The twenty-first century is replete with uncertainty and complexity: game-changing events and trends are transforming the world beyond recognition. For the first time in human history more people live in cities than in the countryside and greater numbers suffer from obesity than from hunger. Emerging economies now represent half of the global economy and during the next few decades India will be the biggest country in terms of population, China the largest in output and the United States the richest among the major economies on a per capita income basis. Food and water shortages will likely become humankind's most important challenge. In this accessible introduction, Mauro Guillen and Emilio Ontiveros deploy the tools of economics, sociology and political science to provide an analytical perspective on both the problems and opportunities facing business in the modern world.

【Mauro F. Guillén, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania】

Mauro F. Guillén is Director of the Joseph H. Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania, a research-and-teaching program on management and international relations, and holds the Dr Felix Zandman Endowed Professorship in International Management at the Wharton School. He is the author of nine books and over 30 scholarly papers. He is a former Guggenheim and Fulbright Fellow and a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and also serves as the Vice Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Emerging Multinationals at the World Economic Forum. In September 2013, Guillén won the Faculty Pioneer Award from the Aspen Institute, which recognizes teaching and research in the area of global corporate governance, an issue addressed in Global Turning Points.

【Emilio Ontiveros, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid】

Emilio Ontiveros is Founder and President of Analistas Financieros Internacionales, SA, President of Tecnología, Información y Finanzas, Escuela de Finanzas Aplicadas and Afinet Global (subsidiaries of AFI Group, a consultancy). He has served as Professor of Economic and Business Administration at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid since 1985, where he was Vice Chancellor for four years. He has been Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Royal Complutense College and the Wharton School. He serves, or has served, on the boards of directors of Iberdrola Renovables, Itínere and Mutua Madrileña, among other companies.