National supervisors always tend to minimize problems at home. Their instinct (and their bureaucratic interest) is to defend their countries national champion bank(s) abroad.

The Peruvian government now has a serious problem. Beyond diminishing Peru s international credibility as a climate champion an image that some members of the government have been attempting to cultivate the law jeopardizes Peru s natural environment and economic growth prospects.

Of course, China s inadequate intellectual property protection has damaged relations (a shortcoming that may be harming Chinese firms more than US firms by deterring American and other advanced country companies from deploying new technologies in China). And the role of China s state owned enterprises and official Chinese support for technological national champions (privileged companies that almost certainly use government money carelessly) has also hurt relations.

But a newly hired neurosurgeon with 27 years of education may have to read a thick user manual, attend tedious classes, and accept periodic tutoring from a change champion to master the various steps required to use his hospital s IT system. Not surprisingly, despite its theoretical benefits, health IT has few fans among health care providers.