Globalization and the responsible political decision making / Danilo Türk -- The challenge of globalization and the response of politics / Günther Bekstein -- The challenge of globalization and the response of industry / Andreas Barner -- The role of corporations in shaping globalization with a human eye / Klaus M. Leisinger -- Personalities make the difference / Robert W. MacGregor -- Corporate responsibility, essential! / Bertram Huber -- Towards creating the right kind of globalization : why it does not happen, and what to do about it / Prabhu Guptara -- Global tax competition and tax cooperation / Stanisław Sołtysiński -- Improving process of globalization : role of WTO / Harsha Vrdhana Singh -- The subprime crisis and financial regulation : an international perspective / Kenneth W. Dam -- Does the world need TRIPS-like instruments in other areas of commerce and finance? / Herbert Kronke -- The future of banking regulation / David H. McIlroy -- Regions response to globalization / Emilia Müller -- Munich as a knowledge hub / Reinhard Wieczorek -- Heterogeneous response of countries in transition to the globalization challenge / Andrzej Olechowski -- Experiences and actions of the Committee of the Regions of the European Union / Gerhard Stahl -- Challenges of globalization for science and research / Hubert Markl -- The emphisis should be on advantages not on challenges of globalization / Russell K. Osgood -- In need of an ethic and legal framework to secure international cooperation / Sir Brian Heap -- Valorization of knowledge : a key to success / Alain Pompidou
Summary
Offers insight into the functioning of the global economy, the roots of the international financial crisis and the responses of highly distinguished politicians, industrialists and academics
