World Economic Forum its name to the World Economic Forum in 1987 and sought to broaden its vision to include providing a platform for resolving international conflicts. In the summer of 1971, Schwab invited 444 executives from Western European firms to the first European Management Symposium held in the Davos Congress Centre under the patronage of the European Commission and European industrial associations, where Schwab sought to introduce European firms to American management practices. He then founded the WEF as a nonprofit organization based in Geneva and drew European business leaders to Davos for the annual meetings each January. Schwab developed the "stakeholder"
International Society of Business Leaders International Society of Business Leaders The International Society of Business Leaders (ISOBL) claims to be an international registry of business professionals, executives, and esteemed alumni from leading universities and institutions spanning the globe; however, has been reported as a scam on a number of occasions. ISOBL was founded in Garden City, New York with the stated mission of empowering members by providing a platform for professional networking opportunities. Primarily a business networking platform and biographical publication, the network has grown to over 50,000+ members through unsolicited mass e-mail. ISOBL claims to maintain application criteria and only accepts business professionals with