The Economist has published an article called “Obama’s world” on November 6th 2008 describing and summarizing the challenges Obama has to face in the term of his presidency.
The connection between China’s and the USA’s economy, the rise of Russia and its late struggle with Georgia, the Iran question, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Nearly [...]
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Summary of present world politics, the challenges Obama has to face in the term of his presidency
Posted in Economics, Politics, tagged Economy, Politics on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading the Economist
Posted in Economics, tagged Economist, Gulf States on November 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting article on the Gulf States situation
Shareholder value – Down to the basics
Posted in Economics, tagged Management on August 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In regard of the discussion about shareholder value, I thought it necessary to lay out the basics first before further approaching into the topic. Therefore I am currently studying the book “Shareholder value” by Rappaport, trying to understand the underlying principles and definitions of shareholder value to fertilize future discussions.
One important note I found already [...]
Shareholder value – bliss of the world?
Posted in Economics, Politics, tagged Civilization, Economy, Hofstede, Huntington, Market Theory, Society on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I came into a discussion with a Russian colleague of mine, someone who had not only experienced the downfall of the Soviet Union, but also the rise of capitalism in his own country, the negative impacts of helplessness and the sheer amount of consume and money-spending.
The discussion circled around the concept of shareholder value. [...]
Getting and receiving information on railways, rail business opportunities and new market developments.
Posted in Economics, Railway Market, The Future in the Internet, Wikipedia, tagged Economy, How to find information, Rail Business, Railway Industry on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If one wants to stay up to date in any topic it requires a certain amount of effort. Not to receive information, but to filter it and get the relevant information picked out of the sheer mass of data. The same applies to the railway market.
Using the internet there is however a certain ease in [...]
Haier going to acquire part of GE?
Posted in Economics, New China, tagged New China on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to the Financial Times, Chinese company Haier might be trying to acquire a part of GE, i.e. the appliances business unit, which would fit into Haier’s present product mix of white goods and electronics.
Haier, a popular brand in China and recognizable by their logo of two kids, has risen to fame by not only [...]
Global Pulse 2008 – Siemens not even showing up
Posted in Economics, tagged Siemens on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Reputation Institute has released its 2008 Global Pulse Report, showing which company is the most reputated one according to certain categories. Going through the main results, German company not even shows up in 1-300, though it was included in the survey.
That’s either a bad sign or showing, that Siemens as an industry supplier still [...]
Hunger is topiced by Bush for G8
Posted in Economics, tagged Developing Countries, Economy, G8, Hunger at G8, Politics on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to the German news magazine SPIEGEL ONLINE, Bush is going to topic hunger as his central commitment for the upcoming G8 conference.
According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2006 statistics, there are 820 million chronically hungry people in developing countries.
212 million live in India
206.2 million live in Sub-Saharan Africa
524 million live in Asia and [...]
20000 jobs in danger in Germany (logistics)
Posted in Economics, tagged Economy, Germany and the oil, Soaring gas prices on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to German news website Tagesschau round about 20000 jobs are in danger in the logistics industry, mainly with small- and medium-sized businesses, due to the currently high oil price and therefore resulting high gas prices.
From an economic point of view, this is a normal market development. As costs for goods increase, the selling price [...]
Alternatives for gasoline?
Posted in Economics, tagged Ecology, Economy on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recent developments in the discussion about bio fuel: The 10% target of the EU for bio fuel is under discussion to be changed into alternative fuel, due to the negative effects of bio fuel production to food production.
Where is the long-term goal? Bio fuel production at places and on terms not effecting food production. Oceans [...]
