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Top 10 Consulting Firms in the Middle East

Management Consulted

Dubai is one of the firm’s newest offices, and for good reason – the city is a hot spot for tourism, real estate investment, trade, transportation, and financial services. If these industries excite you, and you want to experience the exciting culture of the Middle East, A.T. Kearney may be the place for you!

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The Mainstreaming of Augmented Reality: A Brief History

Harvard Business

Despite the fact that Niantic, the American software development company that developed Pokémon Go, has failed to maintain high levels of engagement on the game (its current user base is now 30 million users), the phenomenon demonstrated AR’s potential to be adopted by mainstream culture.

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What to Know About Doing Business in Iran

Harvard Business

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. The country’s tourism sector attracted fewer than five million visitors in 2014 while neighboring Turkey attracted 39 million people.

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Change Management Is Becoming Increasingly Data-Driven. Companies Aren’t Ready

Harvard Business

We are working with a large travel and tourism firm to introduce a system for real-time employee feedback. Commercially available tools, such as culture IQ polls, sample groups of employees through a smartphone app on a daily or weekly basis to generate real-time insights. Capture Reference Data About Current Change Projects.

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The Real Challenge to Turkey’s Economy Isn’t Terrorism

Harvard Business

So despite terrorist attacks and domestic instability, Turkey’s financial institutions, culture, and system are better positioned than their counterparts in neighboring countries. Terrorism impacts tourism, but not for as long as you might think. Turkey’s tourism economy is poised to recover from the recent airport attack.

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Selling Products Is Good. Selling Projects Can Be Even Better

Harvard Business

Its success was achieved by a culture of innovation and the speedy introduction of new products. It now has around 10,000 operating projects. Founded in Eindhoven, in the south of The Netherlands, in 1891 by Gerard Philips and his father Frederik, it began by producing carbon-filament lamps.

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How I Fell In Love With Business: Confessions of a Bain Consultant

Management Consulted

And I didn’t know how to operate. A culture shock day in Houston, a stopover in Europe, and we were in Zimbabwe. We visited cultural heritage sites in Bangkok, rode elephants in northern Thailand, ate too many crepes, rode bicycles and tuk-tuks, and camped on beaches in Ko Samui. I didn’t have to please anyone else.

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