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CAN MOVIES HELP PROMOTE TOURISM? -
Susan Hill
The tourist industry
has found that
visitors are inspired by films they have seen when choosing where to go on
holiday...
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ENTREPRENEURS -
VOA - Voice of America
"Entrepreneur" is a French word that
means
someone who does
something. An entrepreneur is someone who
attempts to organize
resources in new...
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STARTING BUSINESS - VOA - Voice of America
Businesses are structured in different ways to meet
different needs. The simplest form of business is called an individual proprietorship...
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HOLLYWOOD 2008 -
VOA - Voice of America
An interesting special English
economics report about present situation in Hollywood film
industry.
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PRINCIPLED NEGOTIATION - Melanie
Hudson
Negotiating is part of life. You
discuss with your friends where to have lunch. You try to agree
a price for a second-hand car. Lawyers argue about...
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A GOODWILL LETTER -
Orly Borges Personal Collection
The purpose of a goodwill letter is to encourage
friendliness between the business firm and its customers. In Great Britain
most firms limit...
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ONLINE AUTHORS -
Diane Brady
Best-selling author Stephen
King kept returning to the darkest corners of the soul in his
writings. But when it came to electronic publishing, he pioneered...
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CULTURAL DIFFERENCES - Orly Borges Personal Collection
Many managers agree that an understanding of cultural
differences is essential when doing business abroad...
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DOES INTERNET MUSIC MEAN THE DEATH OF
CD?
Wilfredo Fernandez
David
Bowie pioneered music on the Internet
becoming the first major name to launch an album on the net...
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CLOSING THE SALE -
Sally Hawksmore
There are many different
ways to close a sale. A good salesman adapts his closing technique
to match
the situation.
Here are three
ways to guarantee...
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EUROPEAN EXECUTIVES PROFILES -
Steve Lodge
Eastern Europe is no more a block than Western Europe when it comes to the
way managers think, according to research by...
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WHO WANTS TO BE AN E-MILLIONAIRE? -
Sally Hawksmore
Amazon.com is probably the most famous internet business, but there are
more and more internet-based businesses making people into
millionaires...
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HOW TO GET RICH... SLOWLY !! -
Lewis Schiff
Investing
is a smart way to make your savings grow. People can
invest in
their own business, and if the
business does well, the value of the original...
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THE ORGANISATIONAL CHART GAME -
Insights into Business
You will read and listen to six people
talking about their work. Read carefully and decide which of the six
departments listed
they are working for...
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3M: AN AMERICAN STAR IN EUROPE -
Tim Hindle
3M is
the epitome of all that is best in corporate America. To stay on top the
company must export its virtues to Europe...
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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE CO. -
Insights into Business
William Colgate founded
the Colgate Company in 1806 as a starch, soap and candle business in New York City...
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MARKETING IN INTERNET (I) -
Orly Borges Personal Collection
How to be a
Top-10 on
the Internet.
If you
register your pages in the search engines without some prior
advise, your page may end up lost behind all...
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MARKETING IN INTERNET (II) -
Orly Borges Personal Collection
Since there is good money involved in having a lot of
traffic in a web page, many will try dishonest ways to be first in line...
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YOU'RE THE BOSS (I) -
Christine Todino
What businesses
can you start
from your home?
Have you ever dreamed of starting your
own business? It may be the perfect career solution for...
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YOU'RE THE BOSS (II) -
Christine Todino
Three basic steps to work from your
home. But
before you
get started, you will need to know the legal details of
starting your own business...
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BUSINESS CULTURE IN JAPAN - Tomomi Moriwake
Here you can read famous Japanese
consultant Moriwake, discussing the content of her last seminars
on Japanese culture and management...
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HEDONISM: PRETTY BOYS -
Katrina Selwyn
Men's beauty products are big
business and these
days when a woman needs a moisturer she will probably ask her
boyfriend or husband...
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INTERNET, CASH AND SECURITY -
Sally Hawksmore
Internet
shops, banks and software companies are trying to find more ways
to make you buy when you
log on. But,
is your money safe on the Internet?
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