In October this year I had the opportunity to speak at the 3rd annual world islamic retail banking conference in Dubai (U.A.E.). The topic of my presentation was “´Trust – the rediscovered condition in Western retail banking”. The three day conference (compare conference program) was held in the Shangri-La Hotel, Shaik-Zayed-Road. Here are some impressions from the [...]

Taking into account the current situation regarding Eurozone’s problem, the BBC website offers an excellent website that explains the issues and challenges. BBC News – Q&A: Greek debt crisis.

In the fast-moving world of business, it’s vital for companies to keep up from a technology standpoint. This means that a certain amount of investment must be channeled into the IT department. This of course means that IT staff need to be equipped with the fastest and best equipment available on budget. When so much [...]

We wish our readers a Happy New Year and the best of look for their projects as well as for them personally. Our whole Eddielogic-team would like to thank you for all your great feedback and brilliant cooperation.

Basically it is a little bit to earlier for an annual review, isn’t it? The idea to name this post review considered the fact that my last post is dated April 8th 2010. What happened? The last months have been full with changes and challenging projects in my professional life, most of them quite time [...]

This is a quote from the famous zoologist and animal film-maker Bernhard Grzimek. I liked this quote right from the beginning because it made me smile and it seemed to have the potential for a running gag. I want to make one thing clear right from the beginning. I am sure the ocelot is an [...]

A couple of months ago I presented a fictitious interview with the former investment bank regarding its approach to manage liquidity risks. Everything seemed to be fine…but as we know from hindsight the annual report didn’t tell us the truth (otherwise the bank would not have fall into bankruptcy). Lehman Brother was collapsed under a [...]

Subscribers to the Real-World Economics Review Blog have awarded the Dynamite Prize in Economics to Alan Greenspan, Milton Friedman and Larry Summers. It says at the Real-World Economics Review Blog: ‘Alan Greenspan has been judged the economist most responsible for causing the Global Financial Crisis. He and 2nd and 3rd place finishers Milton Friedman and [...]

I just discovered a new early indicator. You may remember that I like the sort of indicators that are not scientific but can be observed in ordinary life. Now I have one more of this sort. We participate in the amazon-associates program with our management portal. We recommend books on the portal and when one [...]

trendwatching.com, a leading trend firm, has just released its ’10 Consumer Trends for 2010′. According to this trend report next year will bring a bonanza of opportunities, as even cautious consumers crave pragmatic or exciting innovations.Its argues that we will see a scene from ‘urban pride’ to ‘forced sustainability’. The summary: BUSINESS AS UNUSUAL | [...]