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PART 1MAKING SENSE OF THE TALENT SHORTAGE AROUND THE WORLD

After our review of the three principal issues driving the global talent showdown, we are ready to embark on a talent exploration around the world—first across the Americas, then to Asia and Europe. We seek to discover how business and society will address shortfalls in their current and future local and national talent pool.

What criteria can we use to select specific nations for our itinerary? In each region, we will focus on the current most successful players in the new game of global talent. These twenty-five countries have a great deal at stake if they are to maintain their economic momentum through the next decade.

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We will examine succinctly the current business climate, ...

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