Blog (2006 - 2012)

Von torsten , 13 Oktober 2006

FreemanFreeman presents ideas that are forthcoming in Freeman, Harrison and Wicks, "Managing for Stakeholders", which will be published in 2007. His core proposition is "Business is all about value creation and trade". In his opinion, "capitalism" refers to a number of different debates in society: Often the term is confusing and opaque.

Von torsten , 12 Oktober 2006

shake_handsDr. Wilhelm captured the stage again as key note speaker after the dinner (btw an excellent one, don't get me started on this). Funny enough, he quoted a NEPAD executive's speech from the opening session of the Bonn IBF conference from the beginning of the week. And, he ends with a brief but true demand: Do business, but do it in a good and profitable way.

Von torsten , 12 Oktober 2006

HUAfter the morning keynotes, the entire conference moved into a different building – the quite impressive Paul-Löbe-Haus, a politicians’ beehive immediately next to the Bundeskanzleramt.

Von torsten , 9 Oktober 2006

vert-cover-poker.jpgThis weekend's Observer ran an interesting piece on the UK Tory Party's fundraising: While Sting and his wife Trudi Styler, Jemima Khan, her partner Hugh Grant and some 26 others paid 10.000 GBP a head to play cards at an exclusive London member's club, they thought they did so to raise mo