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Steve Lohr Discusses Data-ism, The Next Phase for Big Data

New York Times Technology reporter, Steve Lohr, led a compelling digital colloquium last week, the first in the CGE’s “Expert Connect” series, a new channel from the Global Scholar’s Program hosting experts from around the world to speak about the biggest management challenges and pressing business issues of the day.   Lohr spoke with Ira Sager, […]
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CGE Adds Claudio Cisullo to Board of Directors

The Center for Global Enterprise (CGE), a private non-profit research institution devoted to the study of the contemporary corporation, today announced the appointment of Claudio Cisullo to its Board of Directors.   Mr. Cisullo is the owner and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the CC Trust Group AG, a family office and consulting firm […]
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CGE Launches European Platform Survey

How many home-grown platform companies has Europe produced? What sectors have seen the greatest success? These questions and other questions are attracting attention as platform business models have grown in economic importance. For example, how does Europe compare to the United States, China and other regions in the creation of platform companies? How will European […]
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Opportunity Beckons as Chinese Companies Go Global

By Samuel J. Palmisano The Volvo Car Corporation announced last month that it planned to open its first manufacturing plant in the United States. Volvo’s decision is emblematic of a major shift in the global economy – and specifically, in the way Chinese-owned companies are evolving into innovative enterprises that invest throughout the world.   […]
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Platforms Go Global

The international business landscape is changing. A new breed of business—platform companies that match and facilitate interaction between the makers of goods and services with buyers —are rapidly expanding their global reach. In the past decade, a growing number have emerged as global enterprises that rival traditional businesses in the number of countries in which […]
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Guy Pfeffermann Leads Talk on Business Education for the Developing World

There are significant gaps in higher education knowledge and access around the world. The convergence of a growing global middle class and global economic reordering has exacerbated a supply shortage of high quality business education, especially in emerging markets. The Global Business School Network (GBSN) is a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization working to help bridge […]
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CGE Launches China Platform Survey

Over the past decade, China has spawned a large number of highly successful platform companies. Tencent (social media), Alibaba (e-commerce), Baidu (search) have grown to serve hundreds of millions of users. In the process, China has become one of the most competitive and innovative countries for platform business models. A growing number of these companies […]
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Sherif Kamel Discusses Business, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation with Global Scholars from Over Eight Countries

Scholars from over eight countries participated in the second live digital colloquium led by Sherif Kamel, the former Founding Dean of The American University in Cairo School of Business. Global Scholars participated from India, Slovakia, Bhutan, Morocco, Brazil, United Arab Emeriates, Argentina, and Canada, among others.   Dean Kamel spoke about global business, entrepreneurship, and innovation […]
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India’s Role in the Emerging Platform Economy: Bangalore Roundtable

On March 12, 2015, CGE collaborated with iSPIRT, an Indian think tank representing software product companies, to host a roundtable that explored the disruptive power of platform companies. As the Indian software industry seeks to shift to higher value product and business development, platform companies represent new value creation opportunities. Bangalore is emerging as a […]
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Global Scholar Meets with Sam Palmisano and Chris Caine in NYC

Earlier this year, all Global Scholars Program (GSP) members were invited to take a short quiz on Re-Think: A Path the Future. GSP members around the world took the quiz in English, French, Spanish, and Chinese. The reward for members who got every question right was an opportunity to be a guest contributor on CGE’s blog […]
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