Great Power Struggle Deceased U.S. Senator John McCain called Russia a “gas station masquerading as a country” but it is also a major grocery store, especially when combined with Ukraine. Vladimir Putin is now threatening global energy, fertilizer, and food supplies. Rising prices for energy, food and interest on money is a triple whammy for the citizenry and consequently for politicians. Inflation adjusted disposable income in the U.S. has now sunk below trend and savings as a share of disposable income is back below pre-pandemic levels. This is a bad situation in rich countries and a disaster for poor developing ones trying to service debt. Crucial will be maneuvering by China and India. If China sticks with Russia, Mo...
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Accountability and a comprehensive approach to export programming
WPI’s team helped construct a strategic approach to develop, implement, and track promotional activities in 8 key regions across the globe for an agricultural export association. With continued progress measurement and strategic advisory services from WPI, the association has seen its ROI from investments in promotional programming increase by 44 percent over the past 5 years. Not only does this type of holistic approach to organizational strategy provide measurable results to track and analyze, it fosters top-down and bottom-up organizational accountability.