For more information, contact Nancy Goldstucker at 773.702.7572. The passage of the Financial Services Modernization Act tears down the regulatory barriers that have separated investment banking, commercial banking, and the insurance business. International E-Business Revolutionary changes are ahead for the Global Economy due to the shifting of the economy from an industrial and service based economy to an electronic economy. The panelists will discuss globalization, technology, regulation and the resulting changes in business management and strategy. The open standards of the web and its global reach make it the ideal platform for doing business in new ways.
Firms can connect into all of each others' business processes, flexibly and cheaply.
As a result, there has been an explosion of investment in B2B start-ups and B2B infrastructure. Leadership Much of today's business thinking is trapped in assumptions regarding the characteristics of effective leadership - partly steming from the common use of sports and militaristic analogies. Increasingly, challenges need to be met with creativity and the ability to view existing circumstances and current problems in new ways. This panel will explore the value of the humanities and the arts in addressing emerging challenges faced by today's leaders. . How LegacyFirms are Transforming for the 21 st Century.