With international financial markets in turmoil and the global economy in the worst downturn since the Great Depression in 1929, wholly new ways of strategic thinking are required. The companies that will thrive given innovation and flexibility, or even survive, have to reinvent the way they do business. KanÓn International is designed to meet these challenges.

Globalization continues to affect the world economy in very positive ways, however, bringing people and ideas together in new business relationships. International trade has risen 18% annually since 1975 with total growth of per capita GDP set for steady increases in production of goods and services and rising expendable incomes.

With the emergence of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) the global market has shifted southward and eastward, affecting a wide range of multilateral arrangements that have kept fairly stable since the end of the Second World War. We are fully engaged in the “knowledge economy” in which all countries and cultures increasingly become part of an integrated global village.

The new paradigm of climate change and energy security --- the key challenge of our time --- has given rise to a host of opportunities in sustainable development projects that are becoming the norm through heightened public awareness, astute government legislation and new technologies.

KanÓn, Managing a World in Motion.