Policy Adaptation Europeans reacted to the regulatory over-prescriptiveness emanating out of Brussels by voting early this summer to reduce the number of Greens in the European Parliament. Conservatives won in the Netherlands, are about to take over in Austria and the central German state of Thuringia. Seven member states have asked that the new deforestation directive be postponed due to uncertainties about its impact on the businesses and the economy. The risk of a similar backlash in the U.S. has led the Harris for President campaign to de-emphasize some of the issues favored by leftist activist groups. Now green groups in Europe are suing to force implementation of the last Commission’s climate targets but democracies cannot succ...
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.
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...