Regions - United Kingdom
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Monday, October 19th 2009
For Immediate Release
The Economist’s Innovation Award for 'No Boundaries' given to Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg, for popularising social networking
In 2004, in his sophomore year at Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s student records with some friends to...
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Theme four - Investing in emerging markets
Faced with recession or, at best, sluggish growth in their core markets, the rationale for investing in developing countries is stronger than ever for western multinationals. Back in the 1970s, when multinationals were first investing in emerging markets in large numbers, few people would have predicted...
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Summit theme five - Gaining an agreement for trade
The financial crisis has once again raised the spectre of protectionism. In November 2008, the leaders of the G20 countries pledged to do all that they could to resist protectionism, but by April 2009, 17 out of 20 had introduced some new protectionist measure. From the ‘Buy American’ clause in...
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Summit theme six - Dealing with the government
In recent years, there has been considerable progress in the liberalisation of markets in developing countries. Nevertheless, the relationship between business and the government remains a complex one. State capitalism is the dominant economic model in some markets, while in others, there continues to...
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Summit theme seven - The customer in emerging markets
The rationale for investing in emerging markets has changed considerably in recent years. Whereas previously, multinationals entered these markets to gain access to cheap labour and resources, today emerging markets are viewed as the engine for future growth opportunities. “Most projections...
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Summit theme three - Emerging markets at the global governance table
It has long been recognised that the membership of multilateral organisations, such as the World Trade Organisation, the International Monetary Fund and the G8, fails to reflect the shape of the contemporary global economy. Large emerging markets, such as China and India, remain...
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Summit theme two - Rebalancing the global economy
In recent months, there have been encouraging signs that the worst of the current crisis may be over. But as many speakers at the Globalisation Redefined conference stressed, there are fundamental imbalances in the global economy that need to be addressed if the world is to continue on a more...
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Summit theme one - Interdependencies
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 was a seismic event for the global economy. A financial crisis in the developed world quickly became an economic crisis. Major economies fell into recession, real estate markets collapsed and unemployment rose. At first, there was an assumption that the world’s...
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For immediate release:Wednesday, October 14th 2009
The Economist’s Innovation Award for Computing and Telecommunications given to pioneer Raymond Kurzweil for contributions to optical character recognition and speech recognition technology
Come and meet Mr Kurzweil, inventor and futurist, as he accepts an award at The Economist’s Innovation...
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For immediate release:Monday, October 12th 2009
The Economist’s Innovation Award for Bioscience given to J. Craig Venter Ph.D., for contributions to genomic research
Winner’s genomic research recognised as potential to revolutionise personal medicine, pharmaceuticals, and biofuels
Come and meet Dr Venter, president of the J. Craig Venter...
