In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Fortune

• JAPAN’S STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGES
  The companies powering the infrastructure sector credit Japanese business traditions for their success.
• THE JOINT BETWEEN SUCCESS AND SAFETY
  The Victaulic Company of Japan’s innovative pipe joints connect businesses and utilities in earthquake-prone regions.
• LAURA ALBER
  Laura Alber became Williams Sonoma CEO at just 42 years old. Thirteen years later, she’s the Fortune 500’s longest-tenured female chief executive, and in that time has doubled annual revenue at the parent company of West Elm and Pottery Barn. But economic headwinds are now forcing the CEO to develop new revenue streams at the luxury home furnishings retailer, something Alber—creator of Pottery Barn Kids—has done before.
• Sometimes It’s Bravest to Not Take a Stand
  In a divided, violent world, leaders’ humility, willingness to listen, and core values are what matter most.
• CEOs Share Tips for Tightrope Walking
  The Fortune CEO Initiative rallied business leaders to collaborate on global problems—including inflation, geopolitical tension, and the AI revolution.
• Fueling Advertising on the Open Internet
  The Trade Desk offers an alternative approach to traditional digital advertising.
• Cloud Giants Are Making It Rain for AI
  Amazon’s big investment in Anthropic shows what’s really at stake in the chatbot wars: binding customers more tightly to Big Tech cloud providers.
• Going to War Against Deepfakes
  Companies are racing to detect videos that have been manipulated with the help of AI—before they cause even more violence and confusion in battle zones.
• Tracking the New Boom in AI
  The inaugural Fortune 50 AI Innovators list is the definitive guide to a sector that’s now attracting one out of every four startup investment dollars.
• A Caregiver’s Guide to Retirement Homes
  The rapidly expanding eldercare industry means more—and tougher—choices for family members.
• REVOLUTIONIZING THE HIGH-PRECISION MANUFACTURING SPACE
  Boston Micro Fabrication’s disruptive micro 3D-printing tech can now create small high-precision parts for key industries more efficiently and at a lower cost.
• Ukraine. Israel. Taiwan?
  Business leaders fear that cross-strait tensions may cause the next geopolitical blowup, putting Taiwan and its top chipmaker TSMC at risk.
• HOW HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING IS UNLOCKING THE FUTURE OF AI
  Founder and CEO Aroosh Thillainathan shares how Northern Data Group is capitalizing on the high-performance computing market to drive artificial intelligence innovation.
• FORTUNE 500 EUROPE
  Our first-ever ranking of the largest companies in Europe by revenue shows that Old World companies are reaching new heights. They’re setting the global agenda in energy, finance, the auto industry, and elsewhere.
• PORTUGAL SHINES AT THE 30TH EDITION OF THE WORLD CORPORATE GOLF CHALLENGE, PLAYED IN TENERIFE
  Golf Costa Adeje and Abama Golf in Tenerife, Spain, hosted the World Final of the biggest corporate golf tournament from 2 to 6 October
• RIDING AN AI BOOM, AND GUARDING AGAINST A RECESSION BUST
  Forecasters have rarely been so divided about the outlook for the economy. Will inflation and high interest rates drive it down, or will a technological revolution lift it up? Our stock picks aim to help your port-folio come out ahead, whatever occurs.
• HOW FORTUNE DID
  In a year when stock markets treaded water, Fortune’s picks swam a bit faster. Our “11 Stocks to Stick With for 2023” delivered a median return of 7.9% over the past 12 months, about half a percentage point better than the S&P 500. Here’s what worked and what didn’t.
• Connecting Talent, Textiles, and Technology
  For almost three centuries, Coats Group’s people, culture, and customer centricity have driven its success.
• AN UNDER-THE-RADAR VC CLIMBS THE RANKS
  Kushner paved a path outside his famous family. Now he’s a billionaire, thanks to bold bets on Instagram, Stripe, and OpenAI—and he’s running his biggest-ever port-folio. Here’s how he did it.
• THE SEC’S COMBATIVE GARY GENSLER
  Relentless, ambitious, and media-savvy, the former Goldman Sachs banker has become an unlikely hero among critics of Wall Street. But the SEC chair’s over-the-top intensity could set him up for a fall—and undermine the very investor protections he’s fighting for.
• Golf Goes Virtual
  To make the game more accessible, the PGA TOUR and GOLF+ are bringing the competition to fans through virtual reality.
• TROUBLE BELOW AT THE BORING CO.
  Shelved projects, politics, and slow progress seem to have dulled Elon Musk’s tunneling dreams at the Boring Company.
• Companies that are built for growth, even in uncertain times
  Political turmoil and the rise of AI have shaken up the playing field for business leaders and investors. But the companies that top our “vitality” index are poised to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s gains.
• Where to Go in 2024
  From the butterscotch beaches of Normandy to the white sands of a Thai island, these four vacation destinations offer scenic beauty with a rich story.