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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. sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. Some powerful Iranian institutions are highly suspicious of Western influence.

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Greeceā€™s Problem Is More Complicated than Austerity

Harvard Business Review

For a country that isn’t export-oriented, and whose major industry, tourism, relies on stability, having its own currency is not much of a solution to economic woes. And it all revolves around a statist model, with politicians creating influence zones. It isn’t only the branded pundits who are neglecting these issues.