Third Global Competitiveness Forum starts next week 3 Riyadh

The mission of the forum is to increase awareness of and attention to
local and global competitiveness challenges, and discusses the
parameters necessary to raise the values of responsible and fair
competitiveness amongst countries and companies.

The Forum will consist of twenty opened discussion panels dealing
with the most important contemporary global issues such as work
environment, global trade, sustainable development environment,
innovation and globalization. Other issues to be discussed are in
relevant to economy competitiveness, especially the global financial
crisis and how to get out of it, as well as challenges facing the
global economy over the year 2009. The third GCF will try to answer
the following questions

How can we avoid similar economic crises in the future? What does
responsible competitiveness mean for a company and for a nation?
What are the barriers to creating a responsible business, and how can
they be overcome? What does the financial crisis teach us about
responsible business? How can firms compete responsibly amid crisis?-
Is collaboration implied in competition? Are efficiency and
responsibility mutually exclusive? - Are we maximizing the value of
our national resources? What leadership role should businesses play
on environmental challenges?
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