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On the occasion of Peter Brabeck-Letmathe´s 70th birthday a group of his friends invited 31 authors to contribute to this festschrift, honoring his great achievements in providing business leadership and contributing to public dialogue on important issues.

Leaders from politics, academia, civil society and business who know Peter Brabeck draw a fascinating, multifaceted picture of the quality, speed and nature of the ongoing and often accelerating change taking place in society, technology and markets. It is a change that is not only relevant for him as chairman of Nestlé, but also for citizens and businesses around the world today, and in years to come.

Patrick Aebischer Robert E. Black Günter Blobel John Briscoe Lester R. Brown Paul Bulcke Jin-Yong Cai Vittorio Colao Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Julio Frenk Francis Fukuyama Orit Gadiesh Vitor Gaspar Ray A. Goldberg Franz B. Humer Muhtar Kent Walter B. Kielholz Andreas Koopmann Mark R. Kramer Christine Lagarde Doris Leuthard Maurice Lévy Peter Maurer Edna Molewa Luis A. Moreno Lubna S. Olayan Michael E. Porter Benoît Potier Klaus Schwab Barbara Stocking Rex W. Tillerson Herman Van Rompuy

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