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NOKIA PHD Awards 2007

Will Hutton
A leading UK commentator says a lack of institutional infrastructure, weak productivity and an absence of democracy mean that China’s economic development will not go smoothly.
John Adair
John Adair is the world’s first professor of leadership studies and the pioneer of the concept of Action Centred Leadership. He talks with EBF's contributing editor Morgen Witzel about whether leaders are born or trained, the European "leadership deficit" and why he's lobbying the UN to set up its own leadership training programme.
Joseph Stiglitz
The Nobel Prize-winning economist says it is in Europe’s long-term interests to allow developing countries to protect their young industries.
Jorge Vasconcellos e Sá
The author of "Strategy Moves" on how the strategic rules of military warfare can guide business survival and profitability.
Charles Handy
Britain’s most respected management guru and a founder of London Business School reflects on schools, management education, and eudaimonia.
Danica Purg
The president of the Central and East European Management Development Association, believes that the burgeoning number of business schools in the region play an important role in shaping and influencing political reform.
Arie de Geus
Now at London Business School, De Geus believes archaic legislation is killing off new firms, and traditional business structures give too much power to too few people.
Henry Mintzberg
One the world’s most distinguished management thinkers hits out at the current fixation on shareholder value, shattered trust and our “childish” view of leadership.
Georges Haour
Georges Haour, professor of technology and innovation at IMD, believes that Europe has much to learn from the burgeoning entrepreneurial scene in Israel and the country’s bold investments in technological innovation.
Andrew Crane
The director at the International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility, says the roles of corporations and governments are beginning to blur. But can businesses ever really work for the greater good of society when their loyalties lie with shareholders?
Dr Theodore Zeldin
Zeldin, fellow of St Antony’s College, thinks that today’s business leaders lack one fundamental skill: the art of good conversation.
Kai Peters
Chief executive of Ashridge Business School, Peters believes that the European higher education system is about to go through one of the biggest changes in history as a result of the Bologna Declaration. And the most significant impact will be on business studies.
Leadership
Philippe Varin Philippe Varin
Philippe Varin has been credited with reviving the fortunes of the UK-Dutch steel-maker Corus. He talks here with Ben Schiller about the outlook for the steel industry, the impact of climate change and carbon emissions trading, and the process of merging with Indian conglomerate Tata.
Helge Lund Helge Lund
Statoil’s chief speaks to Christine Meyer of the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) about the multiple challenges of merging with a long-time domestic competitor, corruption in the oil & gas industry, and the promise of “new energy”.
Lines of enquiry
Finn Junge-Jensen Finn Junge-Jensen
The president of Copenhagen Business School explains why in today’s world it is an asset for a management school to employ psychologists and anthropologists alongside professors of finance and business strategy.
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