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...geopolitical instability or Western protectionism. Both need to overcome enormous regional disparities of wealth and spread their growing prosperity more evenly among their populations. Davos had a well-attended session that focused on the wave of protests against corrupt officials in Chinese towns and villages. Some experts, including Orit Gadiesh, chairman of consultants Bain, says this competition misses the point: the world economy is not a zero-sum game, and both countries are likely to end up winners. "We are not hostile rivals, but we are competing with each other," said Indian Finance Minister Chidambaram, pointing to such sectors...
...Orit Sarfaty...
...Orit Cohen hobbles angrily away from the house as fast as her prosthetic foot will take her. The 13-year-old doesn't want photos taken of the injury she suffered 22 months ago when a roadside bomb blew up her school bus. From the doorstep, her father Ophir calmly watches her go. He knows she can't run far. Her leg is still weak, and in any case no one ventures alone outside this isolated Israeli settlement in the Gaza Strip, a tiny fortress under constant threat of Palestinian attack. Three of Ophir Cohen's eight children lost limbs...
Recession winners do, however, share some common traits, from good labor relations to contingency plans. Smart CEOs avoid across-the-board layoffs, instead making careful cuts that don't deplete their talent pool. And the savviest bosses stay aggressive, often using downturns to "become savvy acquirers," says Orit Gadiesh, chairman of Bain & Co., a Boston-based consulting firm. GE Capital, for instance, went on a buying binge during the Asian financial crisis a few years ago. Above all, while mediocre firms often flail around for a new strategy to deal with a downturn, the best companies just keep on doing...
...Orit A. Sarfaty '97, a student in History 1637, said this apparent disregard for professors' teaching practices in tenure appointments led to her own decision not to sign Ngyuen's list...