

2001
Clicks, Bricks & Brands

1999
Brand Building on the Internet

1994
Why Trade Marketing?

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Larry spent 10 years as a Director of British Airways and the loyalty management company, Air Miles, in both New York and London. His roles included Director of Customer Service and Director of People and Culture (he being the first person in Britain to hold this title). He is not just a theorist, but has turned his ideas into tangible business triumphs on both sides of the Atlantic.

“Putting the customer at the heart of everything that is said, done, promised and DELIVERED is the key to success of every enterprise.” Larry Hochman

In detail

Larry pioneered Corporate Mentoring in the U.K. at AirMiles and has been the Personal Mentor to several Chief Executives in both the U.K. and across Europe. Larry brings the practical experience of 10 years of director level, hands on decision making experience at multi-national companies (British Airways and AirMiles), as well as the insight gained from having made 250 speeches to companies and governments all over the world during the past 8 years.

What he offers you

Larry Hochman uses his vast insights to help companies develop a competitive advantage by focusing attention on the needs of their customers and their people. His ability to spot future trends has turned his theories into tangible business successes around the globe. His presentation on Relationship Economics gives invaluable insights into what Larry believes to be the key to success in the post-recession era, where people should now be focused, as the quality of relationships will be more important now than ever before.

How he presents

Articulate and charismatic, Larry is globally recognized as a leading authority on the future trends of customer service, leadership, business transformation, globalisation, talent management and on the development of effective people and culture in organizations. His presentations are inspirational and highly motivating.

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Topics
Relationship Economics

Customer Experience Economy

Building Customer Relationships and Loyalty

Corporate Culture

Retaining Customers in an Economic Crisis

Courageous Leadership

The War for Talent

The Future of HR

January 2010
The Relationship Revolution: Relationship Economics in The Post Recession Era

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