When in the 2000s the world saw ripple effects of the massive accounting fraud of U.S. energy giant Enron Corp. and the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., business management expert Tomoyoshi Noda was flooded with messages questioning the skills of business leaders whose actions led to the crises.
The academic who has taught at business schools in the United Kingdom, France and Singapore argues that such crises and other problems in world affairs have occurred as a result of leadership failures and corporate leaders' unpreparedness for operating on a global scale.
Noda wants to challenge and reform the conventional thinking that permeates worldwide business education to instead nurture leaders more capable of distancing themselves from consumer trends and of making a global impact.
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