To what extent can competition between companies encourage innovations in sustainability that have the potential to solve some of the world's major challenges? Using a series of case studies, this book pits closely related competitors against each other to examine the progress in and obstacles...

Contents: Preface -- 1. Introduction: The signals global demography sends -- 2. Addressing malthus' challenge: Bayer's acquisition of monsanto -- 3. Demography and management -- 4. The challenge of productivity in aging countries -- 5. Belligerence and corruption in middle-age countries -- 6....