International Business

International Business

Coimbatore - Attractive Investment Destination in South India

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 01:48 PM PDT

Cochin is among the fastest developing cities of India. The economic base of the city is expanding fast and the government is trying to keep pace with it by providing adequate infrastructures to the investors in the city.

Worlds Largest Storage Container Ships

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 10:40 AM PDT

Storage container ships are the largest ships in the world. They carry their load in steel containers or cargo containers in a technique called containerization. Today, about 90% of non-bulk cargo is transported by storage container ships. Below are some interesting details regarding some of the worlds largest cargo container ships.

Africa - Cost of Living 2010

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:59 AM PDT

Many people perceive Africa as a relatively less wealthy continent, compared to the rest of the world. As a result many expatriates expect Africa to be an inexpensive place to live. This is not the reality for expatriates on assignment in Africa.

Americas Cost of Living

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 11:59 PM PDT

The Americas most expensive city is Brasilia which is the world's fourth most expensive city to live in. The economy of Brazil is a federal economy. Brazil is the ninth largest economy in the world and the second largest in the Americas, after the United States.

Middle East Cost of Living 2010

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 10:59 PM PDT

The Middle East has experienced a drop in inflation in most cities over the past two years following a few years of relatively high inflation. The strong link of most regional currencies to the United States Dollar has resulted in many regional currencies strengthening against other major currencies. The United States Dollar has strengthened against the Euro by around 21% in the past two years making imports from Europe into the region cheaper.

Europe - Cost of Living 2010

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Europe's most expensive cities are those that are not on the Euro. The most costly city in Europe is Geneva which is ranked third in the world.

Business Change Management

Business Change Management

Changing Those Problem People (Part 2) - Building a Collaborative Plan to Change Personal Behavior

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:45 PM PDT

Lets start with a concept that I think most leaders believe; if a person takes ownership for their own growth and development there is a much better chance that the person will be successful in that growth and development. Conversely if you (the manager) design a development and growth plan for someone else, the likelihood that there will be a successful process is minimal.

Why Retirement is Not Necessarily Good

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 05:52 PM PDT

During my career, I've worked with people 55 and up. Some were members of the board of directors for non-profits in which I was employed. I also worked, for a time, in a seniors activity center dedicated to affluent and active seniors. I learned a lot about the impact of retirement on people's lives and psyche.

Accepting and Embracing Change

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 02:15 PM PDT

What do FIFA and Disney have in common? The hesitation to embrace change.

Applying Process Improvements For Small Businesses

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:53 AM PDT

Small businesses are ripe for process improvements but face unique challenges in resources and expertise. Following the simple D.A.I.T methodology any business can start reaping the benefits of process improvements quickly.

Process, Function, Mechanism, Procedure - Which One?

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 07:26 AM PDT

The terminology used to name the activities performed by an enterprise is one of the greatest areas for confusion in the world of business modeling. Are these activities Processes, Functions, Mechanisms or Procedures? This article should serve to remove the confusion with this terminology.

Will BPMN Make My Process Right?

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 06:59 AM PDT

One of the more common process modelling notations currently being promoted in the world of Business Process Modelling is BPMN (Business Process Modelling Notation). Is it any good? Well as a modelling notation it is pretty good. It falls about mid way between a Process Modeling notation, a Procedure Modeling notation and an Information/Data Flow Modeling notation. A good analyst could use it to produce quality process models.
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