Corporate Longitude

INDIA GRANTS US$50M TO BANGLADESH

India handed over the second tranche of US$50 million of the US$200 million grant committed by the country to Bangladesh last year to implement development projects in Bangladesh. India, which provided US$1 billon line of credit (LoC) to Bangladesh for implementation of various development and infrastructure projects, later declared US$200 million as grant from the total LoC.

SAUDI GIRLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PLAY SPORTS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Saudi Arabian girls will be allowed to play sports in private schools for the first time, the latest in a series of incremental changes aimed at slowly increasing women's rights in the ultraconservative kingdom.

NORDIC STYLE KINDERGARTEN IS A HIT IN CHINA

The Danish way of teaching is headed for China. Danish theories on teaching have become so popular that it has now become an export. The Chinese want more creativity and games for their kids. The Danish way of teaching is especially good at incorporating this.

COCA-COLA TO INVEST FURTHER IN CHINA

The Coca-Cola Company announced that it will continue to increase investment levels in China. By the year 2014, 4 billion U.S. dollars of investment will added in China and the investment will be mixed with marketing assets like plants, transportation and retail outlets. According to the Coca-Cola chief, the company will open a new plant in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, in October. It is also working to develop the markets in China's second- and third- tier cities and its western areas.

ASIA WRESTLES WITH A FLOOD OF CASH

Central banks in Asia, Australia and New Zealand are ratcheting up moves to deal with an influx of capital that is keeping currencies strong and complicating efforts to manage growth. China is moving to curb bets on the rising yuan, while Thailand is considering efforts to curb the strongest baht since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. South Korea cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point, as the country grapples with a slowing economy. The surging flows to the region are one more example of how investors are scouring the globe looking for higher returns on their money

2012-01-18	Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats In this spectacular section of 'The Joy of Stats' he tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers - in just four minutes.	Watch Video
2011-03-28	Market intelligence - all change since 2009? Contributing to the 2011 survey sounds like a good idea.	Go to Site
2011-03-23	TEDx Event speech in Chennai, India Professor Leif Edvinsson giving an Online presentation at TEDx Vellammal (Chennai, India) on 6th Feb 2011.	Go to Site
2010-12-08	ACSI Video A story from past event in July and an invitition for 2011	Go to Site
2010-11-25	Gurteen Knowledge-Letter Issue 125 - November 2010	Go to Site
2010-11-15	China from an IC perspective What and where is Intellectual Capital of China? - A special presentation by Professor Leif Edvinsson. Contact Professor. Leif Edvinsson for more information.	Contact Prof. Leif
2010-11-11	Launch of New book National Intellectual Capital A Comparison of 40 Countries	Go to Site
2010-10-26	Driving Societal Change - Speech by Leif Edvinsson at ICT2010 Brussels At ICT 2O1O in Brussels, Professor Leif Edvinsson, expounds on the importance of Societal innovation in order to drive a societal change. He also shares his thoughts on the role of Relational Capital in the coming days and how it could go on to emerge out to be the most important future currency.	Go to Site
2010-07-23	Award on knowledge and intellectual capital management in organizations The UAM-Accenture Chair (www.uam.es/catedra-uam-accenture) launches the second Edition of the Awardfor a research paper in Economics and Management of Innovation.	Read PDF
2010-03-25	Intellectual Capital Management Unleash the potential of intangible assets through Intellectual Capital Management	Read PDF
2010-03-24	Intellectual Capital Management - a hidden factor for business success	Read PDF
2010-03-10	Service Innovation Yearbook 2009 – 2010 The report is the result of collective effort of the OISPG (Open Innovation Strategy and Policy Group) – members, national contributors and experts in area of Open Service Innovation. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial -Share Alike 3.0 Unported licence, and thereby is approved from Mr. Bror Salmelin, Policy Adviser to the Director European Commission, DG Information Society and Media.	Read PDF
2008-12-17	Intellectual Capital (IC) perspectives from a Chinese point of view Paper presented at 4 th Asia Pacific International conference on Knowledge management, KMAP 2008, Guangzhou, China, December 11, 2008	Read PDF
2008-12-17	National intellectual capital Comparison of the Nordic countries	Read PDF
2009-10-29	Open Future, a forum with Leif Edwinsson	Go to site
2008-09-02	Aspects on the City as a Knowledge Tool	Read PDF
2008-09-02	Inspired by Knowledge in Organisations An essay from "Inspired by Knowledge in Organisations" ISBN: 978-951-555	Read PDF
2008-09-02	Kreaprenör Nu är det Hjärnverk och Hjärnkraft som gäller	Go to site
2008-09-02	Leif Edvinsson o definicji i roli kapitalu intelektualnego	Go to site