The launch of this report marks the culmination of a year-long review on the results of Spain's comprehensive strategy for ICT and Information Society policy. Plan Avanza has created a large-scale information society agenda addressing the need for international and inter-regional convergence in ICT access and use, and greater integration of citizens, businesses and the public administration into the information society.

Presentation skills is one the primary capabilities all marketing professionals need. Even those that aren't client-facing frequently pitch internal management, sales people and potential alliances on the benefits of working with the marketing organization. Listen as Paul Barsch - experienced marketer, frequent public speaker and Director of Marketing at Teradata - shares tips and advice on how marketers can become better public speakers.

Buyers of property and casualty (P&C) policy administration systems may find the market confusing based on ambiguous solution descriptions and market definitions by vendors. Listen as Gartner analyst Kimberly Harris-Ferrante provides some clarity.

In this interview, Laird P. Pendleton discusses recent trends and changes in multi- and single-family offices, regional differences between the two models, and success factors for single-family offices during the financial crisis.

In this podcast, Jeanne Harris, executive research fellow and director of research at the Accenture Institute for High Performance and co-author of Analytics at Work, talks with John Hagerty, research vicepresident at Gartner who is responsible for Gartner's analysis on the strategies, practices and trends driving enterprise performance management and analytics.

How do high-performance businesses manage their business planning activities to deal with a changing market? In this Accenture podcast, we examine the criteria for successful, dynamic planning and the results of an Accenture survey of companies regarding their planning function.

The IESE Center for Emerging Markets recently hosted an international forum featuring leading experts on Sub-Saharan African markets, from Mali to Mozambique, South Africa to Senegal. IESE Prof. Sanjay Peters explains the importance of this forum, while three business experts representing Kenya and South Africa present the prospects and opportunities for investors in markets that remain largely unknown to many European firms.

Raghuram Rajan of the University of Chicago talks to Romesh Vaitilingam about his new book ‘Fault Lines', in which he outlines the deep systemic problems in the world economy that threaten further financial crises - high US inequality, patched over by easy credit; excessive stimulus to sustain job creation in times of downturn; and the choices of Germany, Japan, and China to focus on export-led growth rather than domestic consumption. The interview was recorded in London in July 2010.

The ability of businesses to survive and thrive often requires unconventional thinking and calculated risk-taking. The key is to make the right decisions-even under the most risky, uncertain, and turbulent conditions. Given the economic conditions of the last couple of years, surviving and thriving is what it's all about. To help senior executives and boards get smart about risk management and improve decision-making skills, Deloitte's book Surviving and Thriving in Uncertainty was published.

Innovación y emprendizaje han sido clave desde la fundación de los EAU, hace alrededor de 50 años, ya que los habitantes del país son "emprendedores de nacimiento y están adaptados genéticamente a empezar negocios, fallar y volver a empezar", como dice Feras Abu Ibrahim. Él explica cómo los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, aun siendo una federación, apoyan altamente la innovación, y cómo el contexto es el factor más importante para ello.