Session topics

"Dear all,
to remember in the 1960/ 70 ties all industrial water in Germany (Europe/US) flows in the rivers and contaminate the
In the end the citizen has to pay for that later with taxes, water conservation fees, whatever is a name it works loke a tax.
So for that it will be better to clean direct and do it to the product price. Nobody should believe there is no price increase. But the users have to pay and not the whole community. So for CO2 will be the same: lower Electricity consumption= lower CO2, same for flights and cars.
To be clear whatever we do we have to pay. It's better to pay at source instead of the end of the pipe for cleaning, i
Dieter Hofmann Singapore"

"With the continuing growth of technology that will eventually replace the simple things we do, and jobs, I feel the country that will benefit the most is Japan's greying population. The growth we see from parts of Asia could be a trend if not careful. China especially needs to open their market to buy goods, not only produce them, in order to see long term financial gains. Otherwise, they will produce a surplus of goods for customers who have no spending money."

"The answer to the debating question to innovate or adapt products for new markets depends on the flexibility of firm's business model to adapt for various markets. Currently since companies are expanding and want to have global presence, the strategy of single innovation centre catering to different geographical regions is loosing ground and the concept of different innovation centres for different geographical locations is gaining momentum. So in market innovations that disrupt respective markets along with wider adaptability can be the solution for this debatable question."