We study two aspects of globalization. It allows a decision-maker to go beyond his own local experience and to learn from other decision-makers in addressing common problems. This improves the identification and diffusion of best practices. It also provides extra information to `markets' that...

Der Volkswagen-Konzern hat sich um die Jahreswende 2007/2008 für eines der ehrgeizigesten Wachstumsprojekte in der Automobilindustrie entschieden: Bis zum Jahr 2018 soll der japanische Wettbwerber Toyota - etwa hinsichttlich des Absatzvolumens und der Profitabilität - übertroffen werden. Um...

Ongoing global changes bring fundamentally new scientific problems requiring new concepts and tools. A key issue concerns a vast variety of practically irreducible uncertainties, which challenge our traditional models and require new concepts and analytical tools. The uncertainty critically...

We study two aspects of globalization. It allows a decision-maker to go beyond his own local experience and to learn from other decision-makers in addressing common problems. This improves the identification and diffusion of best practices. It also provides extra information to `markets' that...

In this keynote address, David Wirth identifies fundamental and dynamic attributes of globalisation, examines the need to confront institutional failures and systemic challenges of multilateral governance, and offers some preliminary observations on directions in which global governance might...