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Joe Saddi, Chairman of global consulting firm Booz & Co, is more sanguine in his view of the future. "By now I think we've seen the worst," he says, "but it was blunted by massive government stimulation and there is still a lot to be done to get us out of the woods ..."

101: Is it over yet? Businessmen offer recession insight

Take the case of Tropical Telecom, with a subsidiary based in Haiti, when a major earthquake hit the country on January 21, Tropical Telecom instantly became an integral part of relief efforts. Chris Taylor (MBA '00D), its President and CEO, tells us more.

99: Debt overhang, inflation threaten world economy

98: Philanthrocapitalism: dawn of a new era?

97: China’s Babytree.com: how it achieved its growth spurt

96: Negotiating to win

“Shareholders are screaming. The stock price has dropped from $60 to $7 a share. The press is hitting you every day with requests for info on the turnaround of the company. The prior management is still there, wondering about their futures. The prior board is there, wondering about their futures. And you’re there, trying to bring some order to this chaos.” That’s how Eric Pillmore describes a typical day at the office when he stepped into the corporate governance role at Tyco early in August of 2002.

Special edition: INSEAD & WEF release Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010

Communications guru Sir Martin Sorrell, CEO of the worlds largest communications services company, WPP, braved a snowstorm to address an INSEAD graduating MBA class. His key message to future managers on how to get things done in an increasingly global corporate environment?

Greece issued its third plan to reduce its deficit and cut expenses. The Euro rallied and the country's bond issue this week was over-subsrcibed. But INSEAD Assistant Professor of Finance Harald Hau says the country is still not out of the woods and both EU support and more internal cost-cutting are necessary.

INSEAD alumnus Sameer Hajee is banking on a micro-entrepreneurial structure to make his newly-created Nuru Light Design a success. With seed money from the World Bank, Hajee was able to complete a feasibility study, a field trial and a product design for what is essentially a single-serving of light -- an affordable LED rechargeable flashlight unit, which can be used alone or in a stack, to light up a students desk or an entire house.

Joe Saddi, chairman of Booz & Co, explains the role of R&D funding in innovation in the Middle East, and also the importance of education and diversity

Peter Drucker’s immense contribution to the thinking and practice of management extends to social responsibility in business. This work goes back over 60 years but remains relevant today -- notwithstanding the impacts of globalisation and the greater interconnectedness of business and society.

88: THE GREAT DEBATE ON CLIMATE CHANGE