INDEX

A

A1 sauce, 146

Abercrombie & Fitch, 26

Achilles heel, 166, 167

Acquisitions, by businesses, 27, 121, 178

by DuPont, 137

expectations and, 28

by Fiskars, 39

by Koch Industries, 62

by RedBox, 193

by Royal DSM, 181

by Snow, 43

by SodaStream, 200

Adler, Deborah, 153

Aeroshot, 112

Africa:

appliances in, 84

building in, 96

cell phones in, 61

consumer goods in, 194

exploration of, 54

hospitals in, 157

loans in, 96

Agave, 75

Age of Exploration, 70, 88, 129, 176, 237

Aging population, 93, 154, 155

Air Liquide, 62

Air Products, 62

Airbus, 145

Align Technology, 156, 165, 166, 168, 170

al-Ma'mun, 176

Almond milk, 145

Altimarano, 111

Always, 194

Amazon, 60, 76

Amazon Prime, 60

AMD chips, 59

American Airlines, 60

Amsterdam Stock Exchange, 234

Andes mountains, 136, 190

Android apps, 85

Ann Taylor, 211

Apple, 64

Appliances, holistic opportunities and, 8485

Aquafina, 208

Arab nations, spice trading and, 150

Archimedes, 11, 174

Ariel detergent, 194

Aristotle, 129

Arte de Navegar (Medina), 88

Articulated insights, 122123

Artificial sweeteners, market demand and changes in, 75

Aryabhata, 176

Asia:

consumption and, 190

health care in, 209

trading and exploration, 136, 144, 150, 162

Asian Moonz, 190

Atari, 191

Atkinson, Brooks, 34

Aurum, 111

Austria, 92, 111

Automated teller machines (ATMs), 61

Automobiles, 42, 56

Avon, 225

Axe products, 202

Aztecs, 198

B

Baby carrots, 124

Backstrom, Olaf, 39

Bacon, Francis, 75

Bacteria, ubiquitous problems and, 158159

Bangalore, 157

Barnes and Noble, 76

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