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Traveling for Work? You’re a Prime Target for Hackers

Harvard Business

As if the stresses and headaches of business travel weren’t enough, there’s one more thing to worry about while traveling in unfamiliar places: the security of your email. According to one report , there are 40,000 kidnap-and-ransom cases each year, many of which involve executives on business travel.

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Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Harvard Business

Before I became general manager of The Beverly Hills Hotel, I held the same position at another luxury hotel up the coast. Service increasingly was hit or miss, and Forbes Travel Guide issued a preliminary rating that would have docked the restaurant a star. Later, he privately told me he was thinking of leaving the hotel.

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Top 10 Consulting Firms In New York

Management Consulted

Some of the major practice areas that the NYC region focuses on are corporate development, corporate finance, digital economy, globalization, growth, information technology, marketing & sales operations, people and organization, post merger integration, risk management, strategy, sustainability, and transformation.

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More Universities Need to Teach Sales

Harvard Business

Compared to professions like engineering or business disciplines like Finance or Operations, the concept of a dedicated salesperson is relatively recent. ” As Walter Friedman documents in Birth of a Salesman , sales wasn’t seen as a function that required specialized training or education until well into the 20 th century.

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Huge Trade in Fake Syrian Passports; Start of "Real Exodus; 6.5 Million Displaced; "Everyone Wants Out"

MishTalk

In a process known as ghost travel, still others borrow a passport from someone who looks similar, then return the passport after they arrive where they want to be. They sell their houses, or land, or their cars to finance the trip. And with the increased demand comes passport theft and forgery. And the pace appears to be accelerating.

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Experienced Hire from Harvard breaks in to Healthcare Consulting (Part 1)

Management Consulted

Next, the firm has an in-house model, meaning no travel during the week, which all of these firms also have in common. So whether I want to explore other industries like aviation, automotive, or finance, and really broaden myself and be able to focus on other industries, I can do that, as well as bringing my strength in the life sciences.

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The Crazy Lives of Consultants: Sorry Bill.I'd rather kiss my new boss.

The Crazy Lives of Consultants

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