The rise of social media and online reviews may have turned yesteryear’s business-to-consumer marketing monologue on its head. But what has emerged in its place is an enriching conversation that can help you drive growth -- only now with the consumer as co-pilot pointing the way to new opportunity.

Ricardo Hausmann recently wrote a piece titled “Redistribution or inclusion?” for Project Syndicate. It provides a different view of the causes of inequality of income, looking particularly at developing countries. It points out that modern production requires many complementary inputs, many of which are present in advanced economies, but lacking in emerging economies. Some years ago a friend told…

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres was interviewed by Tom Friedman in Davos and said that terror is "destroying the arab countries" and is a much bigger threat to them than Israel. He also offered his dream of a future without the terrorists...

Patricia Arquette said it best, 'It's our time to have wage equality. Women all over the world face this same problem. According to the last report of the International Labour Organization, it remains clear: the pay gap is huge. Women in leadership are movie stars who work hard, shine brightly and contribute enormously to the overall success of the production—yet they make substantially less than their male counterparts...