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 Produced -2007 In this program, host Libby Potter travels around the world as she takes a meaningful look at the economics behind the inexpensive goods for sale in big-box stores and malls. Cost-cutting through supply chain management and waste reduction, economies of scale achieved by shipping offshore-manufactured goods to market via super-container ships, the Wal-Mart effect, and the no-frills philosophy of IKEA are addressed. The triumphs and woes of China, in its role as manufacturer for the world, is given special attention, and the clothing industry is presented as a case study of the cheap goods cycle. But the program also considers the hidden societal costs of cheap goods, such as sweatshop labor and the environmental impact of cavalier overconsumption, and questions how much longer prices will continue to drop as China’s standard of living rises. Original BBCW broadcast title: Addicted to Cheap Shopping? (59 minutes)
 Released - 2000 Although America still holds the lead when it comes to e-commerce, Europe is catching up—fast. Filmed at the London Business School, this program brings together Jim Rose, CEO of QXL.com, the UK’s Euro-centric answer to eBay, and Kevin Roberts, CEO of advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi. Topics of discussion focus on the CEO and corporate culture, international branding, and old versus new media. In addition, MBA students and faculty ask questions about retaining online customer loyalty, managing merger risk, and stimulating employee commitment. (57 minutes)
 Released - 2006 Guess what? There's a whole new generation of business leaders in the incubator. The Gen X-ers, and Gen-Yers right behind them, demand a new kind of leadership training. Armed with hundreds of hours of research over thee years, Executive Producer Bob Allen, who himself spent twenty five years as a leader in the Disney organization, set out to create a fast-paced, reality television-like, leadership training program for young people that really works! Follow The Leader is a new "rubber meets the road" course featuring three very different business leaders - different ages, different places in their careers, and very different industries. But there's a common thread - they're all successful, and they all possess similar traits and behaviors as business leaders. We follow them around and learn from them on the job. We hear from their people. No gurus. No acronyms. It's about positive role models.
The Follow the Leader DVD is divided into three 20-minute segments which can be viewed in one three-hour workshop or broken into three one-hour workshops titled:
2. INTEGRITY & REALISM 3. LOVE & PASSION Upon completing the entire training program, your participants should be able to:
Program includes: DVD and a CD-ROM containing an 18-page Trainer's Guide, a 24-page Participant Workbook, and a 34-frame Microsoft PowerPoint« Presentation.
 Released - 1998 As the movement begun in the 1970s to decentralize and deregulate continues, economies around the world are being reshaped. In this program, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin, Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, and John Kenneth Galbraith explore the dynamic tension between free markets and managed economies with Ben Wattenberg, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. The demise of European communist and socialist economic models and successful market-oriented initiatives in Europe and America support the thesis that minimal government intervention is healthy. But will big business seek a return to managed economies if world markets crash? (26 minutes)
 Released - 1998 In this program, financial experts including economist Jeffrey Sachs, Paul Krugman of MIT, and the IMF’s Stanley Fischer reveal the IMF’s ignorance of basic economic realities at the time of the Asian financial crisis, during which the IMF’s one-size-fits-all policy recommendations and faulty judgment worsened the economies it hoped to assist. Issues such as conflicts of interest, charges of corruption, and political heavy-handedness have prompted the CATO Institute and others to call for an end to the IMF, especially in light of the Russian financial fiasco, which left the IMF holding valueless promissory notes worth millions. (37 minutes)
 This six-part series examines the principles behind the International Monetary Fund and its role in applying free market theory to transform centrally planned economies into competitive, free-trade markets. Beginning with the principles that guide the IMF and its policies, the series then presents case studies on the application of free market theories in Russia, the Ukraine, and Moldova. Also examined are the obstacles that derailed the transformation of other Commonwealth of Independent States economies: the over-printing of money that led to inflation, the removal of social safety nets that caused public resistance, and the lack of institutions to enforce new laws and collect taxes. The series is an indispensable resource that takes free market theories out of the textbook and watches them at work in the real-life lab of the global economy. 6-part series. The Series Includes:
Released - 2002 This remarkable 20-part series, moderated by CNN’s Emmy Award-winning journalist Jeff Greenfield, uses in-depth interviews with internationally recognized and respected CEOs to shed light on those managerial, organizational, and technological issues that are shaping the marketplace of ideas. In addition, this comprehensive business library also explores the personal side of commerce, as industry icons discuss the values and experiences that shape and influence their business philosophies, strategies, and decisions. 20-part series, 57-58 minutes each. The Series Includes: Creating the 21st-Century CEO | Challenges of the 21st-Century CEO | Internet Shopping in the 21st Century | Cutting-Edge Technologies | International Branding in the 21st Century | Mastering the Art of Corporate Reinvention | The Search for Talent in the 21st Century | Major League Entrepreneurs | Entertainment in the Digital Age | Creating New Categories, Businesses, and Markets | Innovators of Silicon Valley | The Built-to-Order Revolution | Challenges of Leadership | Defense, Aerospace, and Cyberspace | Building Multilevel Global Brands | Jack Welch: Icon of Leadership | Staying on Top in Turbulent Times | Dynamic Leadership in Turbulent Times | Leadership in a Fast-Paced Economy | Customer-Driven Success
Produced - 2007 According to most experts, globalization is increasing with unstoppable momentum. But the resulting debate is heating up just as quickly—and anyone who participates needs a thorough grounding in the issues. This four-part series provides a foundation for studying the political economy of international trade, finance, development, and natural resource competition. Using concise case studies, straightforward explanations of complex financial concepts, and interviews with renowned experts—including Dr. Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University, Bank of Israel Governor Dr. Stanley Fischer, and former World Bank president James Wolfensohn—this series gives viewers the wide-ranging subject coverage necessary for sustained class dialogue and discussion. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. 4-part series, 33-39 minutes each. The Series Includes: Global Resources: Management and Competition | Global Exchange: Free Trade and Protectionism | Global Capital Market: Risks and Rewards | Economic Development: A Global Challenge
 Released - 2006 Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for outsourced white-collar jobs—one reason for the nation’s rapid economic growth. This Wide Angle case study explores the experiences of emerging Indian professionals who have been recruited into positions requiring long hours, late-night shifts, and Westernized work habits. The program reveals the human and cultural impact of a controversial yet essentially unstoppable global economic trend—examining its effect on Indian family life, on the evolving landscape of urban India, and on the aspirations and daily lives of young Indian citizens, especially women, as they enter the work force. In addition, anchor Daljit Dhaliwal discusses social, political, and economic development in India with Michael Elliott, editor of Time International. (56 minutes)
This series focuses on three countries—China, Mauritius, and Peru—and the different ways each has succeeded in reforming and growing their economy to compete in the international marketplace. 3-part series, 29-30 minutes each. The Series Includes:
Released - 2005 Blue-collar jobs have been leaving America for decades. Now, thousands of higher paying positions are also moving abroad. This program examines the pros and cons of white-collar outsourcing, highlighting emotional and ideological divisions on the topic. It also studies real-life examples of outsourcing in action. An in-depth look at India’s booming call center industry—which provides systematic training for Mumbai workers in American standards of speech and culture—illustrates the extent to which American business relies on overseas labor, while commentary from economists and policy makers explores the effect of outsourcing on America’s middle class. (51 minutes)
Released - 1999 Using nations of the European Union, Singapore, and New Zealand as models, this comprehensive 10-part series provides numerous case studies to analyze how economies must adapt in order to prosper in a rapidly changing world. What lessons in economic theory and monetary policy can America learn from the restructuring going on in Europe and around the globe? 10-part series, 30 minutes each. The Series Includes:
Released - 1993 Ten Executives Tell Hedrick Smith How They Are Leading Their Companies into the 21st Century Global markets and powerful new competitors are rewriting the rules of business for American CEOs and their counterparts overseas. While many executives have failed to comprehend the changes taking place around them, a handful of corporate leaders are working profound and often surprising changes in their companies, rethinking old ways of doing business and retooling their organizations for the future. In a series of ten probing and remarkably candid conversations, award-winning journalist Hedrick Smith speaks with ten masters of change—executives who are transforming their companies and the industries they compete in—to learn how each was able to recognize the conditions that called for change and turn their organizations to face the challenge. (10-part series.) The Series Includes: An Obsession with Quality | Boeing Reinvents the Airplane | A Banker's Apprenticeship | Power Sharing at Daimler-Benz | Keiretsu and the Friday Lunch | Turning Around General Motors | Steering Ford to Superior Quality | A CEO Goes Back to the Classroom | Taking Risks at Intel | Returning Strength to U.S. Steel
As our world becomes increasingly interconnected, people need to develop greater cultural diversity skills. It's up to you to provide intercultural communication training to effectively communicate with and understand other cultures. Our top-selling training program, Cross-Cultural Understanding investigates all the key components of culture and communication, including values and beliefs, social structure, perceptions of time, communication styles, proper etiquette and more. With this expert training program, you'll get the answers to these essential issues and many more:
Cross-Cultural Understanding is expertly designed for intercultural communication training, and questions and role play exercises are included for a complete training package. Includes: 45 minute DVD and leader's guide.
Released - 1999 America enjoyed unprecedented growth in the 1990s, which firmly established the country as the world’s leading economic power. Why? In this program, ABC News correspondent John Stossel reports on what special factors make the U.S. and Hong Kong, a tiny yet extremely dynamic geopolitical entity, so successful—and why similar success eludes India and other countries. Experts include Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman; Federal Reserve economist Michael Cox; Dinesh D’Souza, of the American Enterprise Institute; Tom Palmer, of the Cato Institute; and Dr. James Galbraith, of the University of Texas at Austin. (41 minutes)
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