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Klaus Meyer

@klausmeyer.bsky.social

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Professor of International Business, studying whatever topics capture my imagination. Based on London Ontario. 🇨🇦🇪🇺

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Oct 10

Multinationals may have critical resources to help addressing #climatechange, but many lack incentives to deploy them. Discuss! Our analysis is in our new paper in #JIBS link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Industrial policy, green challenges, and international business - Journal of International Business Studies

Nation-states are designing their industrial policies increasingly to not only enhance national competitiveness, but also to simultaneously address “Green Challenges”, concerns about the natural envir...

link.springer.com

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

PRO: It saves money and keeps mail affordable. It’s a healthy little walk (But: why do people use a car for less than 100 meters?)

CON: Not convenient for those with mobility impairments, especially in winter. (But: if the box is on the opposite side of the footpath, walking isn’t safe either.)

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 6d

My daughter: “If this were a movie, something would happen at this mailbox!”

No, #CanadaPost is on strike; nothing happens here today. An opportunity to think about the pros and cons of street mailboxes instead of home delivery.

#LDNONT

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 7d

New sign: the expensive renovation of @westernu.ca Chemistry Parking lot (that removed green strips and 5 trees) REDUCED the number of parking spaces by 5% to accommodate larger cars. Why do people need a pickup truck to commute to work?

No wonder we need to put more green spaces under concrete

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Jan 20

Studying @history: What is more depressing, how quickly people discard their values when a new authoritarian leader rises to power, or how quickly these turncoats get tossed out once the new leader doesn't need them any more?

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 8d

Update: the trees visible at the left and right edges of the right-hand picture have been felled this morning.

@iveybusiness.bsky.social

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, @westernu.ca, we are #AllinWesternU....

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 11d

Yes, @westernu.ca, we are #AllinWesternU....

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · 13d

why is it today that the Economist publishes this story, which makes no reference to any contemporary events?

The Economist @economist.com · 13d

Political jokes are the ideal weapon of the weak. Even without the internet, they travel at warp speed, traversing a country before the censors have their pens out

First, they come for the comedians

But, try as strongmen might, the jokes always get away

econ.st

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Sep 4

It is painful to see, but not surprising.

The MAGA movement shares many traits and tactics with the Hitler movement, at least for 1928 to 1937. This includes virulent anti-immigration rhetoric (later action) and defamation, persecution (and later murder) of the most significant ethnic minority.

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 29

It seems I am not the only one who sees fewer #Monarch on my walks around town this year.
www.inaturalist.org/observations...

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Sam Trosow @samtrosow.bsky.social · Aug 23

Larry Cornies’ editorial hits right on the mark. London needs a better balance between development approvals and our mobility infrastructure. lfpress.com/opinion/colu...
Yet this council is full-speed-ahead on approvals without adequate regard for traffic implications. It’s simply not sustainable.

Cornies: Traffic could be London's undoing

In the face of growth estimates, the city's planned transportation infrastructure looks inadequate

lfpress.com

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 23

A strategy of extending the car-based infrastructure to bring even more cars to campus, reduces safety for walkers and cyclists, and pushes nature away from people is harmful for sustainable development and the mental health of students, staff, and faculty.

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 20

As I am nearing completion of my book "From Democracy to Fascism", I struggle how to communicate in a single Chapter the events in Germany in Jan to Apr @1933.

How can words express how quickly cruelty won out, people discarded their values, and opposition voices were silenced by intimidation?

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 20

At @iveybusiness.bsky.social and @westernu.ca, we enjoy the benefits of a biodiverse natural environment.

With this rich neighborhood comes responsibility. Let us protect it!

PHOTO: view of the Ivey building from the West.

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Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · Aug 20

Die Hölle von Auschwitz vor Gericht#Auschwitz#Auschwitz-Prozess

Die Hölle von Auschwitz vor Gericht

Die Urteile gegen SS-Täter beim Auschwitz-Prozess waren ein wichtiger Schritt der Aufarbeitung der deutschen NS-Verbrechen.

www.tagesschau.de

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 15

May be it is companies that need to learn that calling people on their phone just isn't the proper way to engage with real people.
If you want something from me, you first tell me who you are. Punktum.

Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Aug 14

Competition is the lifeblood of a market economy; market concentration usually leaves consumers and suppliers worse off. These insights shape competition policy yet are difficult to apply in the digital economy.

Our new paper reviews the EU approach. Stay vigilant!

www.ivey.uwo.ca/impact/read/...

Learning from Europe’s evolving rules for Big Tech

Europe’s evolving antitrust rules are reshaping digital competition. The rest of the world is paying attention.

www.ivey.uwo.ca

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CTV News Kitchener @ctvnewskitchener.bsky.social · Aug 13

Calls for more milkweed, international conservation plan as monarch butterfly population dwindles

There's an easy way to encourage growth of the monarch butterfly population in Canada.

bit.ly

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Matt Fitzpatrick @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just re-upping this old piece of mine in light of things to come. theconversation.com/ukraine-isnt...

Ukraine isn’t invited to its own peace talks. History is full of such examples – and the results are devastating

A decision to negotiate over the heads of the Ukrainians would reveal just how Trump sees Ukraine and Europe.

theconversation.com

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Jul 25

Competition is at the heart of a market economy, market power undermines its benefits. Big issue in the digital economy:

“Regulators have begun to understand digital business models better ... and identify potential market power abuses.”

A summary of our paper: www.ivey.uwo.ca/impact/read/...

Learning from Europe’s evolving rules for Big Tech

Europe’s evolving antitrust rules are reshaping digital competition. The rest of the world is paying attention.

www.ivey.uwo.ca

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jul 15

“Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events. Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says.”

Obviously.

That’s what #ClimateChange does.

Makes the bad things more likely, and worse.

More likely. And worse.

Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events

Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says

www.theguardian.com

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Unofficial CTV News Mirror @ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · Jun 25

Western Canada glaciers melting twice as fast as in previous decade, research says

Researchers say some glaciers in Western Canada and the United States lost 12 per cent of their mass from 2021 to 2024, doubling melt rates compared to the previous decade.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 18

Fake military glory: "The authenticity of relics alleged to have come from the Waterloo battlefield is often questionable, with dealers frequently offering items without any verifiable provenance."

sramakvvl.be/en/sowing-ea...

Sowing Eagles: 200 years of forging Waterloo battlefield relics. - SRAMA – KVVL

BERNARD WILKIN (State Archives of Belgium), ROBIN SCHÄFER (Independent historian) et ARNE HOMANN (Director of the Schloss Salder Municipal Museum, Salzgitter, Germanyne) Introduction ‘Sir!’ exclaimed ...

sramakvvl.be

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The Economist @economist.com · Jun 17

Bosses love to talk about company culture. But which firms actually get it right? Explore our interactive tool https://econ.trib.al/GzAOjl8

What employees think of their companies’ values

We run the rule over 900 firms and 19 industries

econ.trib.al

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Klaus Meyer @klausmeyer.bsky.social · Jun 6

Dear @robert-habeck.de‬, in the interest of your reputation, I suggest to explore #Canada for your next career step!

Tagesschau Bot @tagesschau.bsky.social · Jun 6

Habeck als Gastdozent bei US-Elite-Uni im Gespräch#Habeck#Berkeley

Habeck als Gastdozent bei US-Elite-Uni im Gespräch

Der frühere Bundeswirtschaftsminister könnte bald vor Studierenden an der Uni Berkeley dozieren.

www.tagesschau.de

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Jun 6

📊 Data update: We've just updated the data in our charts on carbon pricing.

This data lets you answer questions like:
– What share of CO₂ emissions in different countries are covered by a carbon price?
– Which countries have a carbon tax?
– Which ones have an emissions trading system?

A world map showing the share of CO2 emissions covered by a carbon price in 2024.

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