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Sudhir Choudhrie’s Tale of Gratitude, Inspiration, and Changing Lives

Strategy Driven

His journey led him to diverse industries, including tourism with Taj Hotels and Resorts and a stint with Adidas AG in 1995. He later ventured into the business world, working as the Executive Director of Magnum Trading Company Ltd in 1975, helping the company explore India’s emerging export market. Theresa May MP of the U.K.

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How to Lead in High Turbulence – 5 Lessons from the Tunisian revolution

Strategy Driven

This was the context when on Christmas day 2013, the then designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity. Because of this, tourism, one of the country’s biggest income generators, has plummeted leaving it in an economically weakened state. Turbulence.

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The Growing Business of Helping Customers Slow Down

Harvard Business Review

Witness the rising popularity of yoga and wellness retreats (one of fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry), the slow food movement, and the spreading popularity of digital detoxes: time away from tech devices. How are people coping? Increasingly, by seeking out opportunities to slow down.

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What I Learned from Leading a Tunisian Ministry During the Arab Spring

Harvard Business Review

After a general election that saw an Islamist-led coalition rise to power, the country witnessed two political assassinations in February and July 2013. This was the context when, on Christmas Day 2013, the then-designated Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa offered me the aforementioned thankless and non-lucrative opportunity.

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What to Know About Doing Business in Iran

Harvard Business Review

Compared to most oil-rich countries in the Middle East, Iran has a diversified economy, its tourism sector is on the verge of a major windfall, and threats to its political stability are in decline. However, oil prices have dropped more than 60% since the interim nuclear deal in November 2013. sanctions and a fragile economy.

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business Review

But it also has implications for areas outside of entertainment, such as marketing, fashion, tourism, and retail, where commercial AR apps have already been increasing in numbers and popularity. Apps developed for tourism purposes started appearing in the 2000s, but initially they were predominantly created in university labs.

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As Hopelessness Sets In, Grexit May Be Inevitable

Harvard Business Review

However, tourism and exports will get a boost. When the other European economies in recession, such as Spain, Portugal, and Italy, have trouble repaying their foreign loans, investors and depositors will rush out given the prospect of new capital controls or the appropriation of depositors’ funds — as happened in Cyprus in 2013.