Head-to-Head

Is it possible to solve the eurozone’s sovereign-debt crisis and save the euro? In Head-to-Head (Business Spotlight 1/2012), two experts discuss the eurozone’s financial crisis —  and whether eurobonds could solve the problem. Business Spotlight Premium members can read the full article online. 

Do global media empires threaten press freedom or do consumers now have access to such a variety of sources and opinions online that media concentration is practically impossible? Two experts discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 6/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online. 

Would you risk taking a sabbatical? Two people with opposing views discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 5/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online. 

Food prices keep on going up. But who's really to blame for the increase in price? Two experts discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 4/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online. 

The euro has been good to Germany, but has the euro crisis exposed serious weaknesses in the single-currency system of Europe? Two experts discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 3/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online. 

"Nuclear power is the most expensive and dangerous way we have ever invented to boil water," argues Jim Riccio of Greenpeace. Not true, comments Ian Hore-Lacy from World Nuclear Association: "Renewables such as wind simply cannot do the same job, and they are very expensive." Who's right? 

Could a duvet day help employees to cope with the stress of the modern workplace? Not everyone would condone such a culture. Two experts discuss this topic in Business Spotlight 2/2011. Our premium members can read the full article here online. 

Many people believes that plastic water bottles should be banned. But could the alternative be even worse for the environment? We present two differing views on plastic bottles in our Head-to-Head section.

Nur Quotenfrau oder doch qualifizierte Führungskraft? Nach welchen Kriterien sollen Frauen in Spitzenpositionen gelangen? Vicki Sussens-Messerer hat dazu zwei Meinungen gehört.

The risk to employers can be huge if emails, social-networking sites and contact through the internet are misused by employees to the extent that employers could be indirectly liable for acts of discrimination. But this is only one side of the argument.