Gold: A Solution for Zero-Beta Satellites
Only a few strategies seem to be providers of crisis alpha or outperformance in time of significant stress in traditional betas: gold seems to fit that definition.
Archive for the ‘Global Marketplace’ Category
PODCAST: Learn to Expect the Unexpected in Global Retail Expansion with Kenneth A. Fox
In this podcast, Ken Fox offers some lessons on global retail expansion using real-world examples of how different companies have succeeded and failed.
PODCAST: Building an Effective Digital Strategy for Global Success with Luc Berlin
Digital Globalization Strategist Luc Berlin discusses his paper, “The Internet and Globalization: Ten Tips to Building an Effective Digital Strategy for Global Success.”
Zara: A Global Success Story
Zara, the flagship retail unit of Spanish parent, Inditex SA, represents a remarkable retail success story.
Currency Wars and the Future of Money
When in 1992 Francis Fukuyama published his best-seller The End of History and the Last Man, he made the case that the success of Western Liberal Democracy was going to sign the end of man’s evolution toward its final form of government and so mark the end of history. The book made me chuckle then [...]
The Future of the Global Currency Imbalance
Can’t see the above video? Click this link to watch. In this video, Davide Accomazzo, adjunct professor of finance, discusses the global currency imbalance and what implications it carries. Questions for Professor Accomazzo: 1. What is the “global savings glut?” 2. How has the United States tried to reverse current account deficits in the past? [...]
A New Qualitative Capitalism Part II
Davide Accomazzo, MBA This is the second of two posts on changes I think need to be made for a new, more sustainable economic and social system. Click here to read Part I. The full article exploring these interventions was first published in August 2008 on Goldmau.com. Since the early part of the last decade, [...]
A New Qualitative Capitalism Part I
This is the first of two posts on changes I think need to be made for a new, more sustainable economic and social system. The full article exploring these interventions was published in August 2008 on Goldmau.com. Davide Accomazzo, MBA Last year, I wrote an article titled The End of Capitalism as We Know It. [...]
Winter 2009 GBR Issue Now Live
Read the latest issue of the GBR online at http://gbr.pepperdine.edu/091/ In this issue: Recognizing Organizational Culture in Managing Change Structural changes can serve as the initial intervention for shifting culture. Mark Mallinger, PhD, Don Goodwin, MBA, and Tetsuya O’Hara, MBA The Successful Expatriate Leader in China Expatriate managers must consider the cultural dimensions of leadership. [...]
The Global Entertainment Market
This is the second in a series of posts reporting on the hot button issues discussed at the 2008 Entertainment Supply Chain Academy Conference. See the first post here. Since 2004, when the Czech Republic, Poland, and Hungary became members of the European Union, these countries have seen the emergence of an ever-growing middle class. [...]
