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"Global Leaders for the Twenty-First Century profiles twelve leaders from business and government and discusses eight key attributes necessary for successful leadership in the future." "Based upon extensive research and experiences with top leaders from around the world, the authors have identified the eight critical competencies needed by twenty-first century leaders."--Jacket.

A worldwide increase in longevity has brought a focus on making that longer life a healthier one. The greater focus on health, and the considerably higher cost of caring for the elderly, will create a need for a more effective health-care delivery system. Experts from Kaiser Permanente, U.S. Healthcare, Genzyme, and Boehringer Ingelheim, among others, provide insight on these challenges and likely new directions for health-care systems and pharmaceutical...

The food industry has rapidly developed cross-border trade to meet the accelerating internationalism of consumer tastes. Some brands are promoted globally. But differences in religion, culture, and taste make food one of the toughest products to sell internationally. The consumer, as always, is the key. Consumers will expect more varied, pre-prepared, and time-saving food, and producers will have to find ways of meeting the demands of not only the...

To know how healthy your business is you must understand the relationships between its assets, its liabilities, and its income. The time to develop a banking relationship is before you need a loan. If managing your business is a headache, it may be that your receivables aren't being managed properly; if you're on top of the receivables and you still have a headache, check your inventory management. Leverage is the heart and soul of business management;...

Are French wine producers an endangered species? This documentary vividly illustrates the economic dynamics of the global wine wars, examining the explosion in New World wine-making and its implications for the French wine industry. Exploring the venerated Bordeaux and Languedoc-Roussillon regions, the program also visits producers in California's Napa Valley, the foothills of the Andes, and the Australian city of Adelaide. The film shows how the...

Can Saatchi Saatchi turn Sagatiba cachaca, a sugarcane liquor popular in Brazil, into a globally recognized brand? This program tracks the Sagatiba launch from start to finish-and in the process reveals the inner workings of an ad agency whose name is synonymous with success. Footage of key agency players brainstorming, running client meetings, producing commercials, and more illustrates how the iconic Jesus statue in Rio became the model for a cool...

Three athletic footwear companies-Nike, adidas, and homegrown upstart Li Ning-have faced off in a high-stakes battle for China's gigantic market. This program examines adidas' rising prominence in the country, an ascension due in no small part to its well-publicized Olympic Games sponsorship. Li Ning's efforts to retain its precarious hold on the urban market are also studied. Li Ning CFO Tan Wee Seng and adidas Group CEO Herbert Hainer take turns...

Matt McNeil's online startup, Sign-Up.to, offers small and midsize businesses Web-based software to create, launch, and track permission-based e-mail and text message campaigns-and the results so far have been fabulous. But the 23-year-old entrepreneur and his hard-charging team must build on their initial success very, very quickly if they are to outpace their competition. This program tracks the British company's progress over one month as lucrative...

Since scientists first began to cut and splice DNA in 1973, biotechnology has produced everything from super rice to super drugs. Considering a burgeoning global population, and increasing demands for new, more effective drugs, biotechnology may be, as host Fred Dorey asserts, "the only answer we've got. In this program, a group of experts, including Uwe Reinhardt of Princeton University and Professor Jurgen Drews, President of International Research...

Holding corporations accountable is an examination of recent experience in seeking to regulate large corporations. At a time when gigantic transnationals have a huge impact on human health, the environment, working conditions, and the economic prospects of nations, this study explores whether it is sufficient to continue relying only on industry self-regulation.