Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
(October 28, 2009) Annie Hazlehurst, graduate student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and in the E-IPER program, discusses the current state and future of the solar photovoltaic industry from an economic and business perspective with a specific focus on when the price of photovoltaic-generated electricity will be competitive ...
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com European chemical industry. Consolidation, mergers, acquisitions. Logistics and infrastructure. Efficiencies and cost savings. Shipping, road haulage, trucks, containers, freight and other challenges. Manufacturing energy use. Factories, production of bulk commodities, plastics, packaging, pigments, ethylene, polyethylene, dyes, nylon, polythene, PVC, recycling, oil efficiency. ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Shortages and commodity price rises -- oil, copper, gas, coal, steel, precious metals. National interests and sovereign wealth funds. Securing supply chains for economic growth and infrastructure development. China and India demand for commodities. World market prices and forecasts for future demand. Conference keynote speaker ...
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Take hold of your future or the future will take hold of you: conference keynote speaker on managing uncertainty, risk management: why low probability risks happen more frequently than most expect. New market opportunities. Rapid changes in consumer behavior. First mover advantage, multiple scenarios and business ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
http://www.globalchange.com Most older consumers are women and most online sales are to women. Female consumers as pressure group and major economic force. Women and online banking. Why women own most of America and most of the UK -- living longer than men and wealth in pension funds ...
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Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
Better and different -- convergence and divergence
http://www.globalchange.com Divergence or convergence? Consumer focus, IT systems, software and mobile phones. Multiple devices and systems. Multiple capabilities and features. Innovation, divergence, new products and services. Customer choices and consumer satisfaction. How multiple features can win market share ...
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
http://www.globalchange.com Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile ...
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Monday, December 21st, 2009
Gerald celente economic crisis dollar collapse ron paul global crisis keynesian austrian economics depression jim puplava financial sense dollar crash economic downturn collapse of the dollar gold standard bail-out stimulus package peter schiff ...
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
http://www.globalchange.com Lifetime use of carbon in buildings. Polymer concrete reduction in carbon use. Real estate development. Energy saving and construction of commercial offices, property development, factories and residential buildings. Commodity inflation. New materials, e-concrete and concrete polymers. Building techniques, architects, surveyors, planning approval ...
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