What are the business ideas that are changing the world? In the second round of the series, leading executives nominate the ideas and describe the challenges that are changing the way we do business today, and will shape the business world of tomorrow.
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* *Allan Asher * Powering the future  

Britain must reinvent its attitude to energy if it is to meet the challenges of climate change and fuel inequality


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* Allan Asher
* Chief executive, Energywatch
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* Biography Comment *Allan's site
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Innovation utility business models for the future
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* *Jay Adelson * The democratisation of information  

The internet is changing the way we access and share information, and it gives us all a voice


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* Jay Adelson
* Chief executive, Digg
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* Biography Comment *Jay's site
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Global lessons on the future of media, content and messaging
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* *Klaus Kleinfeld * New world order  

The global marketplace for skills is revolutionising business and communities - but where will it lead?


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* Klaus Kleinfeld
* Chief operating officer, Alcoa
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* Biography Comment *Klaus's site
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Read the findings from interviews of over 400 HR executives
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* *Dr Robert Barrington * The day corporates gained responsibility: the investor's view  

How companies turned the inevitable into the profitable

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* Dr Robert Barrington
* Director of Governance & Sustainable Investment, F&C Management
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* Biography Comment *Robert's site
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* How is your organisation reacting to one of the world's greatest challenges? *
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* *Sir Stuart Rose * The day corporates gained responsibility: the chief executive's view  
Britain's leading retailer offers a detailed case study on how and why it worked for M&S
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* Sir Stuart Rose
* Chief executive, Marks and Spencer
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* Biography Comment *Stuart's site
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IBM
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IBM explore insights and inspirations on delivering change
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* *Ben Verwaayen * The evolution of the equity market  
From their origins in the seventeenth century, today's high-tech stock exchanges are playing a crucial role in global economic development and are at the heart of the globalisation story.
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* Clara Furse
* chief executive, London Stock Exchange
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* Biography Comment *Clara's site
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Read more to find out some unexpected lessons in global financial markets
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* *Sir James Dyson * The business of engineering  
Engineering has changed the world and can continue to do so, but first it must change its own fate
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* Sir James Dyson
* Design engineer, Dyson
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Why do innovation efforts so often fail? Read the findings of an IBM study of more than 250 organisations across 24 countries
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* *Sir David Walker * The flexibility of industry's new access to capital  
Tuning the balance between transparency and secrecy in the world's most private industry
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* Sir David Walker
* Author, the Walker Report into private equity
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* Biography Comment *Sir David's site
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Read the new IBM study of CFOs and senior Finance professionals.
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* *Ben Verwaayen * Vacating HQ: how social innovation is redefining the corporate world  
Technology is changing the way we do business, bringing the world's best talents together
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* Ben Verwaayen
* Chief Executive Officer - BT
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* Biography Comment *Ben's site
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Read the findings from interviews of over 400 HR executives
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* Unlocking the DNA of the Adaptable Workforce - The Global Human Capital Study 2008.pdf *
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* *Sir Ronald Cohen * Private equity/ modern entrepreneurship
Successful entrepreneurship and the importance of the private equity industry in the British economy
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* Sir Ronald Cohen
* Co-founder of Apax Partners
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* Biography Comment Sir Ronald's site
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Find out how organisations are balancing risk and performance
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* *Mervyn Davies * Micro finance and its role in 3rd world poverty relief  
The provision of financial services in the developing world is a crucial means of ensuring sustainable economic growth and lifting people out of poverty
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* E. Mervyn Davies
* Chairman - Standard Chartered PLC
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* Biography Comment *Mervyn's site
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Read more to find out some unexpected lessons in global financial markets
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* *Ian Davis * Government as a business 
A strong and efficient public sector is fundamental to the strength of any society, and governments can draw lessons from the private sector
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* Ian Davis
* Worldwide Managing Director - McKinsey & Company
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* Biography Comment *Ian's site
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