Considering the myriad challenges facing the world economy, there is little expectation that a strong recovery is imminent. It could be years, even decades, away. There also is growing recognition that the old, per-crisis way of doing business is never coming back. In its place is “the new normal”—a different kind of competitive landscape buffeted by geopolitics and global instability, rapid technological change, unique financial pressures, a rising tide of data and information to filter through, and the proliferation of new corporate business models.
