This annual report, based on a survey of over 700 global business leaders and in-depth follow-up interviews, presents the views of CEOs, Chairmen, and Founders on both current forces in the marketplace and the trends they expect to face in 2008.

Topics Covered:

• Leaders Anticipate a New Era Five Years Out
• Prediction: Today’s Cost/Price Crunch Will Become a Way of Life
• Global Trade and the Emergence of Asian Markets
• The Riddle of Consolidation
• Cross-Cultural Challenges in the Global Marketplace
• The New Look of Competition
• The Role of Human Assets in 2008

Special Features:

• Participating Executives
• The CEO Challenge: Year by Year
• Marketplace Challenges and Management Concerns Broken Down by Industry, Sales Volume, and Geography