Topic: Greece

Fifth International Conference on Tourism

Business travel is expected to drop 5.6% this year, according to the U.S. Travel Association. Academics who study travel (sweet gig, right?) will convene in Greece to discuss the decline. There are only about 100 of them, so their ...READ»

Branned

Does brand dominance + banning competitors = Branned? The Halifax Herald is reporting that attendees to this year's Olympic games in Greece may have their goods confiscated or even told to turn their clothing inside-out (!!) if ...READ»

Creative Accounting Reconsidered

What riles me most about creative accounting scandals, besides their moral and ethical no-no's, is the monstrous greed and hubris exhibited by their perpetrators. Enron. Adelphia. Tyco. (Fodder all for CEO See-Ya!) These are just a ...READ»

Branding the Olympics: How Will 2016 Look?

An examination of how Olympic logos evolved during the period between a city's initial bid for the Summer or Winter games and the final version the public got to see.READ»

Opening of the New Acropolis Museum

  It has taken four architecture competitions and 33 years for the Greeks to settle on a design for the New Acropolis Museum and build the thing. The winning vision -- that of New York architect Bernard Tschumi ...READ»

Vacation Blues

Americans don't take much vacation. In part, that's because we're not given very much of it. But even then, we rarely take it all. Marketing expert Mary Lou Quinlan, author of Time Off for Good Behavior, estimates that employees ...READ»

Fast Talk: Screen Gems

Movies may be sheer entertainment for most of us, but for many passionate, creative people, they're also a lot of work. With Oscar season here, we turned to a cast of film-industry characters for fresh wisdom on managing teams, coping with rejection, and implementing the visions of others.READ»

21st Century Jewelry

 EgyptThe use of gold jewelry can be dated back to Egypt 3000 BC. Gold was the preferred metal for jewelry making during ancient times. It was rare, it was easy to work with, and it never tarnished.Magnificent bracelets, ...READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events June 2009

June MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ...READ»

• Read: Mortgage Madness
• Eat: World Food Business Summit
• Numerology: Wedding Season

Working Hard? Hardly Working

The current issue of National Geographic Magazine features an interesting one-page piece entitled "A Work-Weary World." The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tracked the annual hours worked around the world in ...READ»

Truth 1: Innovation Is New Stuff That Is (Made) Useful

Innovation is new stuff that is useful. That’s just about the best definition. It clears up what’s interesting about innovation without overcomplicating. It also leads to the two questions that you should be asking next: Useful ...READ»

Leadership America by Telle Whitney, CEO, Anita Borg Institute

Telle Whitney, CEO, Anita Borg Institute  For much of July, I was in Turkey and Greece,on a much needed vacation, away from email and cell phones. My first day back in the office, I moderated a panel for Leadership America! ...READ»

Truehome and Christopher K. Travis Media Home Runs!

Truehome in the New York Times!READ»

Fast Company Recommended Events July + August 2009

July MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN     01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 0 ...READ»

• Watch: Harry Potter 6
• Drill: The U.S. Oil Industry Turns 150
• Numerology: Hawaii Five-O

Why pay retail prices in the UK

Uniting Kingdom and CanadaWhy pay retail prices in the UK and US when you can get your ugg boots close from the manufacturer in Australia. We distribute the record eminence button ugg boots on the world produce to our clients around ...READ»

Change Agent - Issue 35

"Most torch-bearers don't realize how unique they are, how powerful their role is, or how hard their task is."READ»

Intel's Everywhere: 75% of the Company's Business is Overseas

More than 75% of the company's business comes from overseas -- a trend that global stimulus spending is likely to increase.READ»

• Intel Risks It All (Again)
• Intel Then, Now, and Tomorrow [pics]

Tequila Timeline: From Agave to the Worm

Nothing can make a night--or a year--disappear quite like the agave-fueled Mexican liquor. Jose Cuervo is still No. 1 on the market, though Patron has soared to No. 2 since its 1989 launch. On the occasion of spirit maker Diageo celebrating the 250th anniversary of Cuervo, one year late, we drink up its economic history.READ»

• Now: November 2009
• Read: Shop or Stop

More or Less

Readers respond to our Web-exclusive series about layoffs with harrowing anecdotes, harsh criticism, and hard-boiled advice. Join the debate online now.READ»

Time (Zone) Travelers

It's becoming the essential competitive edge: the ability to hopscotch the globe, switching countries, cultures, and languages as easily as the rest of us change clothes. Meet some folks who are really living the borderless life.READ»

Can NBC Garner Olympic-Sized Ratings?

If you haven't seen the commercials on every NBC channel for the last year, the 29th Summer Olympic Games commence in Beijing at 08:08:08 p.m. Given that Beijing is 12 hours ahead of the East Coast, and 15 hours ahead of the West ...READ»

Marketing Lessons from the Olympics in Athens

Less than a month before the Games open, stories already fill the press about troubles in the Greek city: unfinished construction projects, potential traffic jams, and fear of terror attacks. Now the Greek government has another ...READ»

Strategy is for the Young

At Siemens Nixdorf, Europe's largest computer company, fast trackers mentor top management on technologies and markets of the future.READ»

At VeriFone It's a Dog's Life (And They Love It!)

CEO Hatim Tyabji leads a company where work follows the sun, e-mail follows you home -- and everyone follows the leader.READ»

Flexible Downsizing--A Matter of Global Stability, Not Just an Interesting "Option"

When I started blogging about flexibility as an alternative to layoffs, my primary focus was to encourage companies to “consider” how reduced schedules, job sharing, shifting hours, sabbaticals/furloughs, and project-based ...READ»