Dr Steinbock is CEO and founder of DifferenceGroup. He is an internationally recognized expert of the multipolar world. He focuses on ... more

Dr Steinbock is CEO and founder of DifferenceGroup. He is an internationally recognized expert of the multipolar world. He focuses on international business, international relations, investment and risk among the major advanced economies and large emerging economies; as well as multipolar trends in stocks, bonds, currencies, oil and commodities. Altogether, he analyzes some 40 major world economies and a dozen strategic nations, across all world regions.His commentaries are released regularly by major media in all world regions.

What makes DifferenceGroup different is that it pays special attention to multipolarity and those emerging economies that today fuel economic, political and strategic prospects globally – and to their manifold relations with major advanced economies. What makes its approach different is the emphasis on both economic and non-economic growth forces, advanced and emerging economies, and future-driven scenarios. 

In addition to advisory activities, Dr Steinbock is affiliated as Research Director of International Business at India China and America Institute, and as Visiting Fellow in Shanghai Institutes for International Studies SIIS (China) and EU Center (Singapore). As a Senior Fulbright scholar, he is affiliated with Stern/NYU, Columbia Graduate School of Business and has cooperated with Harvard Business School. He has advised/consulted for the OECD, the European Commission, the Nordic Council and European government agencies, multinational corporations and SMEs, financial institutions, banks and insurers, startups and venture capital, brands and marketers, competitiveness and innovation organizations.