The European Business Review

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The European Business Review

THE ALTERNATIVE TO FOOD SYSTEM CHAOS • Our systems of food production and distribution are fundamentally flawed, jeopardising both the planet and its inhabitants. But, as Meiny Prins, CEO of Priva argues, it doesn't have to be that way. By reconnecting food production with metropolitan and urban areas and applying multiple new innovative technologies, intelligently and pragmatically, to tackle the problem, we can procure a brighter future for the generations to come.

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EXECUTIVE PROFILE

A TIMELINE OF vidaXL's HISTORY

vidaXL: Pioneer and eCommerce business giant • It all started with two selling items on eBay. Sixteen years later, the business has transformed into the global retailing giant, vidaXL. The eCommerce site now boasts 130 million online visitors per year worldwide and is among the top 500 most-visited websites in the Netherlands. How did this lesser-known company gain such success and how can others make a profit alongside them?

DESIGNING FOR IMPACT A RESULTS-DRIVEN PERSPECTIVE FOR EXECUTIVE EDUCATION • What defines success in executive education? Satisfied participants? Great scores on a post-training quiz? Participants using what they learned back on the job to influence important organizational metrics and KPIs? ESMT Berlin and Mindset AB make the case for a results-oriented approach to design and evaluation for executive-level education.

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LIFELONG LEARNING WITH ESSEC Business School • The demand for new approaches to learning has been on a steady rise after the tumultuous past few years. The global landscape has changed significantly and embraced borderless interaction, making understanding the ins and outs of the universal market a key component in maintaining relevance today. It’s not just the way people learn and the qualifications they want that are changing, but the skills they choose to learn.

LEADERSHIP PLUS: A STEADY HAND AND A MAVERICK FOR GOOD TIMES AND TRYING TIMES

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DUPLICITOUS LEADERSHIP: WHY INCONSISTENCY IS HARMFUL

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TRUST, TREASON AND TREACHERY: THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPYING • What exactly do spies do? What attributes and skills are they selected and trained for? How accurate is the popular “James Bond” description of what spies and spying are all about? How psychological is the spying business?

The Cambridge Spy Ring, an extraordinary Russian intelligence operation

Oleg Gordievsky: The best agents deserve the best handlers

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INTERVIEWING ELITES AND GUANXI IN CHINA • With China’s growing influence, Chinese leadership is attracting more limelight from around the world. However, Chinese leaders are culturally, linguistically, and ideologically unfamiliar to many Western observers. Hence, it can be daunting to interview Chinese elites across a range of different organisations. We provide insights for those new to this somewhat challenging methodological ‘black’ box.

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INSIDE THE JOURNEY OF A DECACORN • Start-ups – and their unicorn, and now decacorn, darlings – are critical both for value creation as well as for economic growth and job creation. Regarding value, the US Private Equity sector has generated 1.8 times more returns from its startups financing than what...