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What are the Best Green Business Ideas?

Strategy Driven

This includes taking tourists to participate in conservation-projects or creating eco-friendly accommodation, such as hotels that have solar-powered electricity. However, many people are looking for ways to travel in an eco-friendly way and participate in sustainable activities, from hiking to kayaking.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Bill began his career with Hyatt Hotels Corporation. American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA) Board of Directors. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Former President, Dow Chemical USA. Non-profit CEOs.

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41 First-Year Lessons from Asia

Harvard Business Review

Join a queue at a mall or hotel or call or SMS in advance. Avoid eating dinner in your hotel room — even if you don't speak the language, find a restaurant that has pictures on the menu. The Korea Air Limo buses provide very pleasant, convenient, and affordable transport between the airport and any hotel.

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New Research: Where the Talent Wars Are Hottest

Harvard Business Review

Given the forecasts of uncertain global economic growth, we might expect companies to hold off from hiring new employees and to limit whatever international hiring they do to emerging markets. consumer durables & apparel, retailing, education, media, hotels, restaurants & leisure); Consumer Staples (e.g., Asia into North America).

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The Founder of Dogfish Head on Flouting a 500-Year-Old Beer Law

Harvard Business Review

“In all cities and markets and in the countryside,” the Reinheitsgebot reads, “only barley, hops, and water may be used for brewing beer.” But experts think the law was really about protecting markets, not consumers. We’ve also opened restaurants, distilleries, and a beer-themed harborside hotel.

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Is It Heresy to Make Salespeople Pay Their Expenses? An HBR Management Puzzle

Harvard Business Review

Our customer base is dispersed all over the place — that's just how it is when you're selling to specialty chemical manufacturers, as we are. In fact it's not mainly about cost management at all — though that's certainly important in these market conditions. I can't believe the CEO actually likes this plan," she said.

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The Buzz on Green Business in China

Harvard Business Review

Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. Each morning at my hotel I received the China Daily , the countrys main English-language newspaper. Besides the meeting itself, I was struck by the considerable focus on green issues in China.

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