Invisible hand
Market is an emergent property of a complex system of values being there for the sake of exchange. Continue Reading
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Benefits of circular economy fake trend
The circular economy is not fake; it is a fake trend. Circularity is a necessary feature of life. It becomes a fake trend when vested interests and consultants abuse it. The concept that attracts so much public attention is nothing… Continue Reading
Marketing, PR and Integrated Reporting
Terminology is important. Clarifying the concepts behind important terms has always been a passion of mine. So many conceptual blunders can be found in the so-called social sciences in particular, both in the past and today, and management and communications… Continue Reading
Branding as integration vehicle for IR
Integrated reporting is based on two premises: That organisations behave like living beings (biological premise). That living beings exist holistically (holistic premise). Taken together, these two premises limit the possibilities of organisational philosophy, explanation, design, governance, control, risk management, and… Continue Reading
Borders of the EU diplomacy
Introduction / background My views on EU central ideology and the future of the EU are quite apart from EU mainstream political jargon. So my introduction should be understood as an apology of an untamed freshman in international diplomacy (though… Continue Reading
The memetic argument for the sovereignty of the individual over collective
When we say that companies, brands, cities and states live, does this mean that they should express the same sovereignty as humans? If we say that companies live their own life, does that mean that they compete with individuals on… Continue Reading
The Price of the Value
There is no big deal to know that value cannot be quantified while the price, on the other hand, cannot be un-quantified. That the value of any item being exchanged among humans can not be defined objectively was so nicely… Continue Reading
The Price of the Light
A close friend of mine and a brother, Peter, recently came up with peculiarity of Slovenian language that differentiates light as a source of light and light as a product of that source. »Luč« in Slovenian denotes the source only… Continue Reading
Wise or clever
A couple of years ago I sat with a good friend in a larger but good company. While enjoying some partly enjoyable catering (yes, it is possible to enjoy something that is not enjoyable!) he uttered: “Andrej, you are too… Continue Reading
Global, but not multilateral
It was autumn 2016 when European Union opened CEFTA agreement and at the same time also CETA trade agreement with Canada. NAFTA as a most noticeable USA multilateral trade agreement was under discussion from the very beginning in 1998. In… Continue Reading