Harmony

13. Mai 2015

Ownership culture – the code for sustainable success

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Breakfast is a managing board meeting. The supervisory board meets at lunch. And the shareholders get together for dinner. That’s how family-owned enterprises work. Family members are simultaneously co-owners, managers and employees.

Finance & Economics

Global Economy in 2050:

The world in 2015 is in a difficult situation and the outlook for 2050 is mixed at best. Globalisation means that the world’s economic system operates primarily under supranational agreements and rulings, insufficient for a sustainable development. The situation is

13. Mai 2015

Winning in Africa: From Trading Posts to Ecosystems

Business·Harmony

Embracing Africa Mostly ignored since the 1980s, Africa is now gaining attention and investment from multinational companies. Growth rates on the continent are rising,

Economic rationality and the optimization trap

Finance & Economics·Harmony

The theme of this issue of the St. Gallen Business Review is “Harmony”. For this reason, we would like to discuss whether two aspects

Interview with Alexander Kudlich

13. Februar 2017

Business·Harmony

Herr Kudlich, wie würden Sie das Geschäftsmodell von Rocket Internet erklären? Warum ist dieses einmalig? Alexander Kudlich: VW oder Toyota bauen Autos, wir bauen Internetfirmen. Wir sind insofern einmalig, als dass wir

Bank stress testing – magic bullet or placebo?

9. November 2015

Finance & Economics·Harmony

Stress testing plays a major role in banks’ risk management. It is seen as a valuable complement to regular bank portfolio risk measurement in a normal environment. “Regular” portfolio risk measurement, e.g.

Development of individuality and identity in start-ups: A future challenge for successful start-ups

9. November 2015

Business·Harmony

Business ideas often occur at the same time in the digital economy. And that is not a coincidence. Even if you start with comparable conceptual designs – when in competition, companies tend

Euro and its consequences

8. November 2015

Harmony·Politics

Although the United States and United Kingdom have been back on the road to economic growth from some time, and enjoy low rates of unemployment, this is not the case of the

For a new kind of interaction between man and machine

13. Mai 2015

Business·Harmony

It’s a given that the automobile industry is currently undergoing the biggest change in its history – and the pace of change is actually accelerating: Social trends such as the shift to

Starke Unternehmer für neue Herausforderungen

13. Mai 2015

Business·Harmony

Zurich Schweiz zeigte im ersten Jahrzehnt des neuen Jahrtausends Merkmale, die aus vielen erfolgreichen Unternehmen bekannt sind: Die Kundenorientierung drohte aufgrund der Fokussierung auf interne Effizienzprogramme in den Hintergrund zu rücken. Trotz

Energy regards us all

13. Mai 2015

Finance & Economics

Energy regards us all – The oxygen of our economies Our daily life is powered by energy. Smartphones, computers, public traffic, street lights, machines and factories, cashier systems – everything depends on

The Family Firm: An exercise in harmonization

13. Mai 2015

Business

Family Firms are the Majority The overwhelming majority of companies in the world are family firms. Family firms are those in which a family exercises significant influence over equity, control and management.

Why „Harmony“ isn´t a Useful Idea

13. Mai 2015

Politics

Harmony: Unity, Multiplicity, Conflict A standard reply to someone full of praise for harmony in the social and economic world might simply go like this: „What exactly do you mean by ‚harmony’?“

Harmonie: Ein Fragebogen

9. November 2014

Harmony·Philosophy·Politics

Eine kolumnistische Adaption von Max Frischs Fragebogen aus dem Jahre 1966. I. Bist Du sicher, dass Dich die Herbeiführung und die Erhaltung eines Zustands von Harmonie, von dem weder Du noch einer

Suggestions

Harmony