Klaus Schwab Quotes (16 Quotes)

I would have handled the situation differently because it involves deep emotions and religious creeds.

The World Economic Forum tries to keep away from issues that are too politicized.

With great concern and pain, I just learned that Global Agenda, a publication distributed to our members at the Annual Meeting 2006, contains an article calling for a boycott of Israel.

I think a number of initiatives have been newly taken or enhanced during this meeting that will have a tangible impact.

In these extraordinary times, greater international cooperation is needed to reverse the global economic downturn, eradicate poverty, promote security and enhance cultural understanding,

We give a special place to the GCC and we want to ensure a strong participation at the annual international meeting to help overcome all misunderstandings.

The key issue is the shift of the centre of gravity from the West to the East, the rise of China and India.

We have a number of vulnerabilities in our economies.

All business leaders here are frustrated by the fact that (this) ... is the only region left at the end of the century where economics are kept hostage by politics.

Switzerland is one of the best places in the world in terms of quality of infrastructure and services.

European CEOs have to act much more as business politicians ... in the vacuum left over by a world where we have less and less boundaries, less and less power of national governments.

We have chosen China for our Global Industry Summit because we believe that China is well positioned to serve as a global hub for working with the next generation of corporate champions.

This article is totally in contradiction to my own, and the Forum's, mission and values.

High oil prices and the emergence of a number of new players on the world stage - not just China and India but also Russia and even Iran - have made it possible to play the major powers off against each other.

By highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of an economy, policy-makers and business leaders are provided with a tool to assist them in the formulation of improved economic policies and institutional reforms,

The immediate temptation would have been to cancel our Forum in Egypt next month, but for the sake of a more peaceful future for humankind we have to show our solidarity by holding this meeting.