Opinion
I am regularly asked for my opinion on global business issues by the international business media. Here’s where you can find those articles and my own blog posts.
News Articles
Germany Caught Between The East And West
It is increasingly obvious that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has placed German society in a…
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What’s the Relationship Status of Germany and Russia? It’s Complicated
What is the relationship status of Germany and Russia? It’s complicated, and that is an…
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Fear of COVID-19 overshadowed people’s fear of cancer, delayed screenings
Looking back on the last three years of life during the global pandemic, each of…
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Blockchain Technology: A corporate directors checklist
Understanding what could be the next “disruptive” technology By Andrea Tinianow and Michael Marquardt In its simplest terms, blockchain technology allows several parties to transact business in real time by recording information to a ledger…
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The Cyber Attack Conundrum
With new reports of major cyber attacks hitting the headlines on an almost weekly basis, it is understandably every company’s worst fear. Yet the risk of computer network hacks has been a dangerous area of…
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Deutschland über alles? Nope.
A little more than a month ago, on September 24, federal elections were held in Germany. Chancellor Merkel’s party, along with its Bavarian sister party (the CDU/CSU) lost many seats in parliament but she still…
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A Year and a Half Later, VW Board Still Stuck in Low Gear
For corporate directors, Volkswagen AG’s “Dieselgate” is a textbook case of how a lack of effective corporate governance has led to worldwide criminal investigations and a loss of public confidence. Corporate directors and millions of…
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How Digital Technology Is Transforming Health Care – Finally
In 2013, American technology magnate Michael Dell said that “mobile will figure out health care … before health care figures out mobile.” Initially, he was right, but during the past year the healthcare industry has…
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Why the VW Board Appears Stuck in Low Gear
Volkswagen AG (VW), with annual revenues of $244 billion in 2014 and some 600,000 employees worldwide, now stands accused of systematically circumventing and violating environmental safety rules and regulations the world over, possibly for years….
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