Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Ironically, the most empathic FTSE companies are a bank and a tobacco firm. banks are proving quicker to wake up to the benefits of empathy, scoring 50% higher than UK ones. Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Travel & Tourism. Deutsche Bank. Oil & Gas.

Tourism 8

Tourism Telecommunications Automotive Company 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

The economy still hasn’t received a boost from sanctions relief, and many big banks that left the country have not returned. 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.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2012

Here's an example of an experiment that's been running for many years (though it certainly wasn't conceived as an experiment): North Dakota has had a state-owned bank for about a century. The bank has never received a taxpayer bailout. Its officers never receive bonuses.

Biotechnology 10

Biotechnology Real Estate Tourism Banking 10

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

When the European Union has finally approved Greece’s €86 billion bailout package, and Greece has used some of the money to repay the European Central Bank, why does uncertainty still dog the country’s future? The government has also agreed to sell at least €50 billion of assets to recapitalize Greek’s banks.

Restructuring 8

Restructuring Banking Supply Chain Tourism 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2015

This is where the July 2012 memorandum of understanding between Greece and the Troika (the International Monetary Fund, European Central Bank, and the European Commission) failed miserably; the previous government, much like Syriza, wanted to preserve the status quo. The IMF, ECB, and EU own the rest.

Banking 8

Banking Crisis Tourism Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

Banks often are unwilling to take the risk of financing small and midsize companies. With a floating currency and an independent central bank that pursues “inflation targeting,” the Colombian government runs small fiscal deficits and maintains inflation under 2.5%. A handful of rail lines carry little more than coal.

Tourism 10

Tourism Finance Banking Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Thanks to Airbnb, more people will travel, bringing more tourism dollars to more people in the countries they travel to, creating more profits and distributing them more fairly. In Kenya, half of the population uses M-PESA , a mobile payments solution that doesn’t require a bank account.

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 27, 2011

No sooner had Beijing's flame died than the global financial crisis took British debt levels above 60% of GDP, excluding public intervention in failing banks. Lloyds Banking Group was caught in the eye of the financial storm and tied up in public ownership. Selling the Games promised to be just as difficult. Partners were receptive.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Tourism Banking Budgeting 10

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

It can improve its competitiveness by reducing costs in its traditional sectors, such as tourism, agriculture, and trade. And it ought to focus on becoming one of the top 25 economies in the World Bank indicator when it comes to “Ease of Doing Business.”. In that regard, Greece finds itself at a crossroads.

Planning 9

Planning GDP Tourism Innovation 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2018

billion of India’s citizens to voting, banking, government assistance, healthcare, recordkeeping, and more. Today, the Park creates incredible social value, but also provides billions in economic value through higher tax revenue, tourism, consumer spending, and real estate appreciation. This initiative will soon connect all 1.3

Company 10

Company Decentralization Long-term Operations 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 13, 2014

There is also some banking, and media interests. And then finally, in some parts of Ukraine, tourism has been becoming more important. That’s why they’re not quite as rich, because there wasn’t quite as much money to be made. There were a lot of Soviet-era machine-bulding plants in Eastern Ukraine, machine-building and metals.

Politics 8

Politics Tourism Short-term Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 10, 2015

Two years ago, the much-hated Troika (the European Central Bank, the European Commission, and the IMF) provided €10 billion to Cyprus after insisting that it should contribute €5.8 The question is whether the austerity program will help or hurt Greece. billion (later, that went up to €13 billion) to the rescue package.

GDP 8

GDP Real Estate Tourism Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2015

Innovation tourism: it’s a thing. Typically, tourism involves guided tours, pitch events, conferences with lots of panels, and well-planned visits to companies, universities, and government agencies tasked with increasing entrepreneurship and innovation. In sum, innovation tourism is not really tourism.

Innovation 8

Innovation Planning Tourism Venture Capitalist 8