The European Business Review January - February 2013
Contents
Leadership
Sustainablility
Global Business
Innovation
Business Process
5 Board of Directors Oversight of Leadership Risk Patrick R. Dailey & Charles H. Bishop, Jr.
14 Leading The Capability Revolution Jonathan Trevor
21 Ethics + Business: Ingredients for Great Leadership Claudia Peus & Armin Pircher Verdorfer
27 Will Innovation Save the Planet? How the principles of successful innovation could slow global warming. Morten Olsen
31 Innovation and Integration for an Environmentally Friendly Alberta
36 Luxury is a necessity in People’s Republic of China: Social Rejection of New Wealth in the Socialist Market Economy Pierre Xiao Lu
41 Accelerating Your Worldwide Business with a Hub in Switzerland Aargau Services Economic Promotion
43 The Silicon Valleys of Latin America – searching for “Shared Value” development models Luciano Ciravegna
50 Disagreement to Convergence: Wisdom in Diversity Adam Kingl
54 Innovate the Way You Innovate Stephen Shaprio
60 Who innovates out of the crisis? Daniele Archibugi, Andrea Filippetti & Marion Frenz
63 ‘Big Data’ vs. Quality Information: The peculiarities of Information Markets Miklos Sarvary
67 Getting Ruthless With Your Processes Avinash Goyal, Suzanne Heywood & Toby Gibbs
71 Cultural Fitness for Business Process Management: What is it and what is it worth? Theresa Schmiedel, Jan vom Brocke & Jan Recker
“In a world where the pace of competition is increasing faster than ever, bestin-class processes can create competitive advantages in areas such as innovation and risk management.” Business Process, p.67
Editors Jane Liu Peres Kagbala David Lean Elenora Elroy Annabel Jacobs Commissioning Editors Laura Macshane Nisha Khimji Natasha Scott Business Development Editors Ian Love Marcus James Mellisa Ford Diana Hamilton Head of Production Saul Luckman Production Charlotte Godfrey Norman Steinberg I llustration Suya Zhang Mark Hithersay Head of Finance Lynn Moses
Editor in Chief The European Business Review Publishing Oscar Daniel
READERS PLEASE NOTE The views expressed in articles are the authors’ and not necessarily those of The European Business Review. Authors may have consulting or other business relationships with the companies they discuss.
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