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Alfred A. Marcus and Mazhar Islam examine how demographic changes introduce new challenges for businesses, with a focus on how the world today is divided between disproportionately old and young nations. Taking a broad international perspective, the book illustrates how demography affects underlying conditions in nations, presenting the risks and opportunities for businesses as well as a set of concrete obligations they owe to the nations in which they operate

 

Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction the signals global demography sends -- 2. Addressing Malthus' challenge: Bayer's acquisition of Monsanto -- 3. Demography and management -- 4. The challenge of productivity in aging countries -- 5. Belligerence and corruption in middle-age countries -- 6. The struggle for stability in youthful nations -- 7. Doing business in violence-prone nations: youth bulges and busts -- 8. Conclusion: opportunity and fear of failure -- Index