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3 basic rules to prevent and address business failures
In an interesting article titled “Business success: Why we need to fail more gracefully” from 5th July 2011, Mallen Backer (*) questions the way mistakes are dealt in the business area, while doing...
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Technical assistance & knowledge transfer : status of 2 years experience in...
Employee Volunteering Programme In 2009 started the first wide-sized Employee Volunteering Programme (EVP) supporting a microfinance project, ever launched in Luxembourg. The success of this on-going...
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“You’ve got value, but I’ve got values”
I attended a conference titled “Clashing philosophies : shareholder value vs. stakeholder value” in Luxembourg. That’s the sort of topic I like much … What made this conference very exciting was the...
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Euro : when governance is missing…
“The Euro : Pride and Prejudice” is the name of a captivating conference held in Luxembourg on the 2nd November with 3 invited speakers : Dr. Jacques Santer, former Prime Minister and President of the...
View ArticleDoes the private banking sector really look after the client demand ?
I attended yesterday a luncheon organised by Amcham (the American Chamber of Commerce in Luxembourg) where a CEO of a large Luxembourg-based foreign bank exposed his view on the on-going “Paradigm...
View ArticleHow to define a social enterprise ?
The 2nd Forum on the Social Economy (*), organised by the department “Economie sociale” of the ministry “Economie et Commerce Extérieur” was held in Luxembourg on the 24th november. It is to outline...
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A Peace Building certificate to label sustainable investments ?
When preparing today the conference organised by IBCL (Indian Business Chamber of Luxembourg) and to be held tomorrow in Luxembourg on the topic “Finance brings sustainable Peace” … I was thinking on a...
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Euro crisis : more questions than answers…
The Sacred Heart University, Luxembourg has reorganised a second round of discussions on the Euro crisis, during a conference held on 12th January, I attended. The topic is today once again very...
View ArticleEven philanthropy should be ruled under governance principles
Can you imagine a multi-billionnaire business-man giving out his fortune without any compensation ? I took a little bit time over last week to read a very interesting article tilted “Dark side of...
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Responsible Investing : present situation
The annual ALFI conference on « Responsible Investing » was held on the 8th May in Luxembourg. A premium meeting point between professionals, but also researchers or any other actors pushing...
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